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Alain Cuny

Alain Cuny

Acting
12 Jul 1908
16 May 1994
Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Biography

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 Ela...

Also Known As

René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny

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