Alain Cuny

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

73

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

  • Midi trente

    Midi trente

  • Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

  • Emmanuelle

    Emmanuelle

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • The Milky Way

    The Milky Way

  • La Légende du siècle

    La Légende du siècle

  • Satyricon

    Satyricon

  • Time Masters

    Time Masters

  • The Big Black Sow

    The Big Black Sow

  • La Dolce Vita

    La Dolce Vita

  • The Audience

    The Audience

  • The Song of Roland

    The Song of Roland

  • The Lady Without Camelias

    The Lady Without Camelias

  • Christ Stopped at Eboli

    Christ Stopped at Eboli

  • Safari 5000

    Safari 5000

  • Two in the Amsterdam Rain

    Two in the Amsterdam Rain

  • I prosseneti

    I prosseneti

  • Zeno's Conscience

    Zeno's Conscience

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  • The Master and Margarita

    The Master and Margarita

  • Camille Claudel

    Camille Claudel

  • The Lovers

    The Lovers

  • Corruption

    Corruption

  • Illustrious Corpses

    Illustrious Corpses

  • The Forbidden Christ

    The Forbidden Christ

  • Roberte

    Roberte

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

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

  • Umi e, See You

    Umi e, See You

  • Valparaiso, Valparaiso

    Valparaiso, Valparaiso

  • The Basileus Quartet

    The Basileus Quartet

  • Chronicle of a Death Foretold

    Chronicle of a Death Foretold

  • Many Wars Ago

    Many Wars Ago

  • Madame Sans-Gêne

    Madame Sans-Gêne

  • Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

    Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

  • Detective

    Detective

  • La famiglia Ricordi

    La famiglia Ricordi

  • Irene, Irene

    Irene, Irene

  • Histoire(s) du cinéma

    Histoire(s) du cinéma

  • Mission of Fear

    Mission of Fear

  • The Distant Land

    The Distant Land

  • The Phantom Baron

    The Phantom Baron

  • Le Roman de Renart

    Le Roman de Renart

  • Don't Touch the White Woman!

    Don't Touch the White Woman!

  • Solita de Cordoue

    Solita de Cordoue

  • The Devil's Envoys

    The Devil's Envoys

  • Ciao, Federico!

    Ciao, Federico!

  • Lucky Ravi

    Lucky Ravi

  • Deuil en 24 heures

    Deuil en 24 heures

  • Cross of the Living

    Cross of the Living

  • The Annunciation of Marie

    The Annunciation of Marie

  • Le Journal

    Le Journal

  • Buio nella Valle

    Buio nella Valle

  • E il Casanova di Fellini?

    E il Casanova di Fellini?

  • Scano Boa

    Scano Boa

  • My Crimes After Mein Kampf

    My Crimes After Mein Kampf

  • Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

    Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

  • Fellini nel cestino

    Fellini nel cestino

  • Stormy Waters

    Stormy Waters

  • The Return of Casanova

    The Return of Casanova

  • Sweet War, Farewell

    Sweet War, Farewell

  • La divine comédie

    La divine comédie

  • La rosa rossa

    La rosa rossa

  • Antigone

    Antigone

  • Les Crimes de l'amour

    Les Crimes de l'amour

  • La forêt noire

    La forêt noire

  • Emmanuelle in Ontario

    Emmanuelle in Ontario

  • Les chevaliers de la table ronde

    Les chevaliers de la table ronde

  • Dear Antonioni

    Dear Antonioni

  • Banana Peel

    Banana Peel

  • Mina de Vanghel

    Mina de Vanghel

  • Film sur Georges Perec

    Film sur Georges Perec

  • The Solitary Conquerors

    The Solitary Conquerors

  • Van Gogh à Paris, repérages

    Van Gogh à Paris, repérages