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Maurice Ronet
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Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer.
Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut at the age of 14 alongside his parents in Sacha Guitry's Deux couverts in Lausanne. After attending the Parisian acting school Centre du Spectacle de la Rue-Blanche, he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1944, where Jean-Louis Barrault was one of his mentors. When he made his film debut at 22 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949) in a role that was written specifically for him by Becker, he had little…
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Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer. Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut at the age of 14 alongside his parents in Sacha Guitry's Deux couverts in Lausanne. After attending the Parisian acting school Centre du Spectacle de la Rue-Blanche, he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1944, where Jean-Louis Barrault was one of his mentors. When he made his film debut at 22 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949) in a role that was written specifically for him by Becker, he had little interest in pursuing an acting career. After completing the film, he married Maria Pacôme (a French stage actress and playwright), and they departed to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in Provence, where he tried his hand at ceramics. After completing his military service, he returned to Paris in the early 1950s where he took courses in philosophy and physics, and pursued his passion for literature, music (piano and organ), film and painting. His artwork, part of the peinture non figurative movement, was exhibited with friends Jean Dubuffet and Georges Mathieu. He also acted occasionally in small roles in the films of French directors like Yves Ciampi and René Wheeler, with ambitions of becoming a filmmaker himself. Gradually, however, he came to discover a freedom in acting and a creative satisfaction that provided a synthesis of all his interests. Maurice Ronet became one of European cinema's more prolific actors. Between 1955 and 1975 he appeared in over 60 films. He often portrayed characters who were in conflict with themselves or society. He first garnered acclaim at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival for a supporting role in Jean Dreville's Endless Horizons (Horizons sans fin) and over the next few years as the romantic lead in André Michel's La sorcière (The Blonde Witch/The Sorceress, 1956) and in Jules Dassin's He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir, 1957). It was at the presentation of "La Sorcière" at Cannes where he met a creative and an intellectual counterpart in Louis Malle. Two years later, he made his international box-office breakthrough as Julien Tavernier in Malle's first feature film Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud 1958), which features Jeanne Moreau. He originated the role of Philippe Greenleaf in Purple Noon (Plein soleil, 1960), René Clément's adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley. ... Source: Article "Maurice Ronet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Maurice Ronet's Filmography
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Undressing a Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
as Self (archive footage)
Barefoot in the Kitchen
as (archive footage)
Mag Bodard, un destin
as Self (archive footage)
Surprise Party
as Georges Levesques
La Guérilléra
as Brutus
La Balance
as Roger Massina
Un matin rouge
as Henri
Beau Pere
as Charly
Sphinx
as Yvon Mageot
Bloodline
as Charles Martin
Death of a Corrupt Man
as Philippe Dubaye
Emmenez-moi au Ritz
as Philippe Gregor
Madame Claude
as Pierre
Golden Night
as Nuit d'or
Oh, mia bella matrigna
as Luigi
Why They Kill Themselves
To the Bitter End
as Paul Jordan
The Golden Mass
as David
Only the Wind Knows the Answer
as Robert Lucas
Cry of the Heart
as Mathieu
The Marseille Contract
as Inspector Briac
Night Police Station
as Vittorio Cazzaniga
The Red Room
as Jean Gerfaud
The Crazy Capo Affair
as Diserens
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
as Piere Gonzague
Without Warning
as Raoul Maury
Seduction
as Giuseppe Lagana
Devil in the Brain
as Fabrizio Garces
The Pebbles of Etratat
as Kelvo
Scandal Man
as Marc Fontemps
The Deadly Trap
as L'homme de l'organisation
Raphael or the Debauched One
as Raphaël de Lorris
A Little, a Lot, Passionately
as Didier
The Sensuous Assassin
as Serge
The Modification
as Léon Delmont
Last Leap
as Garal
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
as Commissario
The Vixen
as Jérôme
The Scarlet Lady
as François
Delphine
as Jean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine
The Swimming Pool
as Harry
The Unfaithful Wife
as Victor Pegala
Birds in Peru
as Rainier
How Sweet It Is!
as Phillipe
A Devil Under the Pillow
as Lotario
Garden of Delights
as Carlo
The Road to Corinth
as Dex
The Champagne Murders
as Paul Wagner
Long March
as Doctor Chevalier
Line of Demarcation
as Pierre, comte de Damville
Lost Command
as Capain. Boisfeuras
Three Rooms in Manhattan
as François Combe
Amador
as Amador
The Thief of Tibadabo
as Nicolas
Circle of Love
as Henri
Wherever You Are
as Paul Vallier
Pariahs of Glory
as Ferrier
The Pit and the Pendulum
as Le condamné à mort
The Victors
as French Lieutenant
The Fire Within
as Alain Leroy
Casablanca, Nest of Spies
as Maurice Desjardins
Scarlet Eye
as Dr. Gérard Rinaldi
Enough Rope
as Walter Saccard
Assassin's Check
as Gilbert Vitry
The Immoral Moment
as Michel Jussieu
Midnight Meeting
as Pierre Neyris
Liberté I
as Michel
Time Out for Love
as Philippe
Il peccato degli anni verdi
as Paolo Donati
Mi último tango
as Dario Ledesma
Purple Noon
as Philippe Greenleaf
The Devil Made a Woman
as José
This Desired Body
as Henri Messardier
That Night
as Jean Mallet
Carve Her Name with Pride
as Jacques
Elevator to the Gallows
as Julien Tavernier
He Who Must Die
as Michelis
Missing Persons Section
as Juan Milford
The Blonde Witch
as Laurent Brulard
The Aristocrats
as Christophe de Conti
Pleasures and Vices
as 'Gueule d'ange'
Casta diva
as Vincenzo Bellini
House of Ricordi
as Vincenzo Bellini
Castles in Spain
as Miguel Murillo
The Healer
as André Turenne
Lucrèce Borgia
as Perotto
Poison Ivy
as Mickey
No Poster
Endless Horizons
as Marc Caussade
Desperate Decision
as Jim
The Seven Deadly Sins
as The priest (segment "La Luxure")
Perfectionist
as François
Rendezvous in July
as Roger Moulin