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Alain Cuny

Acting
Known For

85 Years Old

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.

Born

Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France on 12th July 1908

Died

16th May 1994

All Credits

Cinépanorama Image
Cinépanorama
Self
The Audience Image
The Audience
teologa Belga
No Image
Samedi soir
Self
Emmanuelle Image
Emmanuelle
Mario
Illustrious Corpses Image
Illustrious Corpses
Judge Rasto
Camille Claudel Image
Camille Claudel
Louis-Prosper Claudel
No Image
Midi trente
Self
Madame Sans-Gêne Image
Madame Sans-Gêne
Roustan
Banana Peel Image
Banana Peel
Hervé Bontemps
The Forbidden Christ Image
The Forbidden Christ
Antonio
Scano Boa Image
Scano Boa
Cavarzan
The Basileus Quartet Image
The Basileus Quartet
Mario Cantone
La Dolce Vita Image
La Dolce Vita
Steiner
Detective Image
Detective
Old Mafioso
Sweet War, Farewell Image
Sweet War, Farewell
Vecchio Crimen
Corruption Image
Corruption
Leonardo Mattioli
The Devil's Envoys Image
The Devil's Envoys
Gilles, a Minstrel
Roberte Image
Roberte
La voix du pur esprit
La divine comédie Image
La divine comédie
Virgile
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Image
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Claude Frollo
The Phantom Baron Image
The Phantom Baron
Hervé
No Image
Lucky Ravi
Plantation Owner
Satyricon Image
Satyricon
Lica
Safari 5000 Image
Safari 5000
The Games of Countess Dolingen Image
The Games of Countess Dolingen
Umi e, See You Image
Umi e, See You
Don Macine
Many Wars Ago Image
Many Wars Ago
Gen. Leone
Time Masters Image
Time Masters
Xul (voice)
Stormy Waters Image
Stormy Waters
Un matelot du « Mirva » (uncredited)
The Return of Casanova Image
The Return of Casanova
Marquis
La rosa rossa Image
La rosa rossa
Count Paolo Balzeri
Two in the Amsterdam Rain Image
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Antigone Image
Antigone
Le Coryphée
The Lovers Image
The Lovers
Henri Tournier
Chronicle of a Death Foretold Image
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
El Viudo Xius
Dear Antonioni Image
Dear Antonioni
Self
The Milky Way Image
The Milky Way
Man with cape
Buio nella Valle Image
Buio nella Valle
Luigi
Le Roman de Renart Image
Le Roman de Renart
Ysengrin (voice)
The Master and Margarita Image
The Master and Margarita
Profesor Woland & Satana
Christ Stopped at Eboli Image
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Barone Nicola Rotunno
Histoire(s) du cinéma Image
Histoire(s) du cinéma
Self
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar Image
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Song of Roland Image
The Song of Roland
Turpin/der Mönch
La famiglia Ricordi Image
La famiglia Ricordi
La forêt noire Image
La forêt noire
Hans Richter
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi Image
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
Bueno
Don't Touch the White Woman! Image
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Sitting Bull
Irene, Irene Image
Irene, Irene
Guido
Mina de Vanghel Image
Mina de Vanghel
Mr. de Larçay
Film sur Georges Perec Image
Film sur Georges Perec
Self
The Lady Without Camelias Image
The Lady Without Camelias
Lodi
Emmanuelle in Ontario Image
Emmanuelle in Ontario
Mario (archival footage)
No Image
Fellini nel cestino
Self
Deuil en 24 heures Image
Deuil en 24 heures
Le colonel Carvin
Ciao, Federico! Image
Ciao, Federico!
Self (uncredited)
The Annunciation of Marie Image
The Annunciation of Marie
Anne Vercors
The Solitary Conquerors Image
The Solitary Conquerors
Pascal Giroud
Le Journal Image
Le Journal
Wilchaint
I prosseneti Image
I prosseneti
Il conte Davide
My Crimes After Mein Kampf Image
My Crimes After Mein Kampf
Marinus van der Lubbe (l'incendiaire du Reichstag)
The Distant Land Image
The Distant Land
Aigner
Valparaiso, Valparaiso Image
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
Balthazar Lamarck-Caulaincourt
Zeno's Conscience Image
Zeno's Conscience
Alfio Cosini sr.
Cross of the Living Image
Cross of the Living
Baron Von Eggerth
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute Image
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Black Sow Image
The Big Black Sow
Il Padre di Enrico
E il Casanova di Fellini? Image
E il Casanova di Fellini?
Self
Solita de Cordoue Image
Solita de Cordoue
Pierre Desluc
Les Crimes de l'amour Image
Les Crimes de l'amour
Mr. de Larçay (segment 'Mina de Vanghel')
Les chevaliers de la table ronde Image
Les chevaliers de la table ronde
Merlin
Mission of Fear Image
Mission of Fear
Jean de Brébeuf
La Légende du siècle Image
La Légende du siècle
Self
No Image
Van Gogh à Paris, repérages
Lecteur des textes d'Artaud