Anouk Aimée obit

Anouk Aimée Dies: Iconic Star Of Cinema Classics ‘La Dolce Vita’ & ‘ 8 1/2’ Was 92

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Anouk Aimée, the French movie star of classic titles like Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2 and Jacques Demy’s Lola has died. She was 92.

Aimée’s daughter, Manuela Papatakis, shared the news with a post on social media Tuesday morning. Aimée’s cause of death has yet to be announced.

“With my daughter, Galaad, and my granddaughter, Mila, we have great sadness to announce the departure of my mother Anouk Aimée,” the statement read. “I was right by her side when she passed away this morning at her home in Paris.”

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Aimée clocked almost 100 credits during her decades-long career. She is perhaps best known for her role in Fellini’s seminal thriller La Dolce Vita. She later re-teamed with Fellini for his enigmatic epic 8 1/2. She went on to work with some of world cinema’s leading new-wave filmmakers including Jacques Demy, Bernardo Bertolucci and Robert Altman. Some of her other credits include The Appointment (1969), Viva la vie (1983), Prêt-à-Porter (1994), La Petite prairie aux bouleaux (2003) and Tous les soleils (2011).

However, she received her most critical acclaim for her leading role in Claude Lelouch’s 1967 drama A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme). She won the Golden Globe for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress for the pic and was nominated for an Oscar. In 2002, she received an honorary César Award. The next year she received an Honorary Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

Aimée was born Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus in Paris on April 27, 1932. Both her parents, Geneviève Sorya and Henry Dreyfus, were actors. She made her film debut at age 14 in Henri Calef’s The House Under the Sea. Her last feature credit was Lelouch’s The Best Years of a Life.

Partial Filmography:

 

Year     Title            Role            Director

1947    La Maison sous la mer      Anouk            Henri Calef

1949    Les amants de Vérone ("The Lovers Of Verona")            Georgia (a modern Juliet)   André Cayatte

1950    Golden Salamander            Anna            Ronald Neame

1952    La Bergère et le ramoneur (animation film)            Voice (the female shepherd)            Paul Grimault

Le Rideau cramoisi            Albertine            Alexandre Astruc

1955            Contraband Spain            Elena Vargas            Lawrence Huntington

Les Mauvaises rencontres ("Bad Liaisons")            Catherine Racan            Alexandre Astruc

1956    Ich suche Dich            Françoise Maurer            O.W. Fischer

Nina     Nina Iwanowa            Rudolf Jugert

1957    Pot-Bouille  Marie            Julien Duvivier

Anyone Can Kill Me Isabelle            Henri Decoin

1958    Les Amants de Montparnasse (Montparnasse 19)       Jeanne Hébuterne            Jacques Becker

1959    The Journey            Eva            Anatole Litvak

La tête contre les murs            Stéphanie            Georges Franju

Les Dragueurs            Jeanne            Jean-Pierre Mocky

1960    La Dolce Vita            Maddalena            Federico Fellini

The Joker            Hélène Laroche            Philippe de Broca

1961    Il giudizio universale ("The Last Judgement")            Irene            Vittorio De Sica

Lola     Lola            Jacques Demy

1962    Sodom and Gomorrah            Queen Bera     Robert Aldrich

Il giorno più corto ("The shortest Day")            cameo appearance            Sergio Corbucci

1963    Fellini's 8½       Luisa Anselmi            Federico Fellini

1964    Le voci bianche ("White Voices")            Lorenza            Pasquale Festa Campanile

La fuga ("The Escape")            Luisa            Paolo Spinola

1965    The Dreamer            Valeria            Massimo Franciosa

1966    Un homme et une femme ("A Man and a Woman")            Anne Gauthier            Claude Lelouch

1968    Un soir, un train (One Night... A Train)   Anne            André Delvaux

1969    Model Shop    Lola            Jacques Demy

The Appointment            Carla            Sidney Lumet

Justine  Justine            George Cukor

1976    Si c'était à refaire ("Second Chance")            Sarah Gordon            Claude Lelouch

1978    Mon premier amour            Jane Romain (the mother)            Élie Chouraqui

1979    (Salto nel vuoto) ("A Leap in the Dark")  Marta Ponticelli            Marco Bellocchio

1981    La Tragedia di un uomo ridicolo ("Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man")            Barbara Spaggiari            Bernardo Bertolucci

1983    Il generale dell'armata morte ("The General of the Dead Army")            Countess Betsy Mirafiore            Luciano Tovoli

Viva la vie            Anouk            Claude Lelouch

1984            Success Is the Best Revenge            Monique          Jerzy Skolimowski

1986    Un Homme et une femme : vingt ans déjà ("A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later")            Anne Gauthier            Claude Lelouch

1990            Bethune: The Making of a Hero            Marie-France Coudaire            Phillip Borsos

Il y a des jours... et des lunes     as herself  Claude Lelouch

1994    Les Cent et une nuits ("A Hundred and One Nights")            Anouk            Agnès Varda

Prêt-à-Porter            Simone Lowenthal            Robert Altman

1996            Hommes, femmes : mode d'emploi            the widow  Claude Lelouch

1997            Solomon            Bathsheba        Roger Young

1998    L.A. Without a Map            as herself  Mika Kaurismäki

1999    Une pour toutes ("One 4 All")            the musician's wife            Claude Lelouch

2001    Festival in Cannes            Millie Marquand            Henry Jaglom

2002            Napoléon        Letizia Bonaparte            Yves Simoneau

2003    Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants ("Happily Ever After")            Vincent's mother            Yvan Attal

2003    La Petite prairie aux bouleaux            Myriam            Marceline Loridan-Ivens

2010    Paris Connections            Agnès            Harley Cokeliss

2011    Tous les soleils            Agathe            Philippe Claudel

2012    Mince alors!    mother            Charlotte de Turckheim

2019    The Best Years of a Life      Anne Gauthier            Claude Lelouch