Philippe Léotard
Actor, Film actor
1940 – 2001
Who was Philippe Léotard?
Philippe Léotard was a French actor, poet, and singer.
He was born in Nice, one of seven children - four girls, then three boys, of which he was the oldest - and was the brother of politician François Léotard. His childhood was normal except for an illness which struck him and forced him to spend days in bed during which time he read a great many books. He was particularly fond of the poets - Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Lautréamont, Blaise Cendrars. He met Ariane Mnouchkine at the Sorbonne and in 1964 they formed the théâtre du soleil.
He played Philippe, the tormented son of a woman with terminal illness, in the 1974 drama film La Gueule ouverte, by the controversial director Maurice Pialat. He won a César Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1982 movie La Balance.
One of his few English-language roles was a cameo in the 1973 thriller The Day of the Jackal and he co-starred as "Jacques" in the 1975 John Frankenheimer movie French Connection II which starred Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey,.
Léotard died in 2001 of respiratory failure in Paris at the age of 60. He was interred at the Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Aug 28, 1940
Nice - Also known as
- Philippe Leotard
- Ange Philippe Paul André Léotard-Tomasi
- Ange-Philippe Leotard
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Nathalie Baye
(1972 - 1982) - Liliane Caulier
( - 1972)
- Nathalie Baye
- Children
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 25, 2001
Paris - Resting place
- Montparnasse Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Philippe Léotard." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 24 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/philippe_leotard>.
Discuss this Philippe Léotard biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In