Anouk Aimée, who starred in “La Dolce Vita” alongside Marcello Mastroianni, dies at 92
French actress Anouk Aimée has died at the age of 92. the unforgettable Maddalena de “La Dolce Vita” by Federico Fellini, alongside Marcello Mastroianni. Among the films in which she was the protagonist, also “A Man, a Woman” by Claude Lelouch. The announcement was made on Instagram by the actress’s daughter, Manuela Papatakis: “I was close to her when she died this morning, in her home in her home in Paris.” The actress’s death was announced by her daughter Manuela di lei, from her second husband Nico Papatakis (Greek director who died in 2010). “Together with my daughter Galaad and my granddaughter Mila, we are extremely sad to announce the departure of my mother Anouk Aimée. I was close to her when she died this morning, in her home of her of her Paris of her.”
Anouk Aimee was one of most iconic actresses of French and international cinema. She is the daughter of an artist, with an actress mother and an actor father, she began her career at a very young age, making her debut on the big screen at the age of 14 with the film “La maison sous la mer” (1947). Federico Fellini wanted her in “La Dolce Vita” to play Maddalena, the libertine and melancholic companion of Marcello Mastroianni’s nocturnal raids. The two found themselves as a couple again in the following “8 and 1/2”, where Aimée plays the wife of the Italian star, Fellini’s alter ego.
Throughout her career Anouk Aimée has made films with Claude Lelouch, Jacques Demy, Sydney Lumet, George Cukor, Julien Duvivier and many other great directors. She was born in Paris in 1932, her real name was Nicole Dreyfus, and she began acting in films in the 1940s. However, her career took off in the 1960s thanks to the Nouvelle Vague. The film that made her immortal was Lelouch’s “A Man, a Woman”, alongside Jean-Louis Trintignant, which earned her an Oscar nomination.
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