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Patrick Dewaere

Acting
Known For

35 Years Old

Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982) was a French film 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. Patrick Dewaere was the third child of an actor's family. His biological father, Michel Têtard, was a lyricist who had an affair with Dewaere's mother, Mado Maurin, who was married to Pierre-Marie Bourdeaux. Dewaere grew up believing Bourdeaux was his biological father. After Dewaere's parents divorced, his mother remarried Georges Collignon, who sexually abused Dewaere as a child. Under the direction of his mother, Dewaere, his four brothers and his sister performed in movies and television series. The family lived in Paris. Dewaere attended the Cours Hattemer, a private school. One of his first TV appearances was in 1961, when he was 14 years old. He appeared in a video for the song "Nuits d'Espagne" by Dalida. Later, he was a promising and popular French actor in the late 1960s and 1970s. At the age of 17, Dewaere learned that he was not the biological child of his mother’s ex-husband, Pierre-Marie Bourdeaux, but that of conductor and singer Michel Têtard. In 1968, he took the name of "Dewaere" which his maternal great-grandmother inspired him. A year earlier, he had met his first wife, Sotha, an actress who co-founded the Café de la Gare, an experimental theatre. They separated in 1970 but remained married for eleven years. From 1968, he collaborated with the Café de la Gare, where he met Miou-Miou and Gérard Depardieu, with whom he made a breakthrough after many secondary roles in various films, in the scandalous comedy Going Places. Miou-Miou became Dewaere’s companion and the mother of his daughter Angèle (1974). She left Dewaere for singer Julien Clerc, shortly before the shooting of F...like Fairbanks, in which both play a couple in separation. Patrick Dewaere became one of the most popular actors in French cinema in the 1970s. Between 1977 and 1982, he was nominated five times to the Césars in the "Best Actor" category, the most important award in France. In his work, Dewaere was restless and very conscientious, which may have caused his depressed mood. He also had serious drug problems, and it is known that he had been sexually abused as a child. He consolidated his status as a savage and ruthless actor in Alain Corneau’s cult film Série noire (1979). In his roles, Dewaere was long attached to the kind of young rebel. Only in his later films did his comic and dramatic diversity manifest itself. He often worked with director Bertrand Blier. In 1980, Dewaere hit a journalist who had announced against his will his union with Elsa Chalier. Subsequently, the actor was ignored by the French press, his name was even abbreviated with his initials (P.D). For eleven years Dewaere was married to French actress Sotha. In the early 1970s, he became the companion of French actress Miou-Miou, until they separated in 1976. They had one daughter. Shortly before the release of Paradis Pour Tous (1982), a black comedy where his character tries to commit suicide, the actor shot himself in his house in Paris. He was 35 years old. ... Source: Article "Patrick Dewaere" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Born

Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, France on 26th January 1947

Died

16th July 1982

All Credits

Le Grand Échiquier Image
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Spécial cinéma Image
Spécial cinéma
Self
Champs-Elysées Image
Champs-Elysées
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche Image
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
À bout portant Image
À bout portant
Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées Image
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
No Image
Les Hauts de Hurlevent
Young Heathcliff
Jean de la Tour Miracle Image
Jean de la Tour Miracle
Jean de la Tour Miracle
Beau Pere Image
Beau Pere
Rémi
La Déesse d'or Image
La Déesse d'or
Alain
Going Places Image
Going Places
Pierrot
Is Paris Burning? Image
Is Paris Burning?
Young resistant (uncredited)
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs Image
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
Stéphane
The French Detective Image
The French Detective
Inspector Lefèvre
The Bishop's Bedroom Image
The Bishop's Bedroom
Marco Maffei
Paradise for All Image
Paradise for All
Alain Durieux
Plucking the Daisy Image
Plucking the Daisy
un frère d'Agnès
The Deadly Trap Image
The Deadly Trap
L'homme à l'écharpe jaune (uncredited)
Hotel America Image
Hotel America
Gilles Tisserand
Traffic Jam Image
Traffic Jam
Mara's Lover
The Married Couple of the Year Two Image
The Married Couple of the Year Two
un volontaire
Heat of Desire Image
Heat of Desire
Serge Lainé
No Image
The Key Is in the Door
Philippe
No Problem! Image
No Problem!
Bartender
A Thousand Billion Dollars Image
A Thousand Billion Dollars
Paul Kerjean
The Happy Road Image
The Happy Road
Child
Themroc Image
Themroc
The Mason
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président Image
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
A Bad Son Image
A Bad Son
Bruno Calgagni
Serie Noire Image
Serie Noire
Franck Poupart
The Best Way to Walk Image
The Best Way to Walk
Marc
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff Image
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
Judge Fayard
Hothead Image
Hothead
François Perrin
F as in Fairbanks Image
F as in Fairbanks
André
Lily aime-moi Image
Lily aime-moi
Gaston, dit Johnny Cash
Amazing Monsieur Fabre Image
Amazing Monsieur Fabre
Catherine & Co. Image
Catherine & Co.
François
Psy Image
Psy
Marc
Victory March Image
Victory March
2nd Lt. Baio
Au long de rivière Fango Image
Au long de rivière Fango
Sébastien
Paco the Infallible Image
Paco the Infallible
Pocapena
No Image
Les Hauts de Hurlevent - 2ème partie
Young Heathcliff
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero Image
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
Self (archive footage) - actor, subject
Les Pieds dans la mayonnaise : Les Irrévérencieux des années 70 Image
Les Pieds dans la mayonnaise : Les Irrévérencieux des années 70
Self - actor (archive footage)
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema Image
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Notre petite ville Image
Notre petite ville
Edouard
Mimi Pinson Image
Mimi Pinson
Mimi's younger brother
No Image
Les Hauts de Hurlevent - 1ère partie
Young Heathcliff
Can Dialectics Break Bricks? Image
Can Dialectics Break Bricks?
(voice)
Les Matous Sont Romantiques Image
Les Matous Sont Romantiques
Le voisin
La Vie sentimentale de Georges le tueur Image
La Vie sentimentale de Georges le tueur