Maurice Garrel

1923-2011

Biography: life and films

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Maurice Garrel was a French film actor. He was born in Saint-Gervais, France on 24 February 1923 and died in Paris, France on 4 June 2011. Having been a stage actor for more than a decade, he made his film debut in the late 1950s and would work with some of the great auteur filmmakers of the 60s and 70s, including François Truffaut, Jacques Rivette, Alain Cavalier, Costa-Gavras, and Claude Sautet. Garrel was nominated for a César in 1991 for his supporting role in Christian Vincent's La Discrète. He regularly appeared in films directed by his son, the filmmaker Philippe Garrel. He is the grandfather of the actor Louis Garrel.
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Filmography

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Du rififi chez les femmes (1959) [a]

Fortunat (1960) [a]

Le Tracassin (1961) [a]

Adieu Philippine (1962) [a]

Le Combat dans l'île (1962) [a]

Le Monte-Charge (1962) [a]

Les Culottes rouges (1962) [a]

Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray (1962) [a]

À cause, à cause d'une femme (1963) [a]

Ballade pour un voyou (1963) [a]

L'Insoumis (1964) [a]

La Peau douce (1964) [a]

Les Gorilles (1964) [a]

À belles dents (1966) [a]

Soleil noir (1966) [a]

Geheimnisse in goldenen Nylons (1967) [a]

La Mariée était en Noir (1967) [a]

Loin du Vietnam (1967) [a]

Marie pour mémoire (1967) [a]

Peau d'espion (1967) [a]

Un homme de trop (1967) [a]

Anémone (1968) [a]

Drôle de jeu (1968) [a]

Le Pacha (1968) [a]

Les Jeunes loups (1968) [a]

La Liberté en croupe (1970) [a]

La Maison des Bories (1970) [a]

Le Coeur fou (1970) [a]

Le Jour de noces (1970) [a]

Un aller simple (1971) [a]

Faustine et le bel été (1972) [a]

Les Soleils de l'Ile de Pâques (1972) [a]

Rak (1972) [a]

L'Héritier (1973) [a]

Nada (1974) [a]

Un ange passe (1975) [a]

Il pleut sur Santiago (1976) [a]

Le Jour de noces (1977) [a]

Le Grand paysage d'Alexis Droeven (1981) [a]

Merry-Go-Round (1981) [a]

Un matin rouge (1982) [a]

Édith et Marcel (1983) [a]

Liberté, la nuit (1983) [a]

Rebelote (1983) [a]

Les Maîtres du soleil (1984) [a]

La Seconda notte (1986) [a]

Poisons (1987) [a]

Les Baisers de secours (1989) [a]

Bleu marine (1990) [a]

La Discrète (1990) [a]

A Star for Two (1991) [a]

L'Ombre (1991) [a]

Un coeur en hiver (1992) [a]

Zwischensaison (1992) [a]

Le Coeur fantôme (1996) [a]

Alors voilà, (1997) [a]

Artemisia (1997) [a]

Inséparables (1999) [a]

L'Origine du monde (2001) [a]

Sauvage innocence (2001) [a]

Étrangère (2002) [a]

Fatma (2002) [a]

Total Kheops (2002) [a]

Mes enfants ne sont pas comme les autres (2003) [a]

Rencontre avec le dragon (2003) [a]

Son frère (2003) [a]

Rois et reine (2004) [a]

Les Amants réguliers (2005) [a]

Call Me Agostino (2006) [a]

Le Passager (2006) [a]

Actrices (2007) [a]

L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot (2009) [a]

Un été brûlant (2011) [a]



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