(October 6, 1929 – August 7, 2010) |
Biography
He was widely known in France and the French-speaking world for his interpretation of the famous detective Maigret in a television series that started in 1991 and ended in 2005 after 54 episodes.
His career on stage included creating the role of Thomas Beckett in the 1959 world premiere of the play Beckett by Jean Anouilh.
In 1957, he had a credited role in the movies for the first time in Send a Woman When the Devil Fails (also known as When a Woman Meddles and When the Woman Gets Confused), featuring Alain Delon.
He and his wife Chantal, whom he married in December 1984, had two daughters (Constance and Marie-Clémentine). From an earlier marriage, he had a son, Stéphane, who is a writer.
In 2000, he published an autobiography, Un certain jeune homme (A Certain Young Man).
Bruno Cremer, 80 years old, died on August 7, 2010, in Paris. He had been suffering from cancer for several years.[2]
Selected filmography
- The 317th Platoon (1965)
- Is Paris Burning? (1966), directed by René Clément
- Les Gauloises bleues (1968)
- The Time to Die (1970)
- L'Alpagueur (1976)
- Sorcerer (1977), directed by William Friedkin
- A Simple Story (1978)
- Derborence (1985)
- Noce Blanche (1989), with Vanessa Paradis
- Tumultes (1990)
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