Acting
Maurice Ronet
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
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
Film · 2021
Undressing a Legacy
Film · 2021
Barefoot in the Kitchen
Film · 2013
Mag Bodard, un destin
Film · 2005
Surprise Party
Film · 1983
La Balance
Film · 1982
La Guérilléra
Film · 1982
Un matin rouge
Film · 1982
Beau Pere
Film · 1981
Sphinx
Film · 1981
Bloodline
Film · 1979
Orient Express
Series · 1979
Madame le Juge
Series · 1978
Emmenez-moi au Ritz
Film · 1977
Madame Claude
Film · 1977
Death of a Corrupt Man
Film · 1977
Golden Night
Film · 1976
Oh, mia bella matrigna
Film · 1976
Why They Kill Themselves
Film · 1976
To the Bitter End
Film · 1975
The Golden Mass
Film · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
Only the Wind Knows the Answer
Film · 1974
The Marseille Contract
Film · 1974
Night Police Station
Film · 1974
Cry of the Heart
Film · 1974
Seduction
Film · 1973
Without Warning
Film · 1973
The Crazy Capo Affair
Film · 1973
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Film · 1973
The Red Room
Film · 1973
The Pebbles of Etratat
Film · 1972
Scandal Man
Film · 1972
Devil in the Brain
Film · 1972
Midi trente
Series · 1972
Raphael or the Debauched One
Film · 1971
The Deadly Trap
Film · 1971
A Little, a Lot, Passionately
Film · 1971
Samedi soir
Series · 1971
The Sensuous Assassin
Film · 1970
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
Film · 1970
Last Leap
Film · 1970
The Modification
Film · 1970
The Swimming Pool
Film · 1969
The Unfaithful Wife
Film · 1969
The Vixen
Film · 1969
The Scarlet Lady
Film · 1969
Delphine
Film · 1969
A Devil Under the Pillow
Film · 1968
How Sweet It Is!
Film · 1968
Birds in Peru
Film · 1968
The Champagne Murders
Film · 1967
Garden of Delights
Film · 1967
The Road to Corinth
Film · 1967
Lost Command
Film · 1966
Long March
Film · 1966
Line of Demarcation
Film · 1966
Three Rooms in Manhattan
Film · 1965
Amador
Film · 1965
The Thief of Tibadabo
Film · 1965
Circle of Love
Film · 1964
The Pit and the Pendulum
Film · 1964
Pariahs of Glory
Film · 1964
Wherever You Are
Film · 1964
The Victors
Film · 1963
The Fire Within
Film · 1963
Casablanca, Nest of Spies
Film · 1963
Scarlet Eye
Film · 1963
Enough Rope
Film · 1963
Midnight Meeting
Film · 1962
The Immoral Moment
Film · 1962
Assassin's Check
Film · 1962
Liberté I
Film · 1962
Time Out for Love
Film · 1961
Purple Noon
Film · 1960
Mi último tango
Film · 1960
Il peccato degli anni verdi
Film · 1960
The Devil Made a Woman
Film · 1959
This Desired Body
Film · 1959
Discorama
Series · 1959
Elevator to the Gallows
Film · 1958
Carve Her Name with Pride
Film · 1958
That Night
Film · 1958
He Who Must Die
Film · 1957
The Blonde Witch
Film · 1956
Missing Persons Section
Film · 1956
Cinépanorama
Series · 1956
The Aristocrats
Film · 1955
Pleasures and Vices
Film · 1955
House of Ricordi
Film · 1954
Castles in Spain
Film · 1954
Casta diva
Film · 1954
Reflets de Cannes
Series · 1954
Poison Ivy
Film · 1953
Lucrèce Borgia
Film · 1953
Endless Horizons
Film · 1953
The Healer
Film · 1953
The Seven Deadly Sins
Film · 1952
Desperate Decision
Film · 1952
Perfectionist
Film · 1951
Rendezvous in July
Film · 1949