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 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.
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Filmography
all 74
Movies 66
self 12
TV Shows 8
Director 1
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2003)
The Annunciation of Marie (1991)
Sweet War, Farewell (1991)
Camille Claudel (1988)
Zeno's Conscience (1988)
Van Gogh à Paris, repérages (1988)
Lucky Ravi (1987)
The Distant Land (1987)
Detective (1985)
Deuil en 24 heures (1982)
La peau de chagrin (1980)
Le Journal (1979)
I Vecchi E I Giovani (1979)
Roberte (1979)
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
The Recourse to the Method (1978)
I prosseneti (1976)
Illustrious Corpses (1976)
Irene, Irene (1975)
Antigone (1974)
Le Roman de Renart (1974)
Le Roman de Renart (1974)
Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974)
La rosa rossa (1973)
Valparaiso, Valparaiso (1973)
The Master and Margarita (1972)
The Audience (1972)
The Big Black Sow (1971)
Many Wars Ago (1970)
The Milky Way (1969)
La forêt noire (1968)
Mission of Fear (1965)
Corruption (1963)
Banana Peel (1963)
Cross of the Living (1962)
Scano Boa (1961)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
The Lovers (1958)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
The Vanquished (1953)
Mina de Vanghel (1953)
Les Crimes de l'amour (1953)
The Solitary Conquerors (1952)
Solita de Cordoue (1946)
The Devil's Envoys (1942)
Stormy Waters (1941)
Madame Sans-Gêne (1941)
My Crimes After Mein Kampf (1940)
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GenderMale
Birthday1908-07-12
Deathday1994-05-16 (85 years old)
Birth NameRené Xavier Marie Alain Cuny
Birth PlaceSaint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
CitizenshipsFrance
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