Alain Delon

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; 8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor. He became famous quickly, and by the age of 23, he was already being compared to French actors like Gérard Philipe and Jean Marais. He was also compared to American actor James Dean. He was even called the male Brigitte Bardot. During his career, Delon worked with many well-known directors. Some of these are Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni and Louis Malle. 

Delon was given Swiss citizenship in 1999. He had a company managing product company, and it was based in Geneva.

Early life
Delon was born in Sceaux, Seine (now Hauts-de-Seine), Île-de-France, which is a suburb of Paris. His parents, Édith (née Arnold) and Fabien Delon, divorced when Delon was four.Alain Delon Biography (1935-) Both remarried, and Delon has a half-sister and two half-brothers. He went to a Roman CatholicCineman, About the person boarding school. This was the first school he was removed from because of bad behavior. 

When he was 14, Delon left school. He then worked for at his stepfather's butcher shop for some time. He joined the French Navy three years later. In 1953 and 54 he served as a fusilier marin in the First Indochina War. Delon has said that out of his four years of military service he spent eleven months in prison for being "undisciplined", meaning that his bad behaviour ended up getting him jailed. In 1956, he returned to France after being dishonourably discharged from the navy. He did not have any money, and lived on whatever money he could find.

Products
Since his perfume company was started, Delon has had many products sold under his name. Some of these are wristwatches, clothes, eyewear, stationery and cigarettes.

Delon's sunglasses brand became very popular in Hong Kong after actor Chow Yun-fat wore them in the 1986 movie A Better Tomorrow. He wore these in two movies after this. It is said that Delon wrote a letter to thank Chow for helping the sunglasses sell out in the region.The Films of John Woo and the Art of Heroic Bloodshed by Anthony Leong from MediaCircus.net The movie's director John Woo has said that Delon is one of his idols. He wrote a short essay on Le Samourai as well as Le Cercle Rou for the Criterion Collection DVDs.

Death
Delon suffered a stroke in June 2019. In August 2019, he was recovering in a Swiss hospital. In September 2022, he began treatment for a slow-progressing lymphoma. In the summer of 2023, Delon's three children made the decision to stop this treatment because it was weakening him.

Delon died on 18 August 2024 at his home in Douchy, France at the age of 88. He was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma earlier in the year.

 Honours 
At the 45th Berlin International Film Festival, he won the Honorary Golden Bear.
Delon is on the cover of the 1986 album The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths.
 He was made Officier (Officer) of the Ordre national du Mérite in 1995.
 He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur on 21 February 1991. He was promoted to Officier (Officer) in 2005.

Movies
 Year  Movie  Role  Notes1957 Sois belle et tais-toi Loulou 1957 Quand la femme s'en mêle  Jo 1958 Christine  Franz Lobheiner 1959 Faibles femmes  Julien Fenal 1959 Le chemin des écoliers  Antoine Michaud 1960 Rocco and His Brothers   Rocco Parondi directed by Luchino Visconti1960 Purple Noon (Plein Soleil)  Tom Ripley 1961 The Joy of Living (Quelle joie de vivre) Ulysse 1961 Amours célèbres Prince Albert  1962 Love at Sea (L'Amour à la mer)  The film actor1962 Eclipse Piero directed by Michelangelo Antonioni1962 Carom Shots (Carambolages)  Lambert1962 The Devil and the Ten Commandments (Le Diable et les Dix Commandements)  Pierre Messager1963 Joy House (Les Félins)  Marc 1963 Any Number Can Win (Mélodie en sous-sol)  Francis1963 The Leopard Tancredi  1963 La Tulipe noire  Count de Saint Preux1964 L'Insoumis  Thomas1965 The Yellow Rolls-Royce Stefano 1965 Once a Thief  Eddie Pedak directed by Ralph Nelson; written by Zekial Marko1965 Is Paris Burning? (Paris brûle-t-il?)  Jacques Chaban-Delmas 1966 Texas Across the Rive (Texas nous voilà)  Don Andrea 1966 Lost Command Capt. Philippe Esclavier 1966 The Last Adventure (Les Aventuriers)  Manu1967 Diabolically Yours (Diaboliquement vôtre)  Pierre 1967 Le Samouraï  Jef Costello directed by Jean Pierre Melville1968 Spirits of the Dead (Histoires extraordinaires)  William Wilson  1968 Farewell Friend (Adieu l'ami)  Dino Barran  co-starring with Charles Bronson1968 The Girl on a Motorcycle (La Motocyclette)Daniel 1968 The Swimming Pool (La Piscine) Jean-Paul 1969 Jeff  Laurent1969 Madly Julian1969  The Sicilian Clan (Le Clan des Siciliens)  Roger Sartet1970 Doucement les basses Simon1970 Borsalino  Rocco Siffredi1970 Le Cercle rougeCorey directed by Jean-Pierre Melville1971 The Assassination of Trotsky  Frank Jackson directed by Joseph Losey1971 Fantasia chez les ploucs A caïd1971 Red Sun (Soleil Rouge)  Gauche  directed by Terence Young1971 La veuve Couderc Jean1971 Un Flic  Coleman 1972 La prima notte di quiete Daniele Dominici directed by Valerio Zurlini1972 Il était une fois un flic  Man searching Rodriguez1972 Traitement de choc  Devillers1973 No Way Out (Tony Arzenta)  Tony Arzenta 1973 Scorpio Jean Laurier, alias Scorpio1973 The Burned Barns (Les granges brûlées)  Larcher1973 La Race des seigneurs  Julien Dandieu 1973 Two Men in Town (Deux hommes dans la ville)  Gino Strabliggi 1974 Borsalino & Co.  Roch Siffredi 1974 Les Seins de glace  Marc Rilsen 1975 Zorro  Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro  1975 Le Gitan Le Gitan 1975 Flic Story  Roger Borniche 1976 L'Homme pressé  Pierre Niox 1976 Comme un boomerang  Jacques Batkin 1976 Armaguedon  Dr. Michel Ambrose 1976 Monsieur Klein  Robert Klein  directed by Joseph Loseynominated– César Award for Best Actor1977 Death of a Corrupt Man (Mort d'un pourri)  Xavier Maréchal  nominated– César Award for Best Actor1977 Le Gang  Robert le Dingue 1978 Attention, les enfants regardent  L'homme 1979 The Concorde ... Airport '79  Paul Metrand 1979 The Medic (Le Toubib)  Jean-Marie Desprès 1980 Teheran 43 (Teheran 43. Nid d'espions)  Foche 1980 Trois hommes à abattre  Michel Gerfaut 1981 Pour la peau d'un flic  Choucas 1982 The Shock (Le choc)  Martin Terrier 1983 Swann in Love (Un amour de Swann)  Baron de Charlus 1983 Le Battant  Jacques Darnay 1984 Le Passage  Jean Diaz 1984 Notre histoire  Robert Avranche  won– César Award for Best Actor1985 Parole de flic  Daniel Pratt 1988 Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort  Commissaire Eugène Grindel 1990 Dancing Machine  Alan Wolf 1990 Nouvelle Vague  L'homme 1992 The Return of Casanova (Le Retour de Casanova)  Casanova 1992 Un Crime  Maitre Charles Durand 1993 L'Ours en peluche  Jean Rivière 1995 A Hundred and One Nights (Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma)  Alain Delon, en visite 1996 Le Jour et la nuit  Alexandre 1997 Une chance sur deux  Julien Vignal 1999 Les Acteurs  himself2003–2004 Frank Riva Frank Riva  television series2008 Asterix at the Olympic Games (Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques)  Jules César 

References

Other websites

 alaindelon.ch , his official website


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