Anouk Aimee

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AKA: Francoise Sorya Dreyfus, Anouk
Nationality: French
Birthdate: 04/27/1932
Birthplace: Paris, France

biography

A sultry, enigmatic leading lady of several classic European films of the 1950s and 60s, Aimee, the daughter of a French theatrical family, studied acting and dancing in her native France and England before making her film debut at age 14 in "La Maison sous la mer" (1946). She first gained notice in a Juliet-like role in Andre Cayatte's "Les Amants de Verone/The Lovers of Verona" (1948) and a string of starring roles followed in which she worked in Italy, Britain and West Germany as well as France. Aimee made her Hollywood debut as a freedom fighter in Anatole Litvak's political romance "The Continued

Credits

Actor
2004
Oscar's Wife
1999
Eve
1999
Herself
1998
Lola
1968
Maddalena
1960
Marie-France Coudaire
Actor
Actor for a Day
Simone Lowenthal--Designer and Olivier's Lover
Jeanne
Actor
Monique DeFontaine
Marie Pichon
Stephanie
Queen Bera
Mita Palumbo
Luisa Anselmi
Millie Marguand
Lola
Anne Gauthier
Justine
Helene Laroche

milestones

Year
Milestone
1946 
Film acting debut in "La maison sous la mer"
1949 
English language debut, "The Golden Salamander", the first of a number of British films Aimee made through the 1950s
1959 
First United States film, "The Journey"
1966 
Received an Oscar nomination as Best Actress for her leading role in the French-made international hit, "Un homme et une femme/A Man and a Woman", directed by Claude Lelouch
1969 
Last American film for a quarter century, "Justine", directed by George Cukor
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