Daniel Gélin
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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.
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[edit] Early life
Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire and 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).
[edit] 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).
He is also the father of Maria Schneider with German model Marie Christine Schneider. However, Gélin never acknowledged his paternity of Maria Schneider.
[edit] Death
He died in Paris of kidney failure.
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| NAME | Gélin, Daniel |
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| 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 |
