Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
2021 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Maurice Ronet
1927-04-13
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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.
Filmography
Undressing a Legacy
2021 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Barefoot in the Kitchen
2013 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Mag Bodard, un destin
2005 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Surprise Party
1983 · Movie
as Georges Levesques
La Balance
1982 · Movie
as Roger Massina
La Guérilléra
1982 · Movie
as Brutus
Un matin rouge
1982 · Movie
as Henri
Beau Pere
1981 · Movie
as Charly
Sphinx
1981 · Movie
as Yvon Mageot
Bloodline
1979 · Movie
as Charles Martin
Orient Express
1979 · TV Show
as Rolf Freitag
Madame le Juge
1978 · TV Show
as Charles Bais
Emmenez-moi au Ritz
1977 · Movie
as Philippe Gregor
Madame Claude
1977 · Movie
as Pierre
Death of a Corrupt Man
1977 · Movie
as Philippe Dubaye
Golden Night
1976 · Movie
as Nuit d'or
Oh, mia bella matrigna
1976 · Movie
as Luigi
Why They Kill Themselves
1976 · Movie
To the Bitter End
1975 · Movie
as Paul Jordan
The Golden Mass
1975 · Movie
as David
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Only the Wind Knows the Answer
1974 · Movie
as Robert Lucas
The Marseille Contract
1974 · Movie
as Inspector Briac
Night Police Station
1974 · Movie
as Vittorio Cazzaniga
Cry of the Heart
1974 · Movie
as Mathieu
Seduction
1973 · Movie
as Giuseppe Lagana
Without Warning
1973 · Movie
as Raoul Maury
The Crazy Capo Affair
1973 · Movie
as Diserens
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
1973 · Movie
as Piere Gonzague
The Red Room
1973 · Movie
as Jean Gerfaud
The Pebbles of Etratat
1972 · Movie
as Kelvo
Scandal Man
1972 · Movie
as Marc Fontemps
Devil in the Brain
1972 · Movie
as Fabrizio Garces
Midi trente
1972 · TV Show
as Self
Raphael or the Debauched One
1971 · Movie
as Raphaël de Lorris
The Deadly Trap
1971 · Movie
as L'homme de l'organisation
A Little, a Lot, Passionately
1971 · Movie
as Didier
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Samedi soir
1971 · TV Show
as Self
The Sensuous Assassin
1970 · Movie
as Serge
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
1970 · Movie
as Commissario
Last Leap
1970 · Movie
as Garal
The Modification
1970 · Movie
as Léon Delmont
The Swimming Pool
1969 · Movie
as Harry
The Unfaithful Wife
1969 · Movie
as Victor Pegala
The Vixen
1969 · Movie
as Jérôme
The Scarlet Lady
1969 · Movie
as François
Delphine
1969 · Movie
as Jean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine
A Devil Under the Pillow
1968 · Movie
as Lotario
How Sweet It Is!
1968 · Movie
as Phillipe
Birds in Peru
1968 · Movie
as Rainier
The Champagne Murders
1967 · Movie
as Paul Wagner
Garden of Delights
1967 · Movie
as Carlo
The Road to Corinth
1967 · Movie
as Dex
Lost Command
1966 · Movie
as Capain. Boisfeuras
Long March
1966 · Movie
as Doctor Chevalier
Line of Demarcation
1966 · Movie
as Pierre, comte de Damville
Three Rooms in Manhattan
1965 · Movie
as François Combe
Amador
1965 · Movie
as Amador
The Thief of Tibadabo
1965 · Movie
as Nicolas
Circle of Love
1964 · Movie
as Henri
The Pit and the Pendulum
1964 · Movie
as Le condamné à mort
Pariahs of Glory
1964 · Movie
as Ferrier
Wherever You Are
1964 · Movie
as Paul Vallier
The Victors
1963 · Movie
as French Lieutenant
The Fire Within
1963 · Movie
as Alain Leroy
Casablanca, Nest of Spies
1963 · Movie
as Maurice Desjardins
Scarlet Eye
1963 · Movie
as Dr. Gérard Rinaldi
Enough Rope
1963 · Movie
as Walter Saccard
Midnight Meeting
1962 · Movie
as Pierre Neyris
The Immoral Moment
1962 · Movie
as Michel Jussieu
Assassin's Check
1962 · Movie
as Gilbert Vitry
Liberté I
1962 · Movie
as Michel
Time Out for Love
1961 · Movie
as Philippe
Purple Noon
1960 · Movie
as Philippe Greenleaf
Mi último tango
1960 · Movie
as Dario Ledesma
Il peccato degli anni verdi
1960 · Movie
as Paolo Donati
The Devil Made a Woman
1959 · Movie
as José
This Desired Body
1959 · Movie
as Henri Messardier
Discorama
1959 · TV Show
as Self
Elevator to the Gallows
1958 · Movie
as Julien Tavernier
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958 · Movie
as Jacques
That Night
1958 · Movie
as Jean Mallet
He Who Must Die
1957 · Movie
as Michelis
The Blonde Witch
1956 · Movie
as Laurent Brulard
Missing Persons Section
1956 · Movie
as Juan Milford
Cinépanorama
1956 · TV Show
as Self
The Aristocrats
1955 · Movie
as Christophe de Conti
Pleasures and Vices
1955 · Movie
as 'Gueule d'ange'
House of Ricordi
1954 · Movie
as Vincenzo Bellini
Castles in Spain
1954 · Movie
as Miguel Murillo
Casta diva
1954 · Movie
as Vincenzo Bellini
Reflets de Cannes
1954 · TV Show
as Self
Poison Ivy
1953 · Movie
as Mickey
Lucrèce Borgia
1953 · Movie
as Perotto
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Endless Horizons
1953 · Movie
as Marc Caussade
The Healer
1953 · Movie
as André Turenne
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952 · Movie
as The priest (segment "La Luxure")
Desperate Decision
1952 · Movie
as Jim
Perfectionist
1951 · Movie
as François
Rendezvous in July
1949 · Movie
as Roger Moulin
