Before becoming an actor, the Tall Blond had another career ambition. Discover the profession that Pierre Richard gave up.
A job to reassure his loved ones…. Indeed, the actor who has just celebrated his 90th birthday had started to exercise a completely different profession before becoming an actor.
What did Pierre Richard do for a living?
Pierre Richard could have had a completely different job, far removed from cinema… After 4 years on the stage, he obtained a diploma in physiotherapy. The reason? To reassure his grandmother who was worried about his professional future.We opened a practice” he said in comments reported by the magazine France Sunday, who dedicates a portrait to him. “Victor Lanoux and my first wife (Danielle Minazzoli) played the role of fake patients to make people believe that there were people there.” A hell of a trick that didn’t last long.
But, in 1961, the actor set out to conquer cabarets and abandoned this profession, which was far from being a passion. Indeed, at the beginning, his dream of becoming an actor left everyone “indifferent“around him.”So much so that he began studying physiotherapy just in case“, emphasizes this time The Two of Us. It’s thanks to the film The Distracted Onein 1970, that he finally found success.I was nothing before and Le Distrait allowed me to realize a 20-year-old dream“.
What do the women in his life do for a living?
Pierre Richard married Danielle Minazzoli in 1960. The young woman was a dancer he met at the Dullin course. She then became an actress and they starred in several films together. Together, they had two children: Christophe, a double bass player and general manager of the company Pierre Richard wines, and Olivier, saxophonist of the duo Sidewalk Blues.
Grandfather of 6 children, including musicians and actors, his next partner also has the artistic fiber. She is the actress and makeup artist Muriel Dubrulle (Santa Claus is a bastard And The kings of gags). Since 1996, he has been in a relationship with Ceyla Lacerda, a Brazilian entrepreneur and former model. She has already walked for Yves Saint Laurent, Dior and Chanel..
