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Alain Cuny

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.


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Born:
Jul 12, 1908 In Saint-Malo, France
Movie/TV Credits:
42
First Appeared:
In the movie My Crimes After Mein Kampf 1940-03-09
Latest Project:
Movie Fellini: I'm a Born Liar 2003-04-02
Known For
Poster of Zeno's Conscience
Poster of Fellini nel cestino
Poster of Ciao, Federico!
Poster of Many Wars Ago
Filmography
Movie Fellini: I'm a Born Liar Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2003-04-02
Movie The Return of Casanova Marquis 1992-05-12
Movie Sweet War, Farewell Vecchio Crimen 1991-09-11
Movie The Annunciation of Marie Anne Vercors 1991-12-18
Movie Zeno's Conscience Alfio Cosini sr. 1988-04-14
Movie Chronicle of a Death Foretold El Viudo Xius 1987-05-08
Movie Detective Old Mafioso 1985-08-23
Movie Fellini nel cestino Self 1983-01-01
Movie The Basileus Quartet Mario Cantone 1983-01-30
Movie Time Masters Xul (voice) 1982-03-24
Movie Christ Stopped at Eboli Barone Nicola Rotunno 1979-02-23
Movie Roberte La voix du pur esprit 1979-03-14
Movie The Song of Roland Turpin/der Mönch 1978-10-04
Movie Illustrious Corpses Judge Rasto 1976-02-12
Movie I prosseneti Il conte Davide 1976-04-28
Movie Two in the Amsterdam Rain 1975-03-20
Movie Irene, Irene Guido 1975-06-02
Movie Don't Touch the White Woman! Sitting Bull 1974-01-23
Movie Emmanuelle Mario 1974-06-25
Movie Valparaiso, Valparaiso Balthazar Lamarck-Caulaincourt 1973-03-31
Movie The Audience teologa Belga 1972-03-31
Movie The Master and Margarita Profesor Woland & Satana 1972-07-15
Movie Ciao, Federico! Self (uncredited) 1970-10-28
Movie Many Wars Ago Gen. Leone 1970-09-17
Movie The Milky Way Man with cape 1969-02-28
Movie Safari 5000 1969-07-19
Movie Mission of Fear Jean de Brébeuf 1965-05-20
Movie Corruption Leonardo Mattioli 1963-11-22
Movie Banana Peel Hervé Bontemps 1963-01-18
Movie Cross of the Living baron von Eggerth 1962-07-25
Movie La Dolce Vita Steiner 1960-02-05
Movie The Lovers Henri Tournier 1958-11-05
Movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame Claude Frollo 1956-12-19
Movie Les Crimes de l'amour Mr. de Larçay (segment 'Mina de Vanghel') 1953-01-02
Movie The Lady Without Camelias Lodi 1953-02-27
Movie Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi Bueno 1952-08-15
Movie The Forbidden Christ Antonio 1951-06-08
Movie The Phantom Baron Hervé 1943-06-16
Movie The Devil's Envoys Gilles, a Minstrel 1942-12-05
Movie Madame Sans-Gêne Roustan 1941-10-07
Movie Stormy Waters Un matelot du « Mirva » (uncredited) 1941-11-27
Movie My Crimes After Mein Kampf Marinus van der Lubbe (l'incendiaire du Reichstag) 1940-03-09
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