Daniel Gélin
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Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin (19 May 1921 - 29 November 2002) was a French actor, occasional director and screenwriter and one of the great stars of French cinema.
Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire and 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) and from that time, went on to appear in more than 150 films, including Max Ophuls' La Ronde (1950) and Le Plaisir (1952) , Si Versailles m'était conté (Royal Affairs in Versailles) (1954) and Napoléon (1955), both forSacha Guitry, Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) and Jean Cocteau's Le Testament d'Orphée (1960) and La Nuit de Varennes (That Night in Varennes) (1982).
Gélin married three times:
- Danièle Delorme (1945 - 1954) (divorced) 2 children
- Sylvie Hirsh (1955 - 1968) (divorced) 2 children
- Lydie Zaks (1973 - his death) 1 child
He is also the father of Maria Schneider whom, however, he has never acknowledged.
He died in Paris of kidney failure.
