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

  • Umi e, See You

    Umi e, See You

  • Midi trente

    Midi trente

  • Lucky Ravi

    Lucky Ravi

  • Banana Peel

    Banana Peel

  • Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

  • Detective

    Detective

  • Camille Claudel

    Camille Claudel

  • Scano Boa

    Scano Boa

  • Roberte

    Roberte

  • The Basileus Quartet

    The Basileus Quartet

  • La Dolce Vita

    La Dolce Vita

  • Illustrious Corpses

    Illustrious Corpses

  • Buio nella Valle

    Buio nella Valle

  • Sweet War, Farewell

    Sweet War, Farewell

  • The Forbidden Christ

    The Forbidden Christ

  • Stormy Waters

    Stormy Waters

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  • The Devil's Envoys

    The Devil's Envoys

  • Antigone

    Antigone

  • Madame Sans-Gêne

    Madame Sans-Gêne

  • Histoire(s) du cinéma

    Histoire(s) du cinéma

  • Time Masters

    Time Masters

  • Dear Antonioni

    Dear Antonioni

  • The Lovers

    The Lovers

  • Satyricon

    Satyricon

  • The Milky Way

    The Milky Way

  • The Audience

    The Audience

  • Le Roman de Renart

    Le Roman de Renart

  • The Phantom Baron

    The Phantom Baron

  • Chronicle of a Death Foretold

    Chronicle of a Death Foretold

  • Safari 5000

    Safari 5000

  • Christ Stopped at Eboli

    Christ Stopped at Eboli

  • Fellini nel cestino

    Fellini nel cestino

  • The Master and Margarita

    The Master and Margarita

  • Many Wars Ago

    Many Wars Ago

  • The Lady Without Camelias

    The Lady Without Camelias

  • La famiglia Ricordi

    La famiglia Ricordi

  • Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

    Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

  • The Return of Casanova

    The Return of Casanova

  • The Games of Countess Dolingen

    The Games of Countess Dolingen

  • Le Journal

    Le Journal

  • Ciao, Federico!

    Ciao, Federico!

  • La forêt noire

    La forêt noire

  • La divine comédie

    La divine comédie

  • Two in the Amsterdam Rain

    Two in the Amsterdam Rain

  • Don't Touch the White Woman!

    Don't Touch the White Woman!

  • The Song of Roland

    The Song of Roland

  • Corruption

    Corruption

  • I prosseneti

    I prosseneti

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

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

  • Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

    Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi

  • Deuil en 24 heures

    Deuil en 24 heures

  • The Big Black Sow

    The Big Black Sow

  • The Annunciation of Marie

    The Annunciation of Marie

  • La rosa rossa

    La rosa rossa

  • Zeno's Conscience

    Zeno's Conscience

  • Mina de Vanghel

    Mina de Vanghel

  • Irene, Irene

    Irene, Irene

  • E il Casanova di Fellini?

    E il Casanova di Fellini?

  • Valparaiso, Valparaiso

    Valparaiso, Valparaiso

  • The Solitary Conquerors

    The Solitary Conquerors

  • Solita de Cordoue

    Solita de Cordoue

  • The Distant Land

    The Distant Land

  • Mission of Fear

    Mission of Fear

  • Cross of the Living

    Cross of the Living

  • Emmanuelle in Ontario

    Emmanuelle in Ontario

  • Les Crimes de l'amour

    Les Crimes de l'amour

  • Film sur Georges Perec

    Film sur Georges Perec

  • My Crimes After Mein Kampf

    My Crimes After Mein Kampf

  • La Légende du siècle

    La Légende du siècle

  • Les chevaliers de la table ronde

    Les chevaliers de la table ronde

  • Van Gogh à Paris, repérages

    Van Gogh à Paris, repérages