1931-04-15 ( 93 years old ) in Lang Son, Indochine
Pierre Vaneck (born Pierre Auguste Van Hecke; 15 April 1931 – 31 January 2010) was a French actor. During his career, he won a Molière Award in 1988 and received a César Award nomination in 2009.
Son of a Belgian army officer, Pierre Vaneck spent his youth in Antwerp, Belgium, until the age of 17, when he started medical studies in Paris, France. Before long, he branched into studying acting, first at the Rene Simon school, and then at the Theatre Academy, under Henri Rollan. He earned his living meanwhile by working for a saddle-maker by day, and in the evenings, he recited François Villon's poems in cabarets. His début on the stage came in 1952 in The Three Musketeers in the role of Louis XIII. His first important role in the cinema was in the Julien Duvivier film, Marianne of my Youth in 1955.
Pierre Vaneck was primarily a theatre and television actor. The general public knew him particularly for his television role as the father of the main character in Fabien Cosma, as well as in many other serials (Spring Tides, The Garonne...). Vaneck died on Sunday 31 January 2010, during open-heart surgery. He was married to Sophie Becker, daughter and sister of Jacques Becker and Jean Becker. His grandchildren, Aurélie and Thibaud Vaneck, are both actors, and feature in the television series Plus Belle la Vie which is broadcast on France 3 channel.
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Love Me No More
2008-04-30
The Science of Sleep
2006-06-25
Kein Himmel über Afrika
2005-11-10
Nero
2004-05-23
La Source des Sarrasins
2002-05-20
Return to Algiers
2000-04-12
Retour à Fonteyne
1999-05-10
Furia
1999-05-01
« Art »
1998-12-28
The Proprietor
1996-09-09
East Wind
1993-01-20
As in Heaven
1992-08-29
Les Enfants du vent
1991-12-11
La Face de l'Ogre
1988-11-16
Les pyramides bleues
1988-01-02
Sweet Country
1987-01-23
Mircea Eliade et la redécouverte du sacré
1987-01-01
Le collier de velours
1986-09-04
Year of the Jellyfish
1984-11-07
Cinq-Mars
1981-05-16
Le Soleil en face
1980-01-16
Operation Leopard
1980-01-09
Saint-Just and the Force of Things
1975-01-01
Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
1974-11-27
The Irony of Chance
1974-04-30
Threshold of the Void
1974-03-27
Le Reflet dans la mer
1973-03-28
Biribi
1971-06-02
Potatoes
1969-11-22
Misdeal
1969-04-30
Sin with a Stranger
1968-06-21
Portrait: Orson Welles
1968-06-01
October Revolution
1967-10-11
If I Had Four Dromedaries
1966-11-01
Is Paris Burning?
1966-10-26
The Forbidden Volcano
1966-01-01
The Heat of a Thousand Suns
1965-07-21
Enchanted Isles
1965-03-15
Tournoi
1965-01-01
Portuguese Vacation
1963-10-09
Le dossier Chelsea Street
1962-09-30
A Man Named Rocca
1961-11-17
Famous Love Affairs
1961-11-03
The Season for Love
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Thank You, Natercia
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A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
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Why Women Sin
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Thérèse Étienne
1958-02-07
He Who Must Die
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Forgive Our Trespasses
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If Paris Were Told to Us
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