About
Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer. Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut at the age of 14 alongside his parents in Sacha Guitry's Deux couverts in Lausanne. After attending the Parisian acting school Centre du Spectacle de la Rue-Blanche, he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1944, where Jean-Louis Barrault was one of his mentors. When he made his film debut at 22 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949) in a role that was written specifically for him by Becker, he had little interest in pursuing an acting career. After completing the film, he married Maria Pacôme (a French stage actress and playwright), and they departed to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in Provence, where he...
Known for
Elevator to the GallowsMovie • 1958
Purple NoonMovie • 1960
Beau PereMovie • 1981
The Swimming PoolMovie • 1969
The Unfaithful WifeMovie • 1969
Death of a Corrupt ManMovie • 1977
Lost CommandMovie • 1966
SphinxMovie • 1981
The Marseille ContractMovie • 1974
The Champagne MurdersMovie • 1967
The Fire WithinMovie • 1963
Line of DemarcationMovie • 1966
Madame ClaudeMovie • 1977
SeductionMovie • 1973
BloodlineMovie • 1979
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a WomanMovie • 1973
The VictorsMovie • 1963
The Deadly TrapMovie • 1971
Carve Her Name with PrideMovie • 1958
La BalanceMovie • 1982
He Who Must DieMovie • 1957
The VixenMovie • 1969
Three Rooms in ManhattanMovie • 1965
Raphael or the Debauched OneMovie • 1971