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
Voice 1
Director 1
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit (2018)
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2003)
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute (1998)
Dear Antonioni (1995)
The Return of Casanova (1992)
The Annunciation of Marie (1991)
Sweet War, Farewell (1991)
Les chevaliers de la table ronde (1990)
Film sur Georges Perec (1990)
Histoire(s) du cinéma (1989)
Camille Claudel (1988)
Zeno's Conscience (1988)
Van Gogh à Paris, repérages (1988)
Lucky Ravi (1987)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
The Distant Land (1987)
Detective (1985)
The Basileus Quartet (1983)
Fellini nel cestino (1983)
Deuil en 24 heures (1982)
The Masters of Time (1982)
La peau de chagrin (1980)
Le Journal (1979)
I Vecchi E I Giovani (1979)
Roberte (1979)
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
The Song of Roland (1978)
The Recourse to the Method (1978)
I prosseneti (1976)
Illustrious Corpses (1976)
Irene, Irene (1975)
E il Casanova di Fellini? (1975)
Two in the Amsterdam Rain (1975)
Antigone (1974)
Emmanuelle (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)
La divine comédie (1973)
The Master and Margarita (1972)
The Audience (1972)
Midi trente (1972)
The Big Black Sow (1971)
Samedi soir (1971)
Ciao, Federico! (1970)
Many Wars Ago (1970)
Fellini Satyricon (1969)
Safari 5000 (1969)
The Milky Way (1969)
La Forêt noire (1968)
Mission of Fear (1965)
Corruption (1963)
Banana Peel (1963)
La Croix des vivants (1962)
Scano Boa (1961)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
The Lovers (1958)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
Cinépanorama (1956)
The Vanquished (1953)
Mina de Vanghel (1953)
The Lady Without Camelias (1953)
Les Crimes de l'amour (1953)
The Solitary Conquerors (1952)
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi (1952)
The Forbidden Christ (1951)
Solita de Cordoue (1946)
The Phantom Baron (1943)
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, France
CitizenshipsFrance
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