Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (French: [alɛ̃ dÉ™lÉ"̃]; born 8
November 1935) is a French actor and businessman. He is known as one
of Europe's most prominent actors and screen sex symbols from the
1960s. He achieved critical acclaim for roles in films such as Rocco
and His Brothers (1960), Plein Soleil (1960), L'Eclisse (1962), The
Leopard (1963), The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965), Lost Command (1966) and
Le Samouraï (1967). Over the course of his career Delon worked with
many well-known directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc
Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni and Louis Malle.
He acquired Swiss citizenship in 1999.Alain Delon was born in Sceaux,
Seine (now Hauts-de-Seine), ÃŽle-de-France, an upscale suburb of
Paris. His parents, Édith (née Arnold; 1911â€"1995) and Fabien Delon
(1904â€"1977), divorced when Delon was four. Both remarried and as a
result, Delon has a half-sister and two half-brothers. His paternal
grandmother was Corsican, from Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo. When his parents
divorced, Delon was sent to live with foster parents; after the foster
parents died, Delon's parents took shared custody of him, but the
arrangement proved unsatisfactory. He attended a Catholic boarding
school, the first of several schools from which he was expelled
because of unruly behavior. Delon left school at 14, and worked for a
brief time at his stepfather's butcher shop. He enlisted in the French
Navy three years later, aged 17, and during 1953â€"1954 he served as a
fusilier marin in the First Indochina War. He has said that, of his
four years of military service, he spent 11 months in a military jail
for being "undisciplined".In 1956, after being dishonorably discharged
from the military, Delon returned to France. He had little money, and
got by on whatever employment he could find. He spent time working as
a waiter, a porter, a secretary and a sales assistant. During this
time he became friends with the actress Brigitte Auber, and joined her
on a trip to the Cannes Film Festival, where his film career would
begin.
November 1935) is a French actor and businessman. He is known as one
of Europe's most prominent actors and screen sex symbols from the
1960s. He achieved critical acclaim for roles in films such as Rocco
and His Brothers (1960), Plein Soleil (1960), L'Eclisse (1962), The
Leopard (1963), The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965), Lost Command (1966) and
Le Samouraï (1967). Over the course of his career Delon worked with
many well-known directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc
Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni and Louis Malle.
He acquired Swiss citizenship in 1999.Alain Delon was born in Sceaux,
Seine (now Hauts-de-Seine), ÃŽle-de-France, an upscale suburb of
Paris. His parents, Édith (née Arnold; 1911â€"1995) and Fabien Delon
(1904â€"1977), divorced when Delon was four. Both remarried and as a
result, Delon has a half-sister and two half-brothers. His paternal
grandmother was Corsican, from Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo. When his parents
divorced, Delon was sent to live with foster parents; after the foster
parents died, Delon's parents took shared custody of him, but the
arrangement proved unsatisfactory. He attended a Catholic boarding
school, the first of several schools from which he was expelled
because of unruly behavior. Delon left school at 14, and worked for a
brief time at his stepfather's butcher shop. He enlisted in the French
Navy three years later, aged 17, and during 1953â€"1954 he served as a
fusilier marin in the First Indochina War. He has said that, of his
four years of military service, he spent 11 months in a military jail
for being "undisciplined".In 1956, after being dishonorably discharged
from the military, Delon returned to France. He had little money, and
got by on whatever employment he could find. He spent time working as
a waiter, a porter, a secretary and a sales assistant. During this
time he became friends with the actress Brigitte Auber, and joined her
on a trip to the Cannes Film Festival, where his film career would
begin.
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.