Acting
Christian Marquand
- Born
- Mar 15, 1927 · Aged 73
- Died
- Nov 22, 2000
- Place of birth
- Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 54
- TV credits
- 4
- Directing credits
- 2
Also known as (1)
- Christian Marquant
Biography
Christian Marquand (15 March 1927 – 22 November 2000) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director. Born in Marseille, he was born to a Spanish father and an Arab mother, and his sister was film director Nadine Trintignant. He was often cast as a heartthrob in French films of the 1950s. Marquand's first film appearance was in 1946, as a footman in Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête). After a few more small parts, he was prominently featured in Christian-Jaque's Lucrèce Borgia (1953) as one of Lucrezia's lovers, and as an Austrian soldier in Luchino Visconti's…
