Gérard Blain

Born October 23, 1930· Paris, France

† Died December 17, 2000

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Born into hardship after his father left, Blain quit school at thirteen, roamed the streets and entered cinema as an extra in 1943, laying the groundwork for a turbulent artistic path. A breakthrough came with the crime drama Deadlier Than the Male (1956) opposite Jean Gabin, earning him the nickname “the French James Dean,” and he soon appeared in Truffaut’s Les Mistons (1957), Chabrol’s Le Beau…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources