Jean Sorel
Jean Sorel (actually Jean Marquis de Combault - Roquebrune, born September 25, 1934 in Marseille) is a French actor. Sorel often appeared in French and Italian cinema productions. However, he was mostly seen in recent times in television productions.
Life
Sorel comes from a noble family of officers. His father, Guy de Combaud Roquebrune, fell in September 1944 as commander of a French paratrooper unit of the British Special Air Service struggles over Sennecey- le -Grand.
As a student of a preparatory class of the École Normale Supérieure Sorel first came into contact with the theater. He made his stage debut in a production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. After a tour, he returned reluctantly back to the school. After his military service to Sorel chose an acting career, initially got a small role in the film In your arrogance, I will spit (1959, directed by Michel guest). His breakthrough was a starring role in the now forgotten film Bitter fruit of love (1960, directed by Jacques Bourdon ). Since then, Sorel appeared in numerous feature films. A wider audience, he was for his roles as Tom Fennel in Julia, You are enchanting (1962, directed by Alfred Weidenmann ), as the Count in The Dance of Youth (1964, directed by Roger Vadim ), as incestuous brother Gianni, Sandra (1965; director: Luchino Visconti ) or as the husband of actress Catherine Deneuve in Belle de jour (1967, directed by Luis Buñuel ) known.
From the mid- 1970s reduced Sorel his film activities and plays today, especially in television and the theater (including under Roger Planchon ).
Sorel 1962 married the Italian actress Anna Maria Ferrero, who soon gave up her own career. Today Sorel lives with his wife in Paris and Rome.