Daniel Gélin

Actor: Daniel Gélin

Born: May 19, 1921 in Angers, France
Died: Nov 29, 2002 in Paris, France
Occupation: Actor, Director
Active: '50s-'60s, '80s-'90s
Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Murmur of the Heart, Life Is a Long Quiet River, Itinéraire d'un Enfant Gaté
First Major Screen Credit: La Tentation de Barbizon (1945)

Biography

Known for his sensitivity and keen intelligence, French actor Daniel Gelin has played starring and supporting roles in French cinema since the late '30s following studies at the Paris Conservatoire. He had his first major role the 1941 film Premiere Rendez-Vous, and after a lengthy break during WWII, went on to become a popular star in such light fare as Max Ophuls' Le Ronde (1950) and Le Plaisir (1955). In 1956, Gelin memorably played a villainous Arab spy in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, but was wearing so much makeup as to be unrecognizable. During the late '70s, Gelin disappeared from films until the early '80s. Since then, he has continued to make sporadic appearances in La Vie Est Une Longue Fleuve Tranquille (1988) and Hommes, Femmes: Mode d'Emploi (Men, Women: A User's Manual) (1996). His daughter, Maria Schneider, is an actress and is son, Xavier Gelin, is a producer. When not acting, Daniel Gelin writes poetry and has published a few volumes of his work. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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Daniel Gélin
Born	19 May 1921 Angers, Maine-et-Loire
Died	29 November 2002 Paris, France

Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin (19 May 1921 - 29 November 2002) was a French actor, occasional director and screenwriter and one of the great stars of French cinema.

1 Early life
2 Career
3 Death
4 References
5 External links

Early life

Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire. When he was 10 his family moved to Saint-Malo where Daniel went to college until he was expelled for 'uncouthness'. His father then found him a job in a shop that sold cans of salted cod. It was seeing the shooting of Marc Allegret's film Entree des artistes that triggered his desire to go to Paris to train to be an actor. He trained at the Cours Simon in Paris before entering the Conservatoire national d'art dramatique. There he met Louis Jouvet and embarked on a theatrical career. He made his first film appearance in 1940 in Miquette and for several years was an extra or played small roles in French films. He appeared with Jean Gabin and Marlene Dietrich in Martin Roumagnac (1946).

Career

He won his first leading role in Rendez-vous de juillet (1949). From that time, he went on to appear in more than 150 films, including Max Ophüls' films La Ronde (1950) and Le Plaisir (1952), Sacha Guitry's films Si Versailles m'était conté (Royal Affairs in Versailles) (1954) and Napoléon (1955), Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Jean Cocteau's Le Testament d'Orphée (1960) and La Nuit de Varennes (That Night in Varennes) (1982).

While married to Daniele Delorme, he had an affair with model Marie Christine Schneider that produced a daughter, Maria Schneider.^[1] However, Gélin never acknowledged his paternity of Maria Schneider.

Death

He died in Paris of kidney failure.

References

^ David Thomson. A Biographical Dictionary of Film. Andre Deutsch.

External links

Daniel Gélin at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
NAME	Gélin, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	French actor, director, screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	1921-05-19
PLACE OF BIRTH	Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
DATE OF DEATH	2002-11-29
PLACE OF DEATH	Paris, France

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