Bruno Jean Marie Crémer (October 6, 1929 – August 7, 2010) was a French
actor born in
Saint-Mandé,
Val-de-Marne, who spent a part of his career on stage, but who also found success in the cinema and on television. on
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Biography
He was widely known in France and the
French-speaking world for his interpretation of the famous detective
Maigret in a television series that started in 1991 and ended in 2005 after 54 episodes.
His career on stage included creating the role of
Thomas Beckett in the 1959 world premiere of the play
Beckett by
Jean Anouilh.
In 1957, he had a credited role in the movies for the first time in
Send a Woman When the Devil Fails (also known as
When a Woman Meddles and
When the Woman Gets Confused), featuring
Alain Delon.
He and his wife Chantal, whom he married in December 1984, had two daughters (Constance and Marie-Clémentine). From an earlier marriage, he had a son, Stéphane, who is a writer.
In 2000, he published an
autobiography,
Un certain jeune homme (
A Certain Young Man).
Bruno Cremer, 80 years old, died on August 7, 2010, in
Paris. He had been suffering from cancer for several years.
Selected filmography
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