Mado maurin patrick dewaere biography

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Patrick Dewaere

French film actor

Patrick Dewaere
Patrick Dewaere in 1975.
Born	Patrick jean Marie Henri Bourdeaux^[1] (1947-01-26)26 January 1947 Saint-Brieuc, France
Died	16 July 1982(1982-07-16) (aged 35) Paris, France
Other names	Patrick Maurin Patrick de Waëre
Occupations
Years active	1951–1982
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Spouses	Sotha (m. 1968; div. 1979) Elizabeth Malvina Chalier (m. 1980)
Partner	Miou-Miou
Children	2, including Lola Dewaere

Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982) was a French spelfilm actor. Born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, he was the son of French actress Mado Maurin. An actor from a young age, his career lasted more than 21 years until his suicide in Paris, in 1982.

Career

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Early life

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French actor Patrick Dewaere (1947-1982) was a promising and popular europeisk film star in the 1970s. In 1982, the actor shot himself. He was only 35 years old.

Rumanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. cd. 43 157.

French postcard by Editions F. Nugeron, Tessancourt, no. R 5B.

French postcard by Editions Humour à la Carte, Paris, no. 3735.

Sensitivity and isolation

Patrick Dewaerewas born Patrick Jean Marie Henri Bourdeauxin Saint-Brieuc in Britanny, in the northwest region of France, in 1947. He was the third of six children of actress Mado Maurin. His five siblings, Jean-Pierre Maurin(1941-1996), Yves-Marie Maurin(1944), Dominique Maurin(1949), Jean-Francois Maurin(1957) and Marie-Veronique Maurin(1960), all became actors, with varying degrees of success.

Patrick made his film debut at the age of four under the name Patrick Maurinin Monsieur Fabre/Amazing Monsieur Fabre(Henri Diamant Berger, 1951) featuring Pierre Fresnay. More small film rol

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Patrick Dewaere

1947-1982

Biography: life and films

Few would dispute that Patrick Dewaere was one of the finest actors of his generation, one of the few French actors who had the same rare combination of talent, courage, charisma and commitment which had previously distinguished the great American method actors. Dewaere brought an electrifying reality to every one of his screen portrayals with performances that were bold, subtle and profound, sometimes poignant, sometimes disturbing. His career spanned 31 years and includes appearances in 37 feature films, but it was only in his last decade that he came to prominence, in the roles for which he is now best remembered - stark and convincing portrayals of social outcasts, fragile loners or self-destructive romantics living at the extremity of their passions. It was a career most actors would envy, but it was also one that ended suddenly, in terribly tragic circumstances. In real life, Patrick Dewaere was a man who was as comp