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- Height5′ 11¾″ (1.82 m)
- Pierre Clémenti was born on September 28, 1942 in Paris, France. He was an actor and director, known for Belle de Jour (1967), The Leopard (1963) and À l'ombre de la canaille bleue (1986). He was married to Margareth Clémenti. He died on December 27, 1999 in Paris, France.
- SpouseMargareth Clémenti (1 child)
- Children
- Was arrested in Rome for possession of LSD and cocaine in 1972. He spent 17 months in prison before being acquitted by an appeals court and released. He later authored a book about this chapter of his life.
- Worked as a telegraph operator and messenger to finance his acting studies at the Theatre National Populaire. Came to motion picture prominence as a seductive young criminal in Luis Bunuel's 'Belle de Jour' (1967). Thereafter, was often employed by avant-garde film makers and typecast in intense roles, often as characters with a complex or dark past.
- Father of Balthazar Clémenti.
- Two children, Balthazar Clémenti and Valentin Clémenti-Arnoult.
- Clémenti was also involved with the French underground film movement, directing several of his own films which often featured fellow underground filmmakers and actors. Visa de censure no X was an experimental work composed of two films. New Old was a feature-length work starring Viva released in 1978. He went on to direct La Révolution ce n'est qu'un début, continuons le combat, In the Shadow of the Blue Rascal and Sun.
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