Fiona Gélin [SEP] native language
Fiona Gélin
Fiona Gélin is a French actress.
Born Bénédicte Gélin and daughter of actor Daniel Gélin, she started her acting career at an early age and made her breakthrough in cinema with the role Inspector Sabine Clément in the 1985 José Pinheiro film "Parole de flic" starring Alain Delon. Another role worthy of mention came in 1987 with Aldo Lado film "Scirocco". Through her father, her half-siblings were Xavier Gélin and Maria Schneider, also actors.
Filmography.
- "Scirocco (film
, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, and Andréa Ferreol, her partner Maria Pia Almadio, half-siblings Fiona and Manuel Gélin, and her uncle Georges Schneider. Delon read a tribute from Brigitte Bardot. Schneider was cremated afterwards at Père Lachaise crematorium, and her ashes were to be scattered at sea at the foot of the in Biarritz, according to her last wishes. Schneider and Fiona were half-sisters of Xavier Gélin, also an actor.
Legacy and honours.
In 2001, Schneider was the guest of