Alain Cuny 12 July 1908 16 May 1994 was a French actor He was born René Xavier Marie in SaintMalo 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 Dont Touch the White Woman One of his last roles was in Camille Claudel 1988 as LouisProsper Claudel father of the films heroine Cuny worked in both France and Italy and died in 1994 in Paris Description above from the Wikipedia article Alain Cuny licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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