Actress Anouk Aimée, one of the most famous faces of 20th century French cinemae century, died Tuesday, at her home in Paris, at the age of 92, announced her agent and her family.
The actress of A man and a woman, Lola And The good life “left this morning”, agent Sébastien Perrolat, of the TimeArt agency, announced to AFP.
Manuela Papatakis, the daughter of Anouk Aimée and director Nico Papatakis, also announced her death.
“With my daughter, Galaad, and my granddaughter, Mila, we have the immense sadness to announce the departure of my mother Anouk Aimée. I was close to her when she passed away this morning, at her home in Paris,” she wrote on her Instagram account.
Born Françoise Dreyfus on April 27, 1932 in Paris, Anouk Aimée achieved international notoriety by sharing the screen with Jean-Louis Trintignant in the legendary A man and a woman by Claude Lelouch, Palme d’Or in 1966.
The role earned her the Golden Globe for Best Actress and an Oscar nomination.
Anouk Aimée will have filmed with the greatest of Franco-Italian cinema: Jacques Demy (Lola), Federico Fellini (The good life And Eight and a half), Marco Bellocchio, Jacques Becker or André Cayatte, who launched it in 1949 in Lovers of Verona.
It had become rarer recently. But she made a moving return in 2019 to Cannes, to reform the legendary couple of A man and a womanin a suite shot by Claude Lelouch, The best years of a life.