Anouk Aimée was so loved… She leaves, breaking the hearts of the whole of France, nourished by her unforgettable performances in the cinema, icon of the New Wave. The actress died at the age of 92 on the morning of June 18, 2024, a heartbreaking announcement made by her daughter. Love and the seventh art have intertwined intimately with her life, the heroine ofA man and a woman having thus truly won the heart of a great actor who also passed away and whom she will describe with the most vibrant words.
Married four times, Anouk Aimée married Edouard Zimmermann in 1949, then the filmmaker Nikos Papatakis, father of her only daughter Manuela. She then sealed a union with the singer Pierre Barouh, met on the cult and Oscar-winning film by Claude Lelouch A man and a woman and finally, she said yes to British actor Albert Finney. Just before marrying the latter, she crossed paths withOmar Sharif which left him with a sweet memory.
Paris Match had recounted the tender words of Anouk Aimée for the attractive and talented Omar Sharif, with whom she filmed in The appointmentunder the direction of Sidney Lumet and released in 1969: “I remember a being of deep delicacy. He was a lord, extremely well educated, shrouded in mystery, naturally refined and interested in others. There was nothing bad about our separation.“
A romance that ends when Anouk Aimée leaves to shoot the film Justine by George Cukor and in which Omar Sharif was to play her husband. However, he ultimately did not participate in the film, then Anouk Aimée crossed paths with Albert Finney. Their paths have separated, but of the Egyptian actor who died at the age of 83 in 2015 she will always say: “I loved Omar, a sparkling character.“
Anouk Aimée, great lover and great movie buff
Today more than ever, it is she who shines in the hearts and memories of moviegoers around the world. She was also in a relationship with the director Elie Chouraqui for whom she filmed in My first love ou again Marmots. The film enthusiast who has filmed with the greatest made her last appearance at the cinema in 2019, under the direction of her great friend Claude Lelouch, in The Most Beautiful Years of a Life. and for which she reformed her legendary duo alongside Jean-Louis Trintignant.
