CHRISTIAN MARQUAND
Christian Marquand
- © Zoetrope 2000
- (Christian Marquand in Apocalypse Now, 1979)
Biography
BIO
Christian Marquand was born in Marseille, France, in 1927. One of six children, his brother was the actor Serge Marquand (1930-2004) and his sister is the writer/director Nadine Trintignant.
He made his film debut in 1946 at the age of 19. By the mid-1950s, he was starring as a romantic lead. Marquand would begin appearing in mostly Hollywood films by the early 1960s.
He appeared in more than 50 movies through 1985.
Marquand married the actress Tina Aumont (1946-2006) in 1963. The couple divorced in 1966.
He died of complications from Alzheimer’s Disease in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-du-Marne, France in 2000 at the age of 73.
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