Gérard Lanvin
Biography
Gérard Lanvin was born on June 21, 1950, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, to an upper-class family. He dropped out of studies at 17 to pursue acting, selling second-hand clothes to make a living before landing his breakthrough role in the 1977 comedy "Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine." Lanvin won a César Award for Best Actor with "Le Fils préféré" in 1995 and again with "The Taste of Others" in 2001.