Still of Gérard Philipe in Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
Caption: Still of Gérard Philipe in Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
Actor, Director, Writer
Born: December 4, 1922
Star sign: Sagittarius
Height: 6' (1.83 m)
Known for: Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952), Beauties of the Night (1952), The Grand Maneuver (1955), Rouge et noir (1954)
Source: IMDB
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 ...