Gérard Falconetti

Biography

Gérard Falconetti was a French actor born on May 14, 1949, in Boulogne-Billancourt. He is the grandson of Renée Falconetti, who played Jeanne d'Arc in Carl Theodor Dreyer's film La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc. Falconetti trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique and worked with notable directors Eric Rohmer and Arielle Dombasle. He tragically passed away at 35 due to complications from AIDS in 1984.