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Jean-Paul Belmondo
Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo was a French actor, producer and distributor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s thanks to the success of the film Breathless (1960), he also acted in other films that modernized cinema such as Two Women (1960), Le Doulos (1962), That Man from Rio (1964), Greed in the Sun (1964), and Weekend at Dunkirk (1964). With the film That Man from Rio, he also bec…
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entertainment · French actor (1933–2021) · film producer · film actor · stunt performer · stage actor · actor · theatre director · also Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bebel, Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo, Belmondo
Born 9 April 1933 · Died 6 September 2021 · Q106255
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2026· 1 entry
2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: Victor Belmondo: ‘I wanted to be an actor – I never said to myself, yes, but that’s what Papi does too’
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2021· 7 entries
The Guardian: Jean-Paul Belmondo obituary
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The Guardian: Jean-Paul Belmondo: a life in pictures
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The Guardian: Jean-Paul Belmondo: the beaten-up icon who made crime sexy
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The Guardian: Jean-Paul Belmondo, star of Breathless, dies aged 88
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Died 2021-09-06.
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Awarded National tribute in Les Invalides (2021).
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Career landmark: funeral.
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2019· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (2019).
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2018· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary Lumière Award (2018).
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2017· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit (2017).
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Was received a lifetime achievement honor at the 42nd César Awards accompanied by a two-minute standing ovation
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2016· 3 entries
Won Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement (2016).
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Won Golden Lion (2016).
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In a documentary Belmondo by Belmondo where he revisited the locations of some of the films in which he acted
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Order of Leopold (2012).
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2011· 3 entries
Awarded Honorary Palme d'Or (2011).
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Having earlier suffered a stroke in 2001
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Belmondo received the Honorary Palme d'Or, in 2016 the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, and in 2017 he received a tribute from the César Academy at the 42nd César Awards
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2009· 2 entries
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association gave him a career achievement award
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Belmondo starred in A Man and His Dog ("Un homme et son chien"), his final film role
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (2007).
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (2006).
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the National Order of Merit (1994).
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1993· 1 entry
Produced his first play, which would become famous: Le Dîner de cons
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1991· 2 entries
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1991).
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And promoted to Commandeur (Commander) in 2007
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1990· 1 entry
Played the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac on the stage in Paris, another highly successful production
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1989· 3 entries
Awarded César Award for Best Actor for Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1989).
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Belmondo was in his mid-50s when he met 24-year-old dancer Natty Tardivel
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Belmondo won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté
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1987· 2 entries
Awarded Prix du Brigadier for Kean (1987).
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Returned to the theatre after a 26-year absence in a production of Kean, adapted by Jean-Paul Sartre from the novel by Alexandre Dumas
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1986· 1 entry
And promoted to Commandeur (Commander) in 1994
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1980· 2 entries
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1980).
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Belmondo starred in another comedy, Le Guignolo
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1972· 1 entry
Awarded Prix Citron, Orange et Bourgeon (1972).
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1971· 2 entries
Became a film producer and distributor
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Became a film producer and distributor by acquiring 50% of René Chateau
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1961· 1 entry
The New York Times called him "the most impressive young French actor since the advent of the late Gérard Philipe"
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1953· 1 entry
With two performances at the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Paris in Jean Anouilh's Médée and Georges Neveux's Zamore
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1933· 1 entry
Born 1933-04-09.
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