biography
| name: |
Trintignant, Jean-Louis
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pronunciation:
[trĩteenyã]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1930– )
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| biography:
| Actor and film-maker, born in Piolenc, France. He abandoned his legal studies to become an actor, making his Paris stage debut in 1951. His appearance in Et Dieu créa la femme (1956, And God Created Woman) with Brigitte Bardot brought him to popular attention. His career includes the internationally successful Un Homme et Une Femme (1966, A Man and a Woman), and a variety of work for Europe's most distinguished directors, including Les Biches (1968, The Does), Z (1968). He played the president in Girod's Le bon Plaisir, appeared in four of his wife Nadine's films, and starred in many Italian productions, such as Bertolucci's Le Conformiste (1970, The Conformist). He has also worked as a director. Later films include an English-language production, Under Fire (1983), Merci, la vie (1991, Thanks, Life), and Ceux qui m'aiment Prendront le train (1998). |
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