Alain Delon

1935 - 2024  (88 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Alain Delon
  Birth	8 Nov 1935	Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
  Gender	Male
  Prominent People	France
  actor
  Death	18 Aug 2024	Douchy-Montcorbon, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France
  Person ID	I373011	Geneagraphie
  Links To	This person is also Alain Delon at Wikipedia
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Fabien Delon   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Edith Arnold   d. Yes, date unknown
  Divorce	1939
  Family ID	F147923	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Christa Paffgen,   b. 16 Oct 1938   d. 18 Jul 1988 (Age 49 years)
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F147883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2002

  
  

  Family 2	Romy Schneider,   b. 23 Sep 1938, Wien, Österreich d. 29 May 1982, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	1959
  Type: separation
  Family ID	F147882	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2002

  
  

  Family 3	Living
  Children	+ 1. Living
  Family ID	F147879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2002

  
  

  Family 4	Living
  Family ID	F147880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2002

  
  

  Family 5	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F147881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2018

  
  

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  The product of a broken home, Alain Delon had a stormy childhood. He was frequently expelled from school. CAREER: early 50's - parachutist with French Marines in Indochina; mid 50's - worked at various odd jobs including, waiter, salesman, and porter in Les Halles market; 1957 - film debut in Yves Allegret's "Quand la femmes s'en mele"; declined contract with Selznick studios; 1960 - recieved international recognition for his role in Visconti's "Rocco e i suoi fratelli"; 1961 - stage role in Tis Pity She's a Whore, directed by Visconti, Paris; 1964 - formed film company Delbeau Produ ctions; produced short film directed by Guy Gilles; 1968 - involved in murder, drug, sex scandal that indirectly implicated major politicians and show business personalities, eventually cleared of all charges; late 60's - formed film company Adel Film; 1970 - began producing feature films; 1981 - directed film "Pour la peau d'un flic". Without previous professional preparation, Alain Delon came to embody the young, energetic, often morally corrupted man. With his breathtaking good-looks, he was also predestined to play tender lovers and romantic heroes, and he was in the beginning a French embodiment of the type created in America by James Dean. His first outstanding success came with the role of the parasite Tom Ripley in Clement's sun-drenched thriller "Plein soleil". Delon presented a psychological portrait of a murderous young cynic who attempts to take on the identity of his victim. A totally different role was offered to him by Visconti in "Rocco e i suoi fratelli". In this film, Delon plays the devoted Rocco, who accepts the greatest sacrifices to save his characterless brot her Simon. After several other films in Italy, he returned to the criminal genre with Jean Gabin in "Melodie en sous-sol". This work, a classic example of the genre, was distinguished not only by a soundly worked-out screenplay, but also by the careful producti on and the excellent performances of both Delon and Gabin. It was only in the late sixties that the sleek and lethal Delon came to epitomise the calm, psychopathic hoodlum, staring into the camera like a cat assessing a mouse. His tough, ruthless side was firs t used to real effect by Jean-Pierre Melville in Samouraï, Le (1967). In 1969, he had a huge success in the bloodstained "Borsalino", which he also produced, playing a small-time gangster who, with Jean-Paul Belmondo becomes king of the Marseilles thirties underwo rld. Delon later won critical acclaim for his roles, against type, in Joseph Losey's Monsieur Klein (1976) in which Delon played (brilliantly) the icily sinister title role, and the art-movie Un amour de Swann (1984). Today Alain Delon is married to Rosalie, he has an older son Anthony (who has also acted in a number of movies) from his first marriage to Nathalie, and has a young son and daughter, Alain-Fabien and Anouchka with his wife Rosalie.