Editing Jean-Paul Belmondo (section)

==Early life==
Jean-Paul Belmondo was born in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], a suburb of Paris, on 9 April 1933.<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/obituaries/jean-paul-belmondo-magnetic-star-of-the-french-new-wave-dies-at-88.html|title = Jean-Paul Belmondo, Magnetic Star of the French New Wave, Dies at 88|work = [[The New York Times]]|date = 6 September 2021|access-date = 6 September 2021|last = Lyman|first = Rick}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Frodon|first=Jean-Michel|date=6 September 2021|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo est mort|language=fr|work=[[Le Monde]]|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2021/09/06/la-mort-de-jean-paul-belmondo-star-populaire-du-cinema-francais_6093607_3382.html|access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> Belmondo's father, [[Paul Belmondo (sculptor)|Paul Belmondo]], was a ''[[Pied-Noir]]'' [[sculptor]] who was born in Algeria of Italian descent, whose parents were of [[Sicilians|Sicilian]] and [[Piedmontese]] origin.<ref>Bébel – Jean-Paul Belmondo Fanlisting</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eupedia.com/france/famous_immigrant_french_people.shtml |title=Famous French people of immigrant origin, Eupedia : France Guide |publisher=Eupedia.com |date=14 April 2013 |access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/actualite-people-medias/belmondo-j-aimerais-bien-rejouer-09-04-2015-4677773.php|title=Belmondo : "J'aimerais bien rejouer"|date=9 April 2015 |website= Leparisien.fr|publisher=[[Le Parisien]] |access-date=24 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Beaucarnot |first1=Jean-Louis |last2=Dumoulin |first2= Frédéric |date= 11 June 2015|title=Dictionnaire étonnant des célébrités |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bw68CQAAQBAJ&q=Jean-Paul+Belmondo+piemontais&pg=PT69 |publisher= EDI8 |isbn= 978-2754070522 |access-date= 24 July 2015}}</ref> His mother, 
Sarah Madeleine Rainaud-Richard, was a painter.<ref name="Vandoorne Xu Haq 2021">{{cite web |last1=Vandoorne |first1=Saskya |last2=Xu |first2=Xiaofei |last3=Haq |first3=Sana Noor |title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, the battered face of French New Wave cinema, dies aged 88 - CNN Style |website=CNN |date=6 September 2021 |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/jean-paul-belmondo-death-intl-scli/index.html |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> As a boy, he was more interested in sport than school, developing a particular interest in boxing and soccer.<ref name="jean">{{cite news|title='A Punk With Charm': That role has made Belmondo a new rage|last=Schneider|first=PE|newspaper=The New York Times|date=7 May 1961|page= SM84}}</ref>

Belmondo made his amateur boxing debut on 10 May 1949 in Paris when he knocked out René Desmarais in one round.<ref name=nytobit/> Belmondo's boxing career was undefeated, but brief.<ref name="jean"/> He won three straight first-round knockout victories from 1949 to 1950.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=12225 |title=Jean-Paul Belmondo - Amateur Boxing Record |publisher=Boxing-scoop.com |access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> "I stopped when the face I saw in the mirror began to change", he later said.<ref name="jean"/>

He did his [[Conscription in France#Post-war period and the end of conscription|National Service]] in [[French North Africa]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/tributes/jean-paul-belmondo-1933-2021|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo: 1933-2021 &#124; Tributes &#124; Roger Ebert|first=Dan|last=Callahan|website=www.rogerebert.com/|date=6 September 2021 }}</ref> where he hit himself with a rifle butt to end his military service.<ref>{{Cite web|last=French|first=Philip|author-link=Philip French|date=4 July 2009|title=Philip French's screen legends: Jean-Paul Belmondo|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jul/05/screen-legend-jean-paul-belmondo|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

Belmondo was interested in acting.<ref name="merry"/> His late teenage years were spent at a private drama school, and he began performing comedy sketches in the provinces.<ref name="merry"/> He studied under Raymond Giraud and then attended the [[CNSAD|Conservatoire of Dramatic Arts]] when he was twenty.<ref name=nytobit/> He studied there for three years.<ref name="merry"/> He probably would have won the prize for best actor, but he participated in a sketch mocking the school, which offended the jury; this resulted in his getting only an honourable mention, "which nearly set off a riot among his incensed fellow students" in August 1956, according to one report.<ref name="jean"/> The incident made front-page news.<ref name="merry"/>