Alain Cuny

Alain Cuny

Biography: Alain Cuny (12 July 1908 – 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alain Cuny, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: July 12, 1908

Deathday: May 16, 1994

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Known For

Film sur Georges Perec
Film sur Georges Perec

1990-01-01

The Lovers
The Lovers

1958-11-05

Camille Claudel
Camille Claudel

1988-12-07

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1956-12-19

Sweet War, Farewell
Sweet War, Farewell

1991-09-11

Emmanuelle
Emmanuelle

1974-06-25

The Milky Way
The Milky Way

1969-02-28

Christ Stopped at Eboli
Christ Stopped at Eboli

1979-02-23

Illustrious Corpses
Illustrious Corpses

1976-02-12

The Devil's Envoys
The Devil's Envoys

1942-12-05

The Phantom Baron
The Phantom Baron

1943-06-16

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute

1998-11-01

The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita

1972-07-15

Detective
Detective

1985-08-23

Don't Touch the White Woman!
Don't Touch the White Woman!

1974-01-23

Banana Peel
Banana Peel

1963-01-18

Stormy Waters
Stormy Waters

1941-11-27

Solita de Cordoue
Solita de Cordoue

1946-04-24

The Lady Without Camelias
The Lady Without Camelias

1953-02-27

Many Wars Ago
Many Wars Ago

1970-09-17

La forêt noire
La forêt noire

1968-02-06

Corruption
Corruption

1963-11-22

My Crimes After Mein Kampf
My Crimes After Mein Kampf

1940-03-09

Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold

1987-05-08

Fellini nel cestino
Fellini nel cestino

1983-01-01

Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Two in the Amsterdam Rain

1975-03-20

I prosseneti
I prosseneti

1976-04-28

Les Crimes de l'amour
Les Crimes de l'amour

1953-01-02

Ciao, Federico!
Ciao, Federico!

1970-10-28

Safari 5000
Safari 5000

1969-07-19

Valparaiso, Valparaiso
Valparaiso, Valparaiso

1973-03-31

Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

1952-08-15

The Basileus Quartet
The Basileus Quartet

1983-01-30

Van Gogh à Paris, repérages
Van Gogh à Paris, repérages

1988-01-01

The Annunciation of Marie
The Annunciation of Marie

1991-12-18

Time Masters
Time Masters

1982-03-24

The Forbidden Christ
The Forbidden Christ

1951-06-08

Buio nella Valle
Buio nella Valle

1984-09-20

Fellini Satyricon
Fellini Satyricon

1969-09-18

The Song of Roland
The Song of Roland

1978-10-04

Madame Sans-Gêne
Madame Sans-Gêne

1941-10-07

Zeno's Conscience
Zeno's Conscience

1988-04-14

Irene, Irene
Irene, Irene

1975-06-02

Mission of Fear
Mission of Fear

1965-05-20

The Audience
The Audience

1972-03-31

Dear Antonioni
Dear Antonioni

1995-01-01

The Big Black Sow
The Big Black Sow

1971-04-13

The Solitary Conquerors
The Solitary Conquerors

1952-10-08

Les chevaliers de la table ronde
Les chevaliers de la table ronde

1990-11-07

La rosa rossa
La rosa rossa

1973-07-01

La Dolce Vita
La Dolce Vita

1960-02-05

La divine comédie
La divine comédie

1973-01-01

Scano Boa
Scano Boa

1961-01-09

Cross of the Living
Cross of the Living

1962-07-25

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

2003-04-02

The Distant Land
The Distant Land

1987-01-01

Lucky Ravi
Lucky Ravi

1987-05-16

The Return of Casanova
The Return of Casanova

1992-05-12

Antigone
Antigone

1974-12-21

Roberte
Roberte

1979-03-14

Mina de Vanghel
Mina de Vanghel

1953-03-06

E il Casanova di Fellini?
E il Casanova di Fellini?

1975-05-06