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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 13, 1927
Died
March 14, 1983
Place of Birth
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Also Known As
- Maurice Julien Marie Robinet
- Морис Роне
Maurice Ronet
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Biography
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.
Known For
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Self (archive footage)
Undressing a Legacy
2021
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Self (archive footage)
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
2021
6.0
(archive footage)
Barefoot in the Kitchen
2013
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Mag Bodard, un destin
2005
4.5
Georges Levesques
Surprise Party
1983
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Brutus
La Guérilléra
1982
6.3
Roger Massina
La Balance
1982
0.0
Henri
Un matin rouge
1982
6.5
Charly
Beau Pere
1981
5.5
Yvon Mageot
Sphinx
1981
Credits
Undressing a Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
2021
0.0
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
as Self (archive footage)
2021
0.0
Barefoot in the Kitchen
as (archive footage)
2013
6.0
Mag Bodard, un destin
as Self (archive footage)
2005
0.0
Surprise Party
as Georges Levesques
1983
4.5
La Guérilléra
as Brutus
1982
0.0
La Balance
as Roger Massina
1982
6.3
Un matin rouge
as Henri
1982
0.0
Beau Pere
as Charly
1981
6.5
Sphinx
as Yvon Mageot
1981
5.5
Orient Express
as Rolf Freitag
1979
8.0
Bloodline
as Charles Martin
1979
4.9
Madame le Juge
as Charles Bais
1978
7.5
Death of a Corrupt Man
as Philippe Dubaye
1977
6.5
Emmenez-moi au Ritz
as Philippe Gregor
1977
0.0
Madame Claude
as Pierre
1977
4.8
Golden Night
as Nuit d'or
1976
4.6
Oh, mia bella matrigna
as Luigi
1976
4.0
Why They Kill Themselves
1976
5.0
To the Bitter End
as Paul Jordan
1975
3.0
The Golden Mass
as David
1975
3.2
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Only the Wind Knows the Answer
as Robert Lucas
1974
5.0
Cry of the Heart
as Mathieu
1974
1.0
The Marseille Contract
as Inspector Briac
1974
5.9
Night Police Station
as Vittorio Cazzaniga
1974
5.5
The Red Room
as Jean Gerfaud
1973
1.0
The Crazy Capo Affair
as Diserens
1973
4.1
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
as Piere Gonzague
1973
4.3
Without Warning
as Raoul Maury
1973
4.8
Seduction
as Giuseppe Lagana
1973
5.7
Devil in the Brain
as Fabrizio Garces
1972
5.3
The Pebbles of Etratat
as Kelvo
1972
2.0
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Midi trente
as Self
1972
6.0
Scandal Man
as Marc Fontemps
1972
4.0
The Deadly Trap
as L'homme de l'organisation
1971
5.4
Raphael or the Debauched One
as Raphaël de Lorris
1971
5.8
A Little, a Lot, Passionately
as Didier
1971
0.0
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Samedi soir
as Self
1971
6.0
The Sensuous Assassin
as Serge
1970
5.4
The Modification
as Léon Delmont
1970
0.0
Last Leap
as Garal
1970
5.1
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
as Commissario
1970
5.4
The Vixen
as Jérôme
1969
5.4
The Scarlet Lady
as François
1969
5.7
Delphine
as Jean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine
1969
1.0
The Swimming Pool
as Harry
1969
7.0
The Unfaithful Wife
as Victor Pegala
1969
6.9
Birds in Peru
as Rainier
1968
4.6
How Sweet It Is!
as Phillipe
1968
7.4
A Devil Under the Pillow
as Lotario
1968
2.0
Garden of Delights
as Carlo
1967
5.6
The Road to Corinth
as Dex
1967
4.1
The Champagne Murders
as Paul Wagner
1967
5.3
Long March
as Doctor Chevalier
1966
0.0
Line of Demarcation
as Pierre, comte de Damville
1966
6.2
Lost Command
as Capain. Boisfeuras
1966
6.1
Three Rooms in Manhattan
as François Combe
1965
6.0
Amador
as Amador
1965
5.8
The Thief of Tibadabo
as Nicolas
1965
0.0
Circle of Love
as Henri
1964
5.5
Wherever You Are
as Paul Vallier
1964
5.0
Pariahs of Glory
as Ferrier
1964
5.0
The Pit and the Pendulum
as Le condamné à mort
1964
6.3
The Victors
as French Lieutenant
1963
6.2
The Fire Within
as Alain Leroy
1963
7.6
Casablanca, Nest of Spies
as Maurice Desjardins
1963
3.7
Scarlet Eye
as Dr. Gérard Rinaldi
1963
5.7
Enough Rope
as Walter Saccard
1963
5.6
Assassin's Check
as Gilbert Vitry
1962
0.0
The Immoral Moment
as Michel Jussieu
1962
4.8
Liberté I
as Michel
1962
0.0
Time Out for Love
as Philippe
1961
5.2
Midnight Meeting
as Pierre Neyris
1961
7.0
Il peccato degli anni verdi
as Paolo Donati
1960
5.0
Mi último tango
as Dario Ledesma
1960
5.8
Purple Noon
as Philippe Greenleaf
1960
7.6
Carmen from Ronda
as José
1959
5.9
This Desired Body
as Henri Messardier
1959
6.0
Discorama
as Self
1959
0.0
That Night
as Jean Mallet
1958
5.0
Carve Her Name with Pride
as Jacques
1958
6.0
Elevator to the Gallows
as Julien Tavernier
1958
7.6
He Who Must Die
as Michelis
1957
5.8
Missing Persons Section
as Juan Milford
1956
5.9
The Blonde Witch
as Laurent Brulard
1956
6.2
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
The Aristocrats
as Christophe de Conti
1955
6.3
Pleasures and Vices
as 'Gueule d'ange'
1955
4.0
Casta diva
as Vincenzo Bellini
1954
6.0
House of Ricordi
as Vincenzo Bellini
1954
6.2
Castles in Spain
as Miguel Murillo
1954
4.0
Reflets de Cannes
as Self
1954
2.0
The Healer
as André Turenne
1953
5.3
Lucrèce Borgia
as Perotto
1953
3.9
Poison Ivy
as Mickey
1953
5.9
🎬
Endless Horizons
as Marc Caussade
1953
0.0
Desperate Decision
as Jim
1952
5.3
The Seven Deadly Sins
as The priest (segment "La Luxure")
1952
5.9
Perfectionist
as François
1951
6.2
Rendezvous in July
as Roger Moulin
1949
5.8