About
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...
Known for
EmmanuelleMovie • 1974
La Dolce VitaMovie • 1960
The Return of CasanovaMovie • 1992
The Hunchback of Notre DameMovie • 1956
DetectiveMovie • 1985
Illustrious CorpsesMovie • 1976
SatyriconMovie • 1969
Time MastersMovie • 1982
The Devil's EnvoysMovie • 1942
Don't Touch the White Woman!Movie • 1974
Camille ClaudelMovie • 1988
Stormy WatersMovie • 1941
The Milky WayMovie • 1969
Chronicle of a Death ForetoldMovie • 1987
The LoversMovie • 1958
The Lady Without CameliasMovie • 1953
The Master and MargaritaMovie • 1972
Christ Stopped at EboliMovie • 1979
Many Wars AgoMovie • 1970
The VanquishedMovie • 1953
CorruptionMovie • 1963
Banana PeelMovie • 1963
The AudienceMovie • 1972