Acting
Daniel Gélin
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.
Filmography
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Film · 2022
Max par Marcel: Lola Montès
Film · 2009
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "La Ronde"
Film · 2008
Working with Max Ophuls: Daniel Gélin on "Le Plaisir"
Film · 2008
À l'abri des regards indiscrets
Film · 2002
Obsession
Film · 1997
Une femme d'action
Film · 1997
Men, Women: A User's Manual
Film · 1996
Les Bidochon
Film · 1996
Ghost with Driver
Film · 1996
Runaways
Film · 1995
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Film · 1994
Warrior Spirit
Film · 1994
Pushing the Limits
Film · 1994
Poorly Extinguished Fires
Film · 1994
Roulez jeunesse !
Film · 1993
Coup de jeune
Film · 1993
De force avec d'autres
Film · 1993
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Film · 1991
Mauvaise fille
Film · 1991
Un type bien
Film · 1991
Maigret
Series · 1991
Iran: Days of Crisis
Series · 1991
Mr. Frost
Film · 1990
Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
Film · 1990
Promotion canapé
Film · 1990
Les Nuls, l'émission
Series · 1990
The summer of all sorrows
Film · 1989
Life Is a Long Quiet River
Film · 1988
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
Film · 1988
Dandin
Film · 1988
Pétition
Film · 1987
Public Security
Film · 1987
Via Montenapoleone
Film · 1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Film · 1987
The Legacy of Guldenburgs
Series · 1987
Marc et Sophie
Series · 1987
Sacrée soirée
Series · 1987
Killing Cars
Film · 1986
Le Tiroir secret
Series · 1986
The Children
Film · 1985
Blitz
Film · 1985
Olga e i suoi figli
Series · 1985
Un delitto
Film · 1984
That Night of Varennes
Film · 1982
Guy de Maupassant
Film · 1982
Aujourd'hui la vie
Series · 1982
Season of Peace in Paris
Film · 1981
Signé Furax
Film · 1981
Tarendol
Series · 1980
Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !
Film · 1979
The Suspended Vocation
Film · 1978
Schwüle Tage
Film · 1978
La Discorde
Film · 1978
Ciné regards
Series · 1978
We Will All Meet in Paradise
Film · 1977
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
Film · 1977
La Jalousie
Film · 1976
Trop c'est trop
Film · 1975
Dialogues of the Exiles
Film · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
Midi Première
Series · 1975
Numéro un
Series · 1975
Système 2
Series · 1975
No Pockets in a Shroud
Film · 1974
Ariane
Film · 1974
Der große Preis
Series · 1974
The Police Serve the Citizens?
Film · 1973
Double Assassinat dans la rue Morgue
Film · 1973
Far from Dallas
Film · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Murmur of the Heart
Film · 1971
Swedish Fly Girls
Film · 1971
Un enfant dans la ville
Film · 1971
Arsène Lupin
Series · 1971
The Servant
Film · 1970
Slogan
Film · 1969
Sadistic Hallucinations
Film · 1969
Destroy, She Said
Film · 1969
The Truce
Film · 1968
The Most Beautiful Month
Film · 1968
Witness Out of Hell
Film · 1967
Is Paris Burning?
Film · 1966
Line of Demarcation
Film · 1966
Black Sun
Film · 1966
The Sultans
Film · 1966
À belles dents
Film · 1966
An Affair of States
Film · 1966
The Sleeping Car Murders
Film · 1965
Uncertain Verification
Film · 1965
The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall
Film · 1965
The Hour of Truth
Film · 1965
Les Saintes Chéries
Series · 1965
How to Make a French Dish
Film · 1964
Cherchez l'idole
Film · 1964
Les murs
Film · 1964
Three Girls in Paris
Film · 1963
Règlements de compte
Film · 1963
Portuguese Vacation
Film · 1963
Hitch-Hike
Film · 1962
Shadows of Adultery
Film · 1961
The Season for Love
Film · 1961
Réveille-toi, chérie
Film · 1961
In the Mouth of the Wolf
Film · 1961
Testament of Orpheus
Film · 1960
Carthage in Flames
Film · 1960
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
Film · 1960
This Desired Body
Film · 1959
Julie la rousse
Film · 1959
Port of Desire
Film · 1958
Three Days to Live
Film · 1958
Follow Me Young Man
Film · 1958
There's Always a Price Tag
Film · 1957
Too Many Lovers
Film · 1957
Mort en fraude
Film · 1957
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Film · 1956
Plucking the Daisy
Film · 1956
I'll Get Back to Kandara
Film · 1956
Good Evening Paris
Film · 1956
Maid in Paris
Film · 1956
Cinépanorama
Series · 1956
Napoleon
Film · 1955
Lovers' Net
Film · 1955
On Trial
Film · 1954
Woman of Rome
Film · 1954
Love in a Hot Climate
Film · 1954
Public Opinion
Film · 1954
The Cheerful Squadron
Film · 1954
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Film · 1954
Reflets de Cannes
Series · 1954
Les Dents longues
Film · 1953
Rue de l'estrapade
Film · 1953
Voice of Silence
Film · 1953
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Film · 1953
Stain on the Snow
Film · 1953
The Slave
Film · 1953
Le Plaisir
Film · 1952
The Moment of Truth
Film · 1952
Venom and Eternity
Film · 1952
Adorable Creatures
Film · 1952
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Film · 1952
Young Love
Film · 1951
Edward and Caroline
Film · 1951
Dirty Hands
Film · 1951
La légende cruelle
Film · 1951
Chicago Digest
Film · 1951
La Ronde
Film · 1950
God Needs Men
Film · 1950
The Hell of Lost Pilots
Film · 1949
Rendezvous in July
Film · 1949
The Murdered Model
Film · 1948
La Nuit de Sybille
Film · 1947
The Woman in Red
Film · 1947
Mirror
Film · 1947
Martin Roumagnac
Film · 1946
A Friend Will Come Tonight
Film · 1946
The Temptation of Barbizon
Film · 1946
L'Enquête du 58
Film · 1945
Les Cadets de l'océan
Film · 1945
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
Film · 1944
Lucrèce
Film · 1943
Strangers in the House
Film · 1942
Soyez les bienvenus
Film · 1942
Her First Affair
Film · 1941
Radio Surprises
Film · 1940
Miquette
Film · 1940