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The French actress Anouk Aimée, an unforgettable interpreter of The sweet life by Federico Fellini, alongside Marcello Mastroianni. Among the films in which she was the protagonist, too One man, one woman by Claude Lelouch. «With my daughter, Galaad, and my granddaughter, Mila, we have the immense sadness of announcing the passing of my mother, Anouk Aimée». This is the post on Instagram with which the actress’s daughter, Manuela Papatakis, announced the actress’s death.
“I was right next to her when she passed away this morning in her home in Paris,” adds her daughter. Anouk Aimée, very popular but true icon in Italy and France, has directed films by Jacques Demy, Sydney Lumet, George Cukor, Julien Duvivier and many other great directors. She was born in Paris in 1932, her real name was Nicole Dreyfus, and she began acting for films in the 1940s. Her career took off with the Nouvelle Vague in the 1960s. With Fellini, as well as The sweet lifehe was also the protagonist in 8 and 1/2. For the French, the film that made her immortal was One man, one woman of Lelouch, alongside Jean-Louis Trintignant, a film that earned her an Oscar nomination.
