Marquand, Christian

(March 15, 1927, Marseille, France - November 22, 2000, Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France)

   Born into a family of Arab-Spanish origin, he attended the acting courses of Tania Balachova in 1944 and made his stage debut six months later in Corneille's play Horace. He befriended Jean Cocteau, who gave him the opportunity to make his film debut in La Belle et la Bête / UK and USA: Beauty and the Beast in 1945. He played supporting and leading roles in more than fifty movies, including Senso / USA: Livia / US TV: The Wanton Countess (Luchino Visconti, Italy / France, 1953), Et Dieu . . . créa la Femme / E dio creo la donna / UK: And Woman . . . Was Created / USA: . . . And God Created Woman (Roger Vadim, 1956), Une Vie / Una vita / UK: One Life / USA: End of Desire (Alexandre Astruc, France / Italy, 1958), Dolci inganni / Les Adolescentes / USA: Sweet Deceptions (Alberto Lattuada, Italy / France, 1960), The Longest Day (Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Elmo Williams, Darryl F. Zanuck, USA, 1962), Behold the Pale Horse (Fred Zin-nemann, USA, 1964), Lord Jim (Richard Brooks, USA, 1965), The Flight of the Phoenix (Robert Aldrich, USA, 1965), and Apocalypse Now (redux version only, Francis Ford Coppola, USA). He was the brother of actor Serge Marquand (1930-2004) and director Nadine Trintignant (b. 1934) and the uncle of actress Marie Trintignant (1962-2003). From 1963 to 1965, he was married to actress Tina Aumont (1946-2006). He also was the companion of actress Dominique Sanda (b. 1951), the mother of his son Yann (b. 1972).

 Filmography

1963 ◘ Les Grands Chemins / Il baro / UK and USA: Of Flesh and Blood (with Roger Vadim as supervi­sor; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy)

1970 ◘ Candy / Candy e il suo pazzo mondo (France / Italy / USA; shot in 1967-1968)