Alan Rickman - career in pictures
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Rickman's breakthrough role came in 1985, when he was cast as the seductive villain Valmont in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Les liaisons dangereuses. In 1987, he won a Tony for his performance - and the next year, Hollywood would come calling.
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