Film diva
French actress Anouk Aimée dies at the age of 92
Actress Anouk Aimée is dead
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The film “A Man and a Woman” brought Anouk Aimée her breakthrough. For star director Federico Fellini she was the “best actress in the world”. Now the film world is mourning the diva.
French actress Anouk Aimée has died at the age of 92. Her agent confirmed this to the German Press Agency on Tuesday in Paris.
Aimée has worked with the greats in her field. She has worked with Marcel Carné, Robert Altman, Claude Lelouch and the Italian star director Federico Fellini in front of the camera, who said of her that she was the “best actress in the world – after Giulietta Masina”, Fellini’s wife.
Anouk Aimée: “A Man and a Woman” made her internationally famous
Aimée, born Nicole Dreyfus in Paris on April 27, 1932, has acted in more than 50 films, including Fellini’s cult film “La Dolce Vita” and later in “Eight and a Half” alongside Marcello Mastroianni. In the first half of the 1960s, she was even more admired in Italy than in France. One of her most famous films, however, was “A Man and a Woman” by the French director Claude Lelouch.
The bittersweet love story, which won the Palme d’Or in Cannes in 1966, finally brought her international fame. For her role as a script girl who falls in love with a widowed racing driver after the death of his husband, she won the Golden Globe and the British Academy Film Award and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress. The love story is still considered one of the most beautiful love stories in cinema today.
As the daughter of an acting couple, she was already on stage and in front of the camera at the age of 14. Her career began in 1949 with the role of Juliet in the Shakespeare adaptation “The Lovers of Verona”. She often played mysterious, enigmatic, beautiful women who always longed for a change in their lives. She was married several times, including to the British actor Albert Finney. She was briefly in a relationship with Warren Beatty and Omar Sharif.
Note: This article has been updated to include additional information.