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Born:
1908-07-12
Birthplace:
Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Credits:
74 Total Roles
Alain Cuny
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Biography
Alain Cuny (12 July 1908 â 16 May 1994) was a French actor.
He was born René Xavier Marie in Saint-Malo, Brittany, and studied medicine for a while before entering the film industry as a costume and set designer. Cuny started acting in the 1930s. Among his most notable films are Les Visiteurs du soir (1942), by Marcel Carné; Les Amants (The Lovers 1958); La dolce vita (1960) and Satyricon (1969), the later two directed by Federico Fellini. During his life, he befriended women such as Hafida Elalama, and many other models and actresses
Later in his career he had a role in the softcore porn film Emmanuelle (1974). Also in 1974 he played Sitting Bull in the absurdist western Don't Touch the White Woman!. One of his last roles was in Camille Claudel (1988) as Louis-Prosper Claudel, father of the film's heroine. Cuny worked in both France and Italy, and died in 1994 in Paris.
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He was born René Xavier Marie in Saint-Malo, Brittany, and studied medicine for a while before entering the film industry as a costume and set designer. Cuny started acting in the 1930s. Among his most notable films are Les Visiteurs du soir (1942), by Marcel Carné; Les Amants (The Lovers 1958); La dolce vita (1960) and Satyricon (1969), the later two directed by Federico Fellini. During his life, he befriended women such as Hafida Elalama, and many other models and actresses
Later in his career he had a role in the softcore porn film Emmanuelle (1974). Also in 1974 he played Sitting Bull in the absurdist western Don't Touch the White Woman!. One of his last roles was in Camille Claudel (1988) as Louis-Prosper Claudel, father of the film's heroine. Cuny worked in both France and Italy, and died in 1994 in Paris.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Alain Cuny, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
La Dolce Vita
Steiner
Emmanuelle
Mario
Satyricon
Lica
Time Masters
Xul (voice)
The Milky Way
Man with cape
Camille Claudel
Louis-Prosper Claudel
Many Wars Ago
Gen. Leone
The Lovers
Henri Tournier
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Emmanuelle in Ontario MOVIE | Mario (archival footage) |
| 2006 | Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute MOVIE | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2003 | Fellini: I'm a Born Liar MOVIE | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1995 | La famiglia Ricordi TV | Self |
| 1995 | Dear Antonioni MOVIE | Self |
| 1992 | The Return of Casanova MOVIE | Marquis |
| 1991 | The Annunciation of Marie MOVIE | Anne Vercors |
| 1991 | Sweet War, Farewell MOVIE | Vecchio Crimen |
| 1990 | Les chevaliers de la table ronde MOVIE | Merlin |
| 1990 | Film sur Georges Perec MOVIE | Self |