Oscar-nominated French actor Anouk Aimée, who starred in La Dolce Vita, dies aged 92
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Oscar-nominated French actor Anouk Aimée has died aged 92.
Aimée received an Academy Award nomination for her role in Claude Lelouch‘s A Man and a Woman, which was released in 1966.
That same decade, Aimée appeared in films from esteemed filmmakers Federic Fellini – La Dolce Vita (1960), 8½ (1963) – and Jacques Demy (Lola, 1961).
Aimée’s death was announced by her daughter, Manuela Papatakis, who wrote on Instagram: “With my daughter, Galaad, and my granddaughter, Mila, we have great sadness to announce the departure of my mother Anouk Aimée.
“I was right by her side when she passed away this morning at her home in Paris.”
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