Anouk Aimée, the French star of classic titles like Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and Jacques Demy’s Lola has died. She was 92.
Aimée’s daughter, Manuela Papatakis, shared the news with a post on social media Tuesday morning. Aimée’s cause of death has yet to be announced. “With my daughter, Galaad, and my granddaughter, Mila, we have great sadness to announce the departure of my mother Anouk Aimée,” the statement read. “I was right by her side when she passed away this morning at her home in Paris.” A post shared by Manuela Papatakis (@manuelapapatakis) Aimée clocked almost 100 credits during her decades-long career.
She is perhaps best known for her role in Federico Fellini’s seminal thriller La Dolce Vita. She later re-teamed with Fellini for his enigmatic epic 8½.
She went on to work with some of world cinema’s leading new-wave filmmakers, including Jacques Demy, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Robert Altman.
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