Gérard Blain

Gérard Blain

Blain in I Delfini (1960)
Born (1930-10-23)23 October 1930
Paris, France
Died 17 December 2000(2000-12-17) (aged 70)
Paris, France
Occupation Actor, film director
Years active 1944–2000
Spouse(s) Estella Blain (1953-1956) (divorced)
Bernadette Lafont (1957-1959) (divorced)
Monique Sobieski (1960-2000) (his death)

Gérard Blain (23 October 1930 17 December 2000) was a French actor and film director.[1]

Biography

Blain appeared in 60 films between 1944 and 2000. He also directed nine films between 1971 and 2000.[2][3] In 1971, he won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival for his film The Friends.[4] Blain married three times, including briefly to Bernadette Lafont.[3]

Selected filmography

Actor
Year Title Role Director
1956 Voici le temps des assassins Gérard Delacroix Julien Duvivier
1957 Les Mistons (Short film) Gérard François Truffaut
1958 Young Husbands Marcello Mauro Bolognini
Le Beau Serge Serge Claude Chabrol
1959 Les Cousins Charles Claude Chabrol
1960 Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (Short film) Charlotte's new boyfriend Jean-Luc Godard
I Delfini Anselmo Foresi Francesco Maselli
The Hunchback of Rome Alvara aka "Hunchback" Carlo Lizzani
1961 Gold of Rome Davide Carlo Lizzani
1962 Hatari! Chips Chalmoy Howard Hawks
1965 Un amore Marcello Gianni Vernuccio
1966 M.M.M. 83 Robert Gibson Sergio Bergonzelli
Joë Caligula - Du suif chez les dabes Joë Caligula José Bénazéraf
1967 Shock Troops Thomas Constantin Costa-Gavras
1968 Negresco**** Roger Klaus Lemke
1977 The American Friend Raoul Minot Wim Wenders
1989 Natalia Claude Roitman Bernard Cohn
1999 Cinématon as himself Gérard Courant
Director
Year Title Cast Notes
1971 The Friends Philippe March
Yann Favre
also credited as writer
1973 The Pelican Dominique Ravix
Daniel Sarky
1976 A Child in the Crowd Jean François Cimino
César Chauveau
1978 Second Wind Robert Stack
Anicée Alvina
1980 The Rebel Patrick Norbert
1987 Pierre and Djemila Abdelkader
Djedjigua Ait-Hamouda
1993 La Fortune de Gaspard Vincent de Bouard television film
1995 Jusqu'au bout de la nuit Gérard Blain
Anicée Alvina
also credited as writer
2000 Ainsi soit-il Paul Blain

References

  1. "Gérad Blain". unifrance.org. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  2. "Gérard Blain". newwvefilm.com. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
  3. 1 2 "Gérard Blain". telegraph.co.uk. 2000-09-29. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
  4. "Winners of the Golden Leopard". Locarno. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

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