French film star Anouk Aimée, renowned for her roles in ‘60s cult classics, including “La Dolce Vita,” “8 1⁄2,” and “A Man and a Woman,” has died at the age of 92. Ms. Aimée died at her home in Paris on Tuesday morning while surrounded by her family.
Ms. Aimée’s daughter, Manuella Papatakis, whom the actress had with her ex-husband, Ethiopian-Greek filmmaker Nico Papatakis, confirmed her death in a post shared on Instagram. Following in her parents’ footsteps, Ms.
Aimée made her film debut at the age of 15, starring in the 1947 drama “La Maison Sous La Mer,” or “The House Under the Sea.” She then appeared in “The Lovers of Verona” in 1949, before acting in a variety of international projects throughout the 1950s, including “The Paris Express” (1952), “Contraband Spain” (1955), “Nina” (1956), “Lovers of Paris” (1957), “Everybody Wants to Kill Me” (1957), “Montparnasse 19” (1958), and “The Chasers” (1959). Ms.
Aimée, who studied dance and ballet in her youth, played a cabaret dancer in the 1961 romance musical “Lola,” before working with Mr. Mastroianni and Mr. Fellini again on the 1963 film “8 1⁄2,” which won an Oscar for best foreign language film in 1964.
Most recently, in 2019, Ms. Aimée reunited with Mr. Trintignant, who died in 2022 at the age of 91, and Mr.
Lelouch on the romantic drama “The Best Years of a Life.” “After having made the whole earth dream, now she will make the angels .