Alain Cuny
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
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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Born
Jul 12, 1908
Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Died
May 16, 1994
Known For
Acting
Movies
65 acting
3 crew
Popularity
0.4
Known For
Emmanuelle
1974
as Mario
La Dolce Vita
1960
as Steiner
The Lovers
1958
as Henri Tournier
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956
as Claude Frollo
Many Wars Ago
1970
as Gen. Leone
Satyricon
1969
as Lica
Camille Claudel
1988
as Louis-Prosper Claudel
Time Masters
1982
as Xul (voice)
The Milky Way
1969
as Man with cape
Illustrious Corpses
1976
as Judge Rasto
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