Marc Michel

Marc Michel

Actor · Writer

Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
February 10, 1929

Biography

Marc Michel (February 10, 1929 – 3 November 2016) was a French-Swiss actor. He appeared in more than fifty films. He is best known for his roles in three seminal French films of the 1960s: Jacques Becker's Le Trou (1960), and two films by Jacques Demy: Lola (1961) and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964). In both Demy films, he played the same role, Roland Cassard, a lovesick writer and jeweler. Source: Article "Marc Michel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Representative Works

Le Trou
Le Trou
8.2
/ French
Lola
Lola
7.1
/ French
Madame Claude
Madame Claude
4.9
/ French
Model Shop
Model Shop
6.5
/ English
Six Days a Week
Six Days a Week
7.2
/ Italian
Bebo's Girl
Bebo's Girl
6.4
/ Italian
Katmandu
Katmandu
4.9
/ French
The Mad Heart
The Mad Heart
5.4
/ French

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Le Trou
1960Winner

Best Performance

Le Trou

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964Nominee

Best Performance

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Lola
1961Nominee

Best Performance

Lola

Career Highlights

Madame Claude
1977Highlight

Best Performance

Madame Claude

Singapore, Singapore
1967Highlight

Best Performance

Singapore, Singapore

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