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Alain Delon is the main subject of a play inspired by his career and the world of Jean-Pierre Melville, Alain Delon or almost, of Stéphane Dolivet. The play was premiered in July 2007 at the Avignon Festival .
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May 28, 2024 · Alain Delon, French film actor whose striking good looks helped make him one of the principal male stars of the French cinema in the 1960s and ’70s. His best-known movies included Christine (1958), Purple Noon (1960), Le Samourai (1967), The Swimming Pool (1969), and Monsieur Klein (1976).
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Over the course of his career, Delon has starred in over 90 films in a variety of roles and genres. He achieved critical acclaim for his performance in films such as Purple Noon (1960), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), L'Eclisse (1962), The Leopard (1963), Le Samouraï (1967), and La Piscine (1969).
He decided to try an acting career and in 1957 made his film debut in Yves Allégret's Quand la femme s'en mêle (1957). He declined an offer of a contract from producer David O. Selznick, and in 1960 he received international recognition for his role in Luchino Visconti's Rocco and His Brothers (1960). In 1961 he appeared on the stage in "'Tis ...
- November 8, 1935
In the 1980s, Delon took to directing his own films. He made two films, both gritty policiers in which he played the lead role: Pour la peau d'un flic (1981) and Le Battant (1983).
Early career: Before he was 20, Delon served in Indochina with the French marines and also worked as a porter at Les Halles in Paris. He made his acting bow in 1957’s Send a Woman When the Devil Fails by Yves Allégret.
Cinema saved Delon from becoming a gangster. Born on November 8, 1935, in Sceaux, France, Delon's early years were marked by a brush with the underworld. As he moved to Paris with almost no money, he started hanging with the wrong crowd around the red district of Pigalle.
