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Gérard Philipe
Gérard Philipe was a prominent French actor who appeared in 32 films between 1944 and 1959 known for his outspoken communist views. He came to prominence during the later period of the poetic realism movement of French Cinema in the late 1940s. His best known credits include Such a Pretty Little Beach (1949), Beauty and the Devil (1950), Fan Fan the Tulip (1953), Montparnasse 19 (1958) and Les lia…
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entertainment · French actor (1922–1959) · actor · stage actor · film actor · film director · director · screenwriter · also Gérard Philipe, Gerard Philipe, Gerard Albert Philip, Philipe
Born 4 December 1922 · Died 25 November 1959 · Q150662
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2026· 2 entries
Le Journal du Centre: Varennes-Vauzelles : activités créatives et lectures au Centre Gérard-Philipe cet été
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2025· 7 entries
lamontagne.fr: Le collège Gérard-Philipe, à Clermont-Ferrand, fait courir ses élèves
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L'Est Eclair: L’espace Gérard-Philipe ou le bonheur de séduire tous les publics
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L'Est Eclair: Lancement de la saison à Gérard-Philipe : la culture, une main qui s’ouvre aux autres
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Ladepeche.fr: Fermeture de la salle Gérard-Philipe à Castres : manifestations déplacées et polémique sur le manque d’anticipation
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MidiLibre: Au collège Gérard-Philipe, "un climat scolaire apaisé" grâce aux 44 élèves ambassadeurs qui luttent contre le harcèlement scolaire à Bagnols
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Fabula: Anne et Gérard Philipe : héritages et recyclerie (Paris)
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lamontagne.fr: Le collège Gérard-Philipe en mal de REP+: " c'est toute l'Education nationale qui est en difficulté au profit du privé"
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2024· 1 entry
Moviefone: Gérard Philipe: un homme, pas un ange
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2022· 2 entries
AgoraVox: Gérard Philipe, l’archange du théâtre populaire
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Moviefone: Gérard Philipe, le dernier hiver du Cid
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2009· 2 entries
Gala: Il y a 50 ans, Gérard Philipe nous quittait
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Le Parisien: Gérard Philipe, entre le mythe et l'oubli
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1995· 1 entry
The French government issued a series of limited edition coins that included a 100 franc coin bearing the image of Philipe
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary César (1990).
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1961· 1 entry
His portrait appeared on a French commemorative postage stamp
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1959· 2 entries
Died 1959-11-25.
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Visited the communist leader of Cuba, Fidel Castro, on his invitation
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1958· 1 entry
Went to New York and performed on Broadway in the all-French Lorenzaccio and Le Cid
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1954· 2 entries
They soon had two children: Anne-Marie Philipe (born 21 December 1954) and Olivier Philipe (born 10 February 1956).
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Bought a property in Cergy, on the banks of the Oise
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1951· 2 entries
Philipe married Nicole Fourcade (1917–1990), an actress/writer, with whom he had two children
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That is to say the fifth Festival, and that it was the only undertaking I could assure him of
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1947· 1 entry
By Jean Vilar, is France's oldest and most famous
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1946· 2 entries
After Nicole divorced her first husband, that she and Philipe became engaged, marrying on 29 November 1951 at the town hall of Neuilly-sur-Seine
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It was in 1946, after Nicole divorced her first husband, that she and Philipe became engaged, marrying on 29 November 1951 at the town hall of Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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1945· 1 entry
His father, Marcel, was sentenced to death in absentia for his crimes of collaboration
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1944· 1 entry
Met the future poet Georges Perros with whom he would remain linked all his life
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1943· 1 entry
Philipe toured with the play Une Jeune Fille sais by André Haguet, which met with success in Paris
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1942· 3 entries
But after meeting many refugee artists on the Côte d'Azur, then in the free zone since 1940, he finally made the decision to become an actor, with his mother supporting him in this endeavour
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That Gérard first met Nicole Navaux, who was an ethologist and wife of diplomat François Fourcade
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In front of Maurice Cloche for the adventure film 'Les Cadets de l'océan', but did not get a role
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1941· 1 entry
Philipe began studying law in Nice, as it was expected he would become a lawyer like his father, but after confiding in his mother, he considered leaving this path to become an actor, a move which his father opposed
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1940· 1 entry
The Philip family moved to Grasse where Marcel managed the Parc Palace Hotel, Grasse
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1936· 1 entry
His father became a member of the Nationalist League of the Croix-de-Feu, later becoming enthusiastic about Jacques Doriot and his dream of national-socialism à la française, joined the French People's Party and became s
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1928· 1 entry
Gérard was, with his brother Jean, an intern at the Stanislas Institutei High School in Cannes run by the Marianists, where he was a good student
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1922· 1 entry
Born 1922-12-04.
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