Gérard Philipe

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Born: 4 December 1922 Died: 25 November 1959

Country of origin: France

Height: 6' 0"

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Celestial Gothic Churches Of France (11 items)
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Description: In 1940 Gerard left school and his parents wanted him be a lawyer. But soon his mother noticed that he was only interested in acting, although his father was against the idea. After timely intervention from Mark Allégret, who decided he showed some promise, Gerard's debut was in Claude Dauphin's play "One plain girl". After this, Gerard decided to get into the conservatory. He was wonder even in music. He himself used to find necessary sounds - exact, unexpected, and unforeseen. All this helped him to portray amazing characters. Millions of people were inspired by him. One day Georges Lacombe offered Philipe a part ... (more)

Tags: French (1), Actor (1), Francophone (1), Born 1922 (1), Died 1959 (1), Very Talented Actor (1)

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