It is one of the faces of the New Wave which is disappearing. The actress Anouk Aimée died on June 18, 2024 in Paris, announced her daughter Manuela Papatakis on her Instagram account. “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 in the caption of a photo of the actress in black and white.
The actress, known worldwide for her role as Anne Gauthier in the trilogy A man and a woman by Claude Lelouch (1966, 1986 and 2019) has filmed with the greatest directors, from Jacques Demy to Agnès Varda via Frederico Fellini and Robert Altman. The actress of A man and a woman, Lola And The good life “left this morning”, confirmed agent Sébastien Perrolat, of the TimeArt agency.
Anouk Aimée received a Golden Globe for this role of Anne Gauthier and even a nomination for the Oscar for best actress in 1967. It was ultimately Elizabeth Taylor who won the statuette this year for her role as Marth in Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Mike Nichols. His interpretation in My first love by Élie Choura which also earned her a nomination for the César for Best Actress which she did not obtain. French cinema will reward his talent with an honorary César only 23 years later.
Daughter of two actors, Henry “Murray” Dreyfus and Geneviève Soria, Anouk Aimée, born Nicole Dreyfus, lives between Paris and Charente where she must camouflage her identity to escape anti-Semitic raids and wearing the yellow star. It was at the age of 14 that she took her first steps in the world of cinema. Its name changed once again under the leadership of Jacques Prévert. Young Nicole takes the pseudonym Anouk Aimée.
In the 60s, Anouk Aimée starred in huge films: Federico Fellini offered her the role of Maddalena in The good life (1960), then that of Luisa in Eight and a half against Marcello Mastroianni. She played Lola in the homonymous film by Jacques Demy and in 1966, her fame became international with A man and a woman by Claude Lelouch.
She plays with Catherine Deneuve and Yves Montand, shares the stage with Philippe Noiret, Jacques Weber, Alain Delon, Gérard Depardieu and Bruno Cremer. 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 most beautiful years of a life.
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Claude Lelouch, Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant talk about their reunion on RTL
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