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  • Actor
· French · 1904–1976

Jean Gabin

The defining French working-class star of the 1930s — Maréchal in Grand Illusion, the doomed engine driver of La Bête humaine — whose screen identity took shape in Jean Renoir's films.

Details

Lived
1904–1976
Born
1904
Died
1976
Nationality
French
Roles
Actor

People Jean Gabin Knew

Relationships with other people, with sources for each connection.

Illustrated portrait of Jean Renoir

Jean Renoir

  • Filmmaker
  • Author

Collaborated with · 1936–1938

Three films in three years — The Lower Depths, Grand Illusion, and La Bête humaine — that carried Renoir to the summit of his French popularity and helped fix Gabin's screen identity: proletarian toughness with an unexpected delicacy of feeling.

— The Complete Jean Renoir — Harvard Film Archive (2017); Peter Cowie, Grand Illusion — The Criterion Collection (1999)

Illustrated portrait of Hazel Scott

Hazel Scott

  • Pianist
  • Singer
  • Actor

Collaborated with · 1958

Scott and Jean Gabin appeared together in Gilles Grangier's 1958 film Le Désordre et la nuit.

— Le Désordre et la nuit (1958)

Connections and Sources

Jean Gabin’s connections to people, places, and works, with the sources behind each one.

Collaborated with · 1936–1938

Jean Renoir

Three films in three years — The Lower Depths, Grand Illusion, and La Bête humaine — that carried Renoir to the summit of his French popularity and helped fix Gabin's screen identity: proletarian toughness with an unexpected delicacy of feeling.

— The Complete Jean Renoir — Harvard Film Archive (2017); Peter Cowie, Grand Illusion — The Criterion Collection (1999)

Collaborated with · 1958

Hazel Scott

Scott and Jean Gabin appeared together in Gilles Grangier's 1958 film Le Désordre et la nuit.

— Le Désordre et la nuit (1958)