Jean-Paul Belmondo is a French actor who always enjoys great success with the public. He received special love from Russians for playing roles in the films "The Monster" and "Who's Who." But few people know that, despite the tremendous success, he has a difficult personal life.
Biography
The famous actor was born in France in 1933. In the family of a famous sculptor and artist. As a child, he liked playing sports more than going to school. At first, he wanted to become a cyclist, but later he liked boxing and football more.
Before becoming an actor, on May 10, 1949, he made his amateur boxing debut in Paris and was knocked out in one round by René Demard. Belmondo's boxing career was unbeatable, but short-lived. He won three consecutive victories in the first round (from 1949 to 1950). “I stopped when the face I saw in the mirror began to change,” he later said.
Education and career of an actor
He did his compulsory military service in Algeria. For six months he was there as a private. Then he became interested in acting. Jean-Paul spent his last teenage years in a private drama school. He studied with talented actors - P. Duke and R. Girard.
At the age of twenty, he entered the Conservatory of Dramatic Art, which he successfully graduated after three years. At that time, he could well have won the Best Actor prize if he had not participated in the preparation of a sketch containing negative fragments about the school. This offended the jury. Of course, he did not receive a prize, but he was presented with a certificate of honor. According to the report of the event, compiled in 1956, this situation caused a riot among angry fellow students. The incident hit the front page of the news. Then he played in the theater.
Jean-Paul's acting career began in 1953 with two performances "Medea" by Jean Anuel and "Zamore" by Georges Neveu, which took place at the Théâtre de Latelier in Paris. Then Jean-Paul began touring the provinces with friends.
After graduating from university in 1956, he first appeared on the screen. The first roles of the young and handsome actor were secondary, but his charisma was extremely undeniable. As a result, he attracted the attention of director Jean-Luc Godard and in 1959 got his first significant role.
The audience fell in love with him immediately, starting from the very first roles. In 1961, the New York Times called Jean-Paul "the most impressive young French actor." Then Jean-Paul took part in many films. He was awarded the "Cesar" ("French Oscar") and others.
The work of the famous actor has gained worldwide fame. Fans enjoy collecting his films. To date, 85 films are known ("Adventurers", "The Magnificent", "The Heir", etc.) with the participation of a talented actor and 32 of his theatrical roles ("The Sleeping Beauty", "The Miser", "Caesar and Cleopatra", etc.) etc.).
Personal life
The actor's work has always been successful. But personal life and love were hard to combine with her. The actor is loved by many women, and he reciprocates. For this he is often called "ladies' man".
From 1952 to 1967 he was married to the ballerina Elodie Constantin. The family became large, they had two daughters and a son. His daughter Patricia subsequently died at the age of forty due to a fire in her apartment. From this marriage, the actor only had children Florence and Pavel. His wife loved him and did not want to divorce him for a long time.
The husband did not insist on divorce. But after numerous intrigues caused by the wide popularity of the actor, the wife could no longer suffer so much and decided to divorce. He did not expect such a turn of events at all and was extremely upset. He really loved her. Only she did not command him, and he liked it. But after the divorce, she immediately got married, and the actor had practically no chance but to take care of the common children and support them in every possible way.
Then the actor had a relationship with Ursula Andress (from 1965 to 1972). But this sex bomb did not want to burden herself with a serious relationship, later the actor got tired of her promises, he broke up with her.
Between 1972 and 1980, he began dating Laura Antonelli. But she, like Ursula, did not want to lose her freedom. After he realized that she was as frivolous as his ex-girlfriend Ursula, he also broke up with Laura.
Then he met nineteen-year-old Maria Sotomayor. He considered her to be his muse. But she was a model and also did not want a serious relationship. The girl spent days on end in stores, and at night she found herself various fun. And she constantly cheated on the actor. The actor's relationship with her also lasted seven years. Then he could no longer endure it and broke up with her.
In 1989, the actor met Natalie Tardivel, who was 24 at the time. She was a ballerina. Their relationship was all condemned due to the large age difference. But still, in 2002 they got married, and a year later they had Stella (this is the fourth child of the actor, the daughter was born in his 70 years).
But a year before the wedding, the actor suffered a stroke. And, despite this, they still got married. The wife began to look after him, and the husband again learned to walk and talk. And as soon as he got better, he decided to take pity on his wife. The actor did not want to become a burden for her, and after six years they divorced. Jean-Paul let her go to a peer and kept friendly relations with her.
However, subsequently, the amorous actor met again. Now by Barbara Gandolfi. This former Playboy model clearly did not need an actor. She was accused of fraud. Jean-Paul dumped her as soon as he found out that she had robbed him again.
How does a famous actor live now?
Now the actor is 85 years old. He lives alone and is in no hurry to start new novels. The only female creature in his house is a dog. The actor loves her very much and always pampers her, even more than his children and grandchildren.
Due to diseases suffered from a stroke, he was forced to retire in 2015. But, despite this, the actor continues to feel in an excellent mood, protects his health and periodically meets with relatives. He is the grandfather of six grandchildren.
