1. Patrick Dewaere was the third child of an actor's family.
11 Facts About Patrick Dewaere
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Patrick Dewaere's biological father, Michel Tetard, was a lyricist who had an affair with Dewaere's mother, Mado Maurin, who was married to Pierre-Marie Bourdeaux.
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Patrick Dewaere appeared in a video for the song "Nuits d'Espagne" by Dalida.
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At the age of 17, Patrick Dewaere learned that he was not the biological child of his mother's ex-husband, Pierre-Marie Bourdeaux, but that of conductor and singer Michel Tetard.
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Patrick Dewaere became one of the most popular actors in French cinema in the 1970s.
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Patrick Dewaere consolidated his status as a savage and ruthless actor in Alain Corneau's cult film Serie noire.
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In 1980, Patrick Dewaere hit a journalist who had announced against his will his union with Elsa Chalier.
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For eleven years Patrick Dewaere was married to French actress Sotha.
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Patrick Dewaere is the father of French actress Lola Dewaere with Elsa Chalier.
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Shortly afterwards, on July 16,1982, Patrick Dewaere shot himself in his house in Paris.
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Patrick Dewaere was buried in the cemetery of Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay, in the grave of his in-laws.