He was 92 years old and had a long career. She was one of the muses of the renowned Federico Fellini.
International cinema lost one of its greatest figures this Tuesday. Anouk Aimeeone of the most important actresses of French cinema, died at the age of 92 in her home in the city of Paris.
The star that shone in The sweet life, A man and a woman and 8½ He died during the morning, according to his daughter Manuella Papatakis through instagram without giving further details.
Anouk Aimee was born in Paris in 1932 as Nicole Dreyfus. The daughter of actors, the world of entertainment was her thing from a very young age: already at the age of 14 she was working in films. Her debut was at that age in The maison sous la merin 1947.
His stage name is a combination of two preferences: Anouk is the identity of his first character, while Aimee It’s the last name he suggested Jacques Preverta surrealist writer friend of Picasso and I look.
His film career had a couple of works that were marked forever. The first was having been one of the main muses of the Italian Federico Fellinifor whom he worked in La dolce vita and 8½two classics from the notable director.
“Before meeting Fellini, I didn’t know what acting was. “He taught me the most important thing, not to take myself seriously,” the actress had said in 2003 when she was interviewed by the media. Los Angeles Times.
The second milestone of his life was having starred alongside Jean-Louis Trintignant the french A man and a womanfor which he won a Golden Globe and a nomination for an award Oscar. The fact that a European actress was nominated for an Academy Award was something very unusual that boosted her career.
He worked on a total of 92 films and television shows with filmmakers of the caliber of Bernardo Bertolucci, Marco Bellocchio, Robert Altman or Agnès Varda. Her last appearance in the cinema was in 2019, with The most beautiful années d’une vieof Calude Lelouchwhich was screened out of competition in the Cannes Film Festival.
She was married four times, the first to the filmmaker Nikos Papatakisfather of her only daughter, and the last one with the British actor Albert Finney.
