1921-05-19 Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin (19 May 1921 – 29 November 2002) was a French actor. Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, the son of Yvonne (née Le Méner) and Alfred Ernest Joseph Gélin. When he was ten, his family moved to Saint-Malo where Daniel went to college until he was expelled for 'uncouthness'. His father then found him a job in a shop that sold cans of salted cod. It was seeing the shooting of Marc Allégret's film Entrée des artistes that triggered his desire to go to Paris to train to be an actor. He 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). 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), Jacques Becker's Édouard et Caroline (1951), 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), Le souffle au cœur (Murmur of the Heart) (1971), and La Nuit de Varennes (That Night in Varennes) (1982). He also wrote and directed one film, The Long Teeth, in 1952. Gélin was a leading man in French cinema during the 1950s, but his career declined with the coming of the New Wave. He worked in theater for several years, but later found new success on screen as a character actor. He appeared extensively in French films and television productions from the 1970s until his death, often playing cynical characters or grumpy old men. In 1946, Gélin married actress Danièle Delorme with whom he had a son, actor, director and producer Xavier Gélin. They divorced in 1954. While still married to Delorme, he had an affair with 17 year old model Marie Christine Schneider that produced a daughter, Maria Schneider. Due to his status as a married man, Gélin could not recognize Maria as his daughter. He visited the child several times but eventually severed his relationship with her mother. Maria Schneider and Daniel Gélin reconnected when she was sixteen and came to visit him. They remained in contact, although their relationship was irregular. Gélin was married to model Sylvie Hirsch from 1954 until their divorce in 1968. This marriage produced three children, Pascal (who died aged one year), Fiona , and Manuel, the latter two also becoming actors. In 1973, he remarried to Lydie Zaks with whom he had a daughter, Laura. Gélin died in Paris on 29 November 2002 of kidney failure. Source: Article "Daniel Gélin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Max par Marcel: Lola Montès | Self (archive footage) | 2009-10-27 |
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Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir" | Self (archive footage) | 2008-09-16 |
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Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde" | Self (archive footage) | 2008-01-01 |
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À l'abri des regards indiscrets | Abdel-Robert | 2002-01-01 |
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Une femme d'action | Charles | 1997-12-01 |
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Obsession | Xavier Favre | 1997-08-28 |
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Fantôme avec chauffeur | Le passeur (Le guide céleste) | 1996-03-20 |
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Les Bidochon | Le père Bidochon | 1996-07-07 |
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Hommes, femmes : Mode d'emploi | le veuf | 1996-08-28 |
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Fugueuses | Bruno | 1995-08-23 |
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Pushing the Limits | Le père de Fiona | 1994-03-16 |
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Des feux mal éteints | The gentleman from the beach | 1994-01-12 |
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Warrior Spirit | John Ball | 1994-01-07 |
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La Cité de la peur | Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist | 1994-03-09 |
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De force avec d'autres | L'autre lui-même | 1993-04-24 |
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Coup de jeune | Gaudeamus at 70 | 1993-04-07 |
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Roulez jeunesse ! | Jean Moulinier | 1993-04-28 |
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Les Secrets professionnels du Docteur Apfelglück | Roland Grumaud | 1991-04-24 |
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Mauvaise fille | Fernand | 1991-01-23 |
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L'Amérique en otage | Shah | 1991-09-30 |
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Mister Frost | Simon Scolari | 1990-04-10 |
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Promotion canapé | Le responsable des inspecteurs de la Justice | 1990-10-10 |
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Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren | Self | 1990-09-03 |
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L'été de tous les chagrins | papy | 1989-03-08 |
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La vie est un long fleuve tranquille | Docteur Mavial | 1988-02-03 |
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Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté | Pierre Duvivier, Albert's father | 1988-11-30 |
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Dandin | Monsieur de Sotenville | 1988-01-20 |
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Sécurité publique | Martino Morando | 1987-06-17 |
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Via Montenapoleone | padre di Elena | 1987-03-13 |
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Pétition | Stanek | 1987-01-01 |
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | 1987-03-13 |
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Killing Cars | Kellermann | 1986-02-13 |
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Blitz | 1985-03-13 | |
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Les Enfants | Enrico | 1985-02-01 |
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Un delitto | 1984-01-01 | |
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Guy de Maupassant | Gustave | 1982-04-14 |
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La Nuit de Varennes | De Wendel | 1982-05-15 |
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Сезона мира у Паризу | 1981-07-01 | |
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Signé Furax | Broutechoux | 1981-04-01 |
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Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise ! | Don Gomez | 1979-12-19 |
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La Vocation suspendue | Malagrida | 1978-07-27 |
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La Discorde | Bernard | 1978-03-22 |
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Schwüle Tage | Vater | 1978-12-17 |
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Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante | Self | 1977-08-01 |
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Nous irons tous au paradis | Bastien, stage director | 1977-11-09 |
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La jalousie | Albert Blondel | 1976-04-21 |
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Diálogo de exiliados | 1975-04-23 | |
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Trop c'est trop | Flic | 1975-06-05 |
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Ariane | The comedian | 1974-12-01 |
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Un linceul n'a pas de poches | Laurence | 1974-10-25 |
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La polizia è al servizio del cittadino? | Brera | 1973-09-06 |
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Double assassinat dans la Rue Morgue | Dupin | 1973-06-02 |
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Far from Dallas | Jean | 1972-06-28 |
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Un enfant dans la ville | Gustave, the bartender | 1971-12-12 |
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Christa | André | 1971-08-20 |
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Le Souffle au cœur | Charles Chevalier | 1971-04-27 |
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La servante | Dr. Robert Marbois | 1970-01-21 |
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Détruire, dit-elle | Bernard Alione | 1969-09-25 |
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Hallucinations sadiques | Charles | 1969-07-30 |
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Slogan | Evelyne's father | 1969-07-27 |
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Le mois le plus beau | Le capitaine | 1968-06-26 |
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La trêve | Arno | 1968-01-01 |
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Die Zeugin aus der Hölle | Bora Petrović | 1967-06-28 |
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À belles dents | Bernard | 1966-07-05 |
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Zwei Girls vom roten Stern | Ballard | 1966-02-25 |
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Les Sultans | Léo | 1966-05-06 |
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Soleil noir | Guy Rodier | 1966-12-10 |
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Paris brûle-t-il? | Yves Bayet | 1966-10-26 |
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La Ligne de démarcation | Doctor Jacques Lafaye | 1966-05-25 |
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L'heure de la vérité | Davod | 1965-04-28 |
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El Niño y el Muro | Gunther Smith | 1965-03-17 |
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La verifica incerta | (archive footage) | 1965-04-30 |
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Compartiment tueurs | Le vétérinaire titulaire, chargé de cours (uncredited) | 1965-11-17 |
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La Bonne Soupe | Raymond | 1964-01-29 |
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Cherchez l'idole | Self, guest at Sylvie Vartan's show (uncredited) | 1964-02-26 |
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Les murs | François Bonjean | 1964-06-04 |
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Tre piger i Paris | Raymond | 1963-10-12 |
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Règlements de compte | Nicky | 1963-03-05 |
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Vacances portugaises | Daniel | 1963-10-09 |
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Les Petits Matins | le comédien qui répète "Cyrano" | 1962-03-16 |
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Réveille-toi, chérie | Masure | 1961-07-12 |
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La Proie pour l'ombre | Eric Kraemmer | 1961-04-13 |
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La morte-saison des amours | Jacques Saint-Ford | 1961-06-12 |
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Dans la gueule du loup | Un drogué | 1961-06-20 |
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Le tre eccetera del colonnello | Lieutenant Miguel Villard | 1960-08-26 |
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Cartagine in fiamme | Phegor | 1960-01-29 |
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Le Testament d'Orphée | The Intern (uncredited) | 1960-02-18 |
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Julie la rousse | Édouard Lavigne / Jean Lavigne | 1959-08-12 |
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Ce corps tant désiré | Guillaume Féraud | 1959-04-17 |
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La fille de Hambourg | Pierre | 1958-08-13 |
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Suivez-moi jeune homme | Michel Corbier | 1958-12-03 |
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Trois jours à vivre | Simon Belin | 1958-03-12 |
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Retour de manivelle | Robert Montillon | 1957-09-18 |
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Mort en fraude | Paul Horcier | 1957-04-09 |
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Charmants Garçons | Alain Cartier | 1957-12-11 |
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Paris canaille | Antoine du Merlet | 1956-01-20 |
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En effeuillant la marguerite | Daniel Roy | 1956-07-25 |
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The Man Who Knew Too Much | Louis Bernard | 1956-05-16 |
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Bonsoir Paris | Georges Bernier / Self | 1956-12-14 |
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Je reviendrai à Kandara | Bernard Cormière | 1956-12-20 |
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Les Amants du Tage | Pierre Roubier | 1955-01-18 |
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Napoléon | Napoléon Bonaparte | 1955-03-25 |
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La neige était sale | Frank Friedmayer | 1954-02-19 |
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Si Versailles m'était conté | Jean Collinet | 1954-02-10 |
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La romana | Mino | 1954-10-27 |
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Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances | Narrator (voice) | 1954-04-15 |
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Allegro squadrone | Il soldato Frédéric d'Héricourt | 1954-12-05 |
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Opinione pubblica | 1954-02-26 | |
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L'Affaire Maurizius | Léonard Maurizius | 1954-06-04 |
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Sang et lumières | Ricardo Garcia | 1954-05-14 |
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La maison du silence | L'ancien prisonnier | 1953-04-01 |
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L'esclave | Michel Landa | 1953-09-02 |
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Les Dents longues | Louis Commandeur | 1953-03-15 |
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Rue de l'estrapade | Robert | 1953-04-14 |
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Traité de bave et d'éternité | Self | 1952-01-25 |
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Le Plaisir | Jean | 1952-02-29 |
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Torticola contre Frankensberg | The Man who sleeps in a Coffin | 1952-04-19 |
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Adorables créatures | André Noblet | 1952-01-02 |
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La légende cruelle | Narrator (voice) | 1951-02-28 |
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La Minute de vérité | Daniel Prévost | 1951-04-22 |
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Chicago Digest | Coffino | 1951-07-24 |
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Les Mains sales | Hugo | 1951-08-09 |
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Édouard et Caroline | Edouard Mortier | 1951-04-06 |
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Une histoire d'amour | Jean Bompart | 1951-11-14 |
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Dieu a besoin des hommes | Joseph Le Berre | 1950-10-03 |
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La Ronde | Alfred, le jeune homme | 1950-09-27 |
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Le paradis des pilotes perdus | Lieutenant Villeneuve | 1949-08-18 |
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Rendez-vous de juillet | Lucien Bonnard | 1949-12-06 |
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Le Mannequin assassiné | Léopold | 1948-03-10 |
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Miroir | Charles | 1947-05-02 |
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La Femme en rouge | Saladin | 1947-05-21 |
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La Nuit de Sybille | Stany | 1947-03-05 |
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Martin Roumagnac | Le surveillant du collège | 1946-12-18 |
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La Tentation de Barbizon | Michel | 1946-03-13 |
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Un ami viendra ce soir... | Pierre Ribault | 1946-04-09 |
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Les Cadets de l'océan | Philippe Demantes | 1945-11-14 |
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L'Enquête du 58 | 1945-11-04 | |
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Les Petites du quai aux fleurs | (uncredited) | 1944-05-26 |
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Lucrèce | College student | 1943-12-15 |
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Soyez les bienvenus | 1942-07-08 | |
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Les Inconnus dans la maison | (uncredited) | 1942-05-16 |
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Premier rendez-vous | Chauveau-Laplace (uncredited) | 1941-08-14 |
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Les Surprises de la radio | Extra (uncredited) | 1940-05-08 |
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Miquette | 1940-05-01 |
