Patrick Dewaere
- Category : Entertainment-Actor-Actress
- Type : MS
- Profile : 4/6 - Opportunistic / Role Model
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Unexpected 4
Biography
French leading man in films of the 1970s; a second generation actor, borrowing his grandmother’s last name when he began performing with an improv group in 1968. He rapidly developed into a popular leading man, co-starring with Gerard Depardieu in his most noted film, "Going Places," released in 1974. He starred in a total of 15 films.
He made his film debut in 1951 at age 4 under the name of Patrick Maurin.
On 16 July 1982, Dewaere died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his home in Paris. He was 35 years old. At the time of his death, he had been working on a Claude Lelouch film, "Édith and Marcel."