Alain Cuny

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

74

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-07-12

Day of death

1994-05-16 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Alain Cuny

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alain Cuny, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Emmanuelle

    Emmanuelle

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Midi trente

    Midi trente

  • Satyricon

    Satyricon

  • Camille Claudel

    Camille Claudel

  • The Lovers

    The Lovers

  • Illustrious Corpses

    Illustrious Corpses

  • The Audience

    The Audience

  • La Dolce Vita

    La Dolce Vita

  • Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

  • Corruption

    Corruption

  • Umi e, See You

    Umi e, See You

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  • I prosseneti

    I prosseneti

  • Lucky Ravi

    Lucky Ravi

  • Detective

    Detective

  • The Lady Without Camelias

    The Lady Without Camelias

  • Christ Stopped at Eboli

    Christ Stopped at Eboli

  • Many Wars Ago

    Many Wars Ago

  • Irene, Irene

    Irene, Irene

  • Time Masters

    Time Masters

  • Ciao, Federico!

    Ciao, Federico!

  • Roberte

    Roberte

  • Safari 5000

    Safari 5000

  • The Milky Way

    The Milky Way

  • Banana Peel

    Banana Peel

  • The Master and Margarita

    The Master and Margarita

  • Dear Antonioni

    Dear Antonioni

  • The Devil's Envoys

    The Devil's Envoys

  • Two in the Amsterdam Rain

    Two in the Amsterdam Rain

  • Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

    Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

  • Don't Touch the White Woman!

    Don't Touch the White Woman!

  • Zeno's Conscience

    Zeno's Conscience

  • The Song of Roland

    The Song of Roland

  • Chronicle of a Death Foretold

    Chronicle of a Death Foretold

  • The Big Black Sow

    The Big Black Sow

  • The Games of Countess Dolingen

    The Games of Countess Dolingen

  • Stormy Waters

    Stormy Waters

  • Sweet War, Farewell

    Sweet War, Farewell

  • Histoire(s) du cinéma

    Histoire(s) du cinéma

  • The Basileus Quartet

    The Basileus Quartet

  • Antigone

    Antigone

  • Scano Boa

    Scano Boa

  • Madame Sans-Gêne

    Madame Sans-Gêne

  • Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute

    Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute

  • E il Casanova di Fellini?

    E il Casanova di Fellini?

  • La Légende du siècle

    La Légende du siècle

  • The Annunciation of Marie

    The Annunciation of Marie

  • Mission of Fear

    Mission of Fear

  • La famiglia Ricordi

    La famiglia Ricordi

  • The Return of Casanova

    The Return of Casanova

  • Le Roman de Renart

    Le Roman de Renart

  • Solita de Cordoue

    Solita de Cordoue

  • La divine comédie

    La divine comédie

  • The Phantom Baron

    The Phantom Baron

  • Fellini nel cestino

    Fellini nel cestino

  • Le Journal

    Le Journal

  • Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

    Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

  • My Crimes After Mein Kampf

    My Crimes After Mein Kampf

  • The Forbidden Christ

    The Forbidden Christ

  • Les chevaliers de la table ronde

    Les chevaliers de la table ronde

  • Valparaiso, Valparaiso

    Valparaiso, Valparaiso

  • Buio nella Valle

    Buio nella Valle

  • Cross of the Living

    Cross of the Living

  • Film sur Georges Perec

    Film sur Georges Perec

  • Les Crimes de l'amour

    Les Crimes de l'amour

  • Deuil en 24 heures

    Deuil en 24 heures

  • La forêt noire

    La forêt noire

  • The Solitary Conquerors

    The Solitary Conquerors

  • The Distant Land

    The Distant Land

  • Mina de Vanghel

    Mina de Vanghel

  • Emmanuelle in Ontario

    Emmanuelle in Ontario

  • La rosa rossa

    La rosa rossa

  • Van Gogh à Paris, repérages

    Van Gogh à Paris, repérages