Biography
The early death of the French actor Gerard Philip did not allow him to play mature characters in cinema, but he was forever remembered the audience as the hero of "Idiot" and D'Artagnan. In addition, the young man became famous for duets with the famous Gina Lollobridhid, first appearing with her in a comedy called "Fanfan Tulip".Childhood and youth
Gerard Philip was born on December 4, 1922 in Cannes and, miraculously avoiding death at birth, was brought up in an intelligent family.
His mother Maria Eliza Minaou Willet, who was a carefree and creative person, was half a Czech by origin, and Father Marseille, who came out of the French nation, had a business on the coast.
Watching the development of the Son, somewhat lagging behind the peers in development, the parents aroused about his future biography, choosing between the professions of the actor and lawyer. But then they decided to listen to the opinion of the child, due to diseases externally giving school exams, and, looking at the success of Gerard, admitted that he still was an artist.
Personal life
In the early 1950s, Gerard took care of the device of personal life, and Nicole Fourcad, the French actress, without being thoughtful became his wife. Having received the name of the famous husband and taking the alias Anne Philip, she took a break from filming, gave birth and raised two children.Embed from getty imagesIn the 1960s, after the sustainable death of his beloved spouse, she wrote his biography and published a book with archival photographs of "souvenirs", and then - Le Temps d'Un Souir. Nicole was also present at the memorable festivals held in Ramateuel, where he once said that Gerard's successor is a young artist Alain Delon.
Films
In 1942, at the end of theatrical courses in Paris, the young man made his debut on the stage in the play created by Albert Cami. Having come for a show of one of the performances, the sex symbol of Germany Marlene Dietrich strongly recommended Geraar to open a reservation filmography.
As a result, in 1944, the debut of Philip in cinema in the comedy "Baby from the embankment of flowers" took place. And then the main roles in the adaptation of the "Idiot" Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, as well as the drama of the Frenchman Rammond Radia, published under the name "Devil in the flesh".
The casual success of the last work allowed Gerarian in the director of the director Christian Jacques "Parm Resident", where female characters were performed by Maria Kazares and Rene Footh, and then in the film actor, the film "Red and Black" appeared, which was also founded on the famous work of the stand, And the melancholic noir "such a beautiful little beach."
After the premiere of these and a number of other popular films, Philip again performed in the theater and played in Cornevsky Side, causing a real extension. Director Jean Vilar, who led the National People's Truproup, said that it was a brilliant performance, such an image of Rodrigo did not see the world until then.
In 1952, an actor with an athletic physique and an increase in 183 cm at a weight of about 74 kg appeared again in front of the camera in the adventure comedy "Cloak and swords" called "Fanfan Tulip".
After a successful show in France's cinemas, the picture entered the international market, and the surname of Talented and Charming Philip became known abroad. As a result, the film crew received a prestigious Cannes Festival award and was recognized as the best Berlin Union of Cinematographers.
Another famous film with Gerard became the "big maneuvers" tape, which became popular in the USSR. In 1955, she received the National French Prize of the Writer and Criticism Louis Dellyuk, thanks to the outstanding game of the actor and his partner Michelle Morgan.
Embed from getty imagesIn the late 1950s, continuing to work regularly in cinema, Philip fulfilled the role of the Truder in the drama "If we were told about Paris," which was the history of the European capital of past centuries. And then he embodied the image of the legendary hero of German tales in the film "The Adventures of the Tille of Unshpigel" and starred together with Louis De Fühnes in the comedy of the provisions of the "Life together".
Other pictures of the final creative period of Gerard became the Biography of Montparnasse Lovers, as well as the next screen limits of the classics "dangerous connections" and "player". And the most recent on-screen work, who did not have time to reach the death of the actor, became the film "Fever comes to El Pao" representing a melodramatic fighter.
Death
During filming in the film Louis Bunuel, held on the streets of the French capital, Gerard got into a local hospital with suspicion of the liver abscess, but a real diagnosis was cancer. On November 25, 1959, the actor was overtook death due to this incurable disease. He was buried in his own estate, dressed as the hero of Pierre Cornel, in a raincoat, bowler, boots and fractures.Filmography
- 1946 - "Idiot"
- 1948 - "Parm Resident"
- 1949 - "All roads lead to Rome"
- 1951 - "Juliette, or the key to dreams"
- 1952 - "Fanfan Tulip"
- 1954 - "Red and Black"
- 1955 - "Large maneuvers"
- 1956 - "If we were told about Paris"
- 1956 - "The Adventures of the Tila Ulenenspigel"
- 1958 - "Life together"
- 1958 - "Montparnasa lovers"
- 1958 - "Player"
- 1959 - "Dangerous connections"
- 1959 - "Fever comes to El Pao"