Post by Olivia Trevino on Nov 4, 2013 21:25:32 GMT -5
Jean-Paul Belmondo was born on April 9, 1933 in Neuilly-Sur-Seine France
In High School Jean-Paul was more interested in sports the then his school work he was
apart of boxing and soccer . At the age of 16 Jean-Paul had to stop playing boxing and soccer
because of his health so he decided to do acting. If you go to www.imdd.com/name/nm000901/bio
you will find that Jean-Paul did a lot of acting and the President of France had called him the Legion
of Honor. Here is a map you can go to that provides where he was born and lived around during the time
of his acting. worldofbigbrother.com/pics/maps/France-Neuilly-sur-Seine.jpg
In 1952 Jean-Paul got married to dancer Elodie Constantin and they had three kids
Patricia Belmondo born 1958 and died 1944 in a fire, Florence born in 1960, Paul Belmondo
race car driver born 1963. In 1967 Jean-Paul and Elodie had decided to get a divorce.
Jean-Paul second wife Natty Belmondo they had one daughter named Stella was born on
August 13, 2003. If you go to www.movies.yahoo.com/person/Jean-Paul-belmondo/biography.html
Another website that talks about his life and what he did in between his acting and his family would be
www.frenchflimguide.com/biogs/FFG_Jean_Paul_belmondo_bio.html
During the time Jean-Paul was acting the world around him was changing like in 1950 the USA
Soviet Union started putting nuclear missiles in submarines. In 1960 John F. Kennedy and
Richard Nixon run against each other for the U.S. presidency. In the first televised presidential
debate. In November, Kennedy wins the youngest person ever elected president. In 1970 the worlds
population is 3.63 billion people. Some of the events that happened during the time Jean-Paul
was acting. You can find tons more of information on what happened during the 1950-1968 if you
go to www.livinghistory/farm.org/farmingthe50s/worldevents-01
Timeline of his life of acting
1955 Short film acting debut in "Moliere"
1956 Appeared on Paris stage in "L'Hotel du libre echange"
1957 Feature debut in "A Pied, a cheval et en voiture"
1958 First appearance in a Jean-Luc Godard film, the short "Charlotte et son Jules"; voice dubbed by Godard
1959 First leading stage role, "Oscar"
1959 Gained international attention starring as petty thief Michel Poiccard in Godard's "Breathless/A bout de souffle"
1962 Appeared briefly (during a boxing match) in Francois Reichenbach's feature-length documentary "Un coeur gros comme ca"
1963 Elected president of French actor's union
1963 Published autobiography "30 Years and 25 Films"
1965 Starred in Godard's "Pierrot le fou"
1966 English-language debut, "Is Paris Burning?"
1982 First feature as producer, "L'As des as/Ace of Aces"
1987 Returned to the Paris stage in Robert Hossein's staging of Dumas' "Kean"
1990 Starred in and produced "Cyrano de Bergerac" in Paris and on tour for two seasons
1991 Purchased the Theatre des Varietes in Paris, reputedly the city's oldest playhouse built in 1807
1995 Starred in Claude Lelouch's "Les Miserables"
1996 Launched scathing attack on Hollywood distribution usurping home-grown product when his film, "Desire", was only booked on 20 French screens
2000 Had first TV role in over forty years in the French miniseries "L'aine des Ferchaux", a remake of the film in which he starred in 1963
2001 Acted in French TV adaptation of "Lion"
