Anouk Aimée

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Anouk Aimée

Anouk Aimée
Birth name Françoise Sorya Dreyfus
Born April 27, 1932
Paris, France

Anouk Aimée (born April 27, 1932) is an Oscar-nominated French film actress.

Aimée was born Françoise Sorya Dreyfus in Paris, France, the daughter of another actress, Geneviève Sorya, and Henry Dreyfus. She is Jewish.[1]

Aimée began her career in French films in 1947 at age 14. In 1958 she portrayed the tragic artist Jeanne Hébuterne in the film Les Amants de Montparnasse. She later appeared in La Dolce Vita, 8½ and Jacques Demy's Lola. She won the 1967 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film that brought her international fame, A Man and a Woman.

From 1970 to 1978, she was married to the British actor Albert Finney. Her third husband (1951-54) was the film director Nikos Papatakis.

She also appeared in Festival in Cannes (2001) as Millie Marquand.

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  1. ^ "Motion Pictures". Encyclopaedia Judaica. (1971-1972). Keter Publishing House. Retrieved on 2006-11-17.

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