1927-04-13 Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
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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Undressing a Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2021-07-20 |
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Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables | Self (archive footage) | 2021-01-15 |
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Con la pata quebrada | (archive footage) | 2013-06-14 |
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Mag Bodard, un destin | Self (archive footage) | 2005-10-01 |
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Surprise Party | Georges Levesques | 1983-04-20 |
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Un matin rouge | Henri | 1982-06-23 |
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La Balance | Roger Massina | 1982-11-10 |
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La Guérilléra | Brutus | 1982-12-09 |
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Beau-père | Charly | 1981-09-15 |
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Sphinx | Yvon Mageot | 1981-02-11 |
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Bloodline | Charles Martin | 1979-06-29 |
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Madame Claude | Pierre | 1977-05-11 |
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Emmenez-moi au Ritz | Philippe Gregor | 1977-09-29 |
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Mort d'un pourri | Philippe Dubaye | 1977-12-07 |
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Perché si uccidono | 1976-03-29 | |
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Oh, mia bella matrigna | Luigi | 1976-04-05 |
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Nuit d'or | Nuit d'or | 1976-10-01 |
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Bis zur bitteren Neige | Paul Jordan | 1975-10-22 |
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La Messe dorée | David | 1975-04-08 |
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The Marseille Contract | Inspector Briac | 1974-09-04 |
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Le cri du cœur | Mathieu | 1974-09-11 |
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Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind | Robert Lucas | 1974-11-20 |
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Commissariato di notturna | Vittorio Cazzaniga | 1974-08-01 |
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L'Affaire Crazy Capo | Diserens | 1973-09-09 |
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Don Juan ou si Don Juan était une femme... | Piere Gonzague | 1973-02-22 |
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Sans sommation | Raoul Maury | 1973-02-15 |
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La seduzione | Giuseppe Lagana | 1973-01-01 |
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Les Galets d'Étretat | Kelvo | 1972-03-10 |
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L'Odeur des fauves | Marc Fontemps | 1972-02-14 |
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Il diavolo nel cervello | Fabrizio Garces | 1972-04-13 |
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La Maison sous les arbres | L'homme de l'organisation | 1971-06-09 |
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Raphaël ou le débauché | Raphaël de Lorris | 1971-04-02 |
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Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... | Didier | 1971-03-24 |
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Qui ? | Serge | 1970-09-23 |
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La Modification | Léon Delmont | 1970-07-31 |
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Le Dernier Saut | Garal | 1970-06-07 |
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Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale | Commissario | 1970-01-09 |
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La Femme écarlate | François | 1969-05-14 |
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La Femme infidèle | Victor Pegala | 1969-01-22 |
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La Piscine | Harry | 1969-01-31 |
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Les Femmes | Jérôme | 1969-11-07 |
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Delphine | Jean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine | 1969-02-19 |
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Les oiseaux vont mourir au Pérou | Rainier | 1968-10-20 |
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How Sweet It Is! | Phillipe | 1968-08-21 |
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Un diablo bajo la almohada | Lotario | 1968-02-26 |
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La Route de Corinthe | Dex | 1967-10-27 |
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Il giardino delle delizie | Carlo | 1967-12-29 |
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Le Scandale | Paul Wagner | 1967-03-31 |
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Lost Command | Capain. Boisfeuras | 1966-05-01 |
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La Longue Marche | Doctor Chevalier | 1966-05-31 |
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La Ligne de démarcation | Pierre, comte de Damville | 1966-05-25 |
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Amador | Amador | 1965-05-01 |
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Le Voleur du Tibidabo | Nicolas | 1965-02-12 |
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Trois chambres à Manhattan | François Combe | 1965-11-10 |
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Donde tú estés | Paul Vallier | 1964-04-27 |
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La Ronde | Henri | 1964-10-16 |
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Parias de la gloire | Ferrier | 1964-04-05 |
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Le Puits et le Pendule | Le condamné à mort | 1964-01-09 |
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The Victors | French Lieutenant | 1963-11-22 |
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Das Todesauge von Ceylon | Dr. Gérard Rinaldi | 1963-05-30 |
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Noches de Casablanca | Maurice Desjardins | 1963-10-10 |
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Le Feu follet | Alain Leroy | 1963-10-15 |
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Le Meurtrier | Walter Saccard | 1963-01-11 |
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Portrait-robot | Gilbert Vitry | 1962-08-10 |
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La Dénonciation | Michel Jussieu | 1962-07-18 |
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Liberté I | Michel | 1962-05-01 |
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Le rendez-vous de minuit | Pierre Neyris | 1961-01-01 |
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Les Grandes Personnes | Philippe | 1961-02-03 |
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Plein soleil | Philippe Greenleaf | 1960-03-10 |
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Il peccato degli anni verdi | Paolo Donati | 1960-12-21 |
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Mi último tango | Dario Ledesma | 1960-08-29 |
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Ce corps tant désiré | Henri Messardier | 1959-04-17 |
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Carmen la de Ronda | José | 1959-09-20 |
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Cette nuit là... | Jean Mallet | 1958-09-11 |
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Carve Her Name with Pride | Jacques | 1958-02-18 |
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Ascenseur pour l'échafaud | Julien Tavernier | 1958-01-29 |
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Celui qui doit mourir | Michelis | 1957-05-03 |
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Section des disparus | Juan Milford | 1956-11-02 |
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La Sorcière | Laurent Brulard | 1956-06-06 |
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Gueule d'ange | 'Gueule d'ange' | 1955-09-02 |
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Les Aristocrates | Christophe de Conti | 1955-10-12 |
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El torero | Miguel Murillo | 1954-08-09 |
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Casa Ricordi | Vincenzo Bellini | 1954-12-01 |
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Casta diva | Vincenzo Bellini | 1954-12-27 |
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Le Guérisseur | André Turenne | 1953-12-06 |
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Horizons sans fin | Marc Caussade | 1953-04-26 |
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La Môme vert-de-gris | Mickey | 1953-05-26 |
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Lucrèce Borgia | Perotto | 1953-10-23 |
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Les Sept Péchés capitaux | The priest (segment "La Luxure") | 1952-03-27 |
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La Jeune Folle | Jim | 1952-10-01 |
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Un grand patron | François | 1951-11-28 |
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Rendez-vous de juillet | Roger Moulin | 1949-12-06 |
