Alain Delon
Early Life and Career Beginnings
Alain Delon was born on November 8, 1935, in Sceaux, France—a little suburb of Paris. There is something engaging about Delon right from his childhood, and that eventually led him towards the cinema. But, of course, his rise was not straightforward. With a bumpy childhood—his parents had separated—by the age of 17, Delon found himself serving in the French Navy. The experience proved to be grueling, but it did work a good deal of discipline and resilience into him, attributes that became an anchor to his acting career later.