Maurice Ronet
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Maurice Ronet

Apr 13, 1927 - 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. ...

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Movie1958Elevator to the GallowsJulien Tavernier
Movie1963The VictorsFrench Lieutenant
Movie1979BloodlineCharles Martin
Movie1970The Sensuous AssassinSerge
Movie1963The Fire WithinAlain Leroy
Movie1960Purple NoonPhilippe Greenleaf
Movie1971Raphael or the Debauched OneRaphaël de Lorris
Movie1951PerfectionistFrançois
Movie1969The Swimming PoolHarry
Movie1974Only the Wind Knows the AnswerRobert Lucas
Movie1969The Unfaithful WifeVictor Pegala
Movie1976Golden NightNuit d'or
Movie1966Lost CommandCapain. Boisfeuras
Movie1981Beau PereCharly
Movie1958Carve Her Name with PrideJacques
Movie1964Circle of LoveHenri
Movie1961Midnight MeetingPierre Neyris
Movie1981SphinxYvon Mageot
Movie1961Time Out for LovePhilippe
Movie1962The Immoral MomentMichel Jussieu
Movie1966Long MarchDoctor Chevalier
Movie2021Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliablesSelf (archive footage)
Movie1973SeductionGiuseppe Lagana
Movie1966Line of DemarcationPierre, comte de Damville
Movie1974The Marseille ContractInspector Briac
Movie1967The Champagne MurdersPaul Wagner
Movie1969The VixenJérôme
Movie1963Casablanca, Nest of SpiesMaurice Desjardins
Movie1967Garden of DelightsCarlo
Movie1982La BalanceRoger Massina
Movie1956The Blonde WitchLaurent Brulard
Movie1949Rendezvous in JulyRoger Moulin
Movie1955The AristocratsChristophe de Conti
Movie1971The Deadly TrapL'homme de l'organisation
Movie1967The Road to CorinthDex
Movie1970Splendori e miserie di Madame RoyaleCommissario
Movie1968A Devil Under the PillowLotario
Movie1977Emmenez-moi au RitzPhilippe Gregor
Movie1965Three Rooms in ManhattanFrançois Combe
Movie1954House of RicordiVincenzo Bellini
Movie1959Carmen from RondaJosé
Movie1954Castles in SpainMiguel Murillo
Movie2021Undressing a LegacySelf (archive footage)
Movie1972The Pebbles of EtratatKelvo
Movie1960Mi último tangoDario Ledesma
Movie1976Oh, mia bella matrignaLuigi
Movie1973Without WarningRaoul Maury
Movie1953Poison IvyMickey
Movie1962Assassin's CheckGilbert Vitry
Movie1968How Sweet It Is!Phillipe
Movie1977Madame ClaudePierre
Movie1968Birds in PeruRainier
Movie1965AmadorAmador
Movie1970Last LeapGaral
Movie1964The Pit and the PendulumLe condamné à mort
Movie1956Missing Persons SectionJuan Milford
Movie1962Liberté IMichel
Movie1959This Desired BodyHenri Messardier
Movie1969The Scarlet LadyFrançois
Movie1976Why They Kill Themselves
Movie1958That NightJean Mallet
Movie1975To the Bitter EndPaul Jordan
Movie1973The Crazy Capo AffairDiserens
Movie1960Il peccato degli anni verdiPaolo Donati
Movie1983Surprise PartyGeorges Levesques
Movie1973Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a WomanPiere Gonzague
Movie1969DelphineJean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine
Movie1963Scarlet EyeDr. Gérard Rinaldi
Movie1970The ModificationLéon Delmont
Movie1957He Who Must DieMichelis
Movie1971A Little, a Lot, PassionatelyDidier
Movie1972Scandal ManMarc Fontemps
Movie1982La GuérilléraBrutus
Movie1964Pariahs of GloryFerrier
Movie1952The Seven Deadly SinsThe priest (segment "Lust")
Movie1977Death of a Corrupt ManPhilippe Dubaye
Movie1963Enough RopeWalter Saccard
Movie1964Wherever You ArePaul Vallier
Movie1975The Golden MassDavid
Movie1952Desperate DecisionJim
Movie1954Casta divaVincenzo Bellini
Movie1974Night Police StationVittorio Cazzaniga
Movie1953Lucrèce BorgiaPerotto
Movie1953Endless HorizonsMarc Caussade
Movie1955Pleasures and Vices'Gueule d'ange'
Movie1974Cry of the HeartMathieu
Movie1972Devil in the BrainFabrizio Garces
Movie1965The Thief of TibadaboNicolas
Movie2013Barefoot in the Kitchen(archive footage)
Movie1982Un matin rougeHenri
Movie1953The HealerAndré Turenne
Movie2005Mag Bodard, un destinSelf (archive footage)
TV Show1979Orient ExpressRolf Freitag1
TV Show1978Madame le JugeCharles Bais6
TV Show1972Midi trenteSelf1
TV Show1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf3
TV Show1956CinépanoramaSelf1
TV Show1959DiscoramaSelf1
TV Show1971Samedi soirSelf1
TV Show1954Reflets de CannesSelf3

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Movie1976BartlebyDirectorDirecting
Movie1965The Thief of TibadaboDirectorDirecting
Movie1965The Thief of TibadaboScreenplayWriting