A cultured actor who starred in several successful productions in the 1960s and 1970s, he worked with directors such as Louis Malle, Michelangelo Antonioni and Jean-Luc Godard. Over the course of his career, he appeared in more than 90 films. Alain Delon, the cult French actor who starred in a series of classics in the 1960s and 1970s, has died at the age of 88. The news was confirmed this Sunday (18/08) by his family.
Delon has participated in more than 90 film productions, with directors such as Louis Malle, Michelangelo Antonioni, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Luchino Visconti, René Clément and Jacques Deray.
From Apprentice Butcher to Movie Star
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon was born on November 8, 1935 in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, on the outskirts of Paris.
After being expelled from several schools, he began working at the age of 14 as an apprentice butcher, alongside his father. In 1953, he enlisted as a marine in the French Navy and fought in the colonial war in Vietnam, but was eventually discharged in 1956.
After a series of temporary jobs, Delon began his acting career in 1957 with a small role in Yves Allégret’s film A Countess.
Brilliance in the 60s and 70s
He would eventually become one of the biggest stars of European cinema between the 1960s and 1970s, starring in classics such as The Sun as Witness (1959), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), The Leopard (1963), The Samurai (1967), The Swimming Pool (1969) and Citizen Klein (1976).
In 1997, Delon announced his retirement from the screen, but ended up returning in 2008 to take on the role of Roman Emperor Julius Caesar in the film Asterix at the Olympic Games.
His last public appearance was in May 2019, when he received the honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
“Alain Fabien, Anouchka, Anthony e [seu cão] Loubo is deeply saddened by the passing of his father. He died peacefully at his home in Douchy, surrounded by his three children and his family. The family asks that their privacy be respected in this extremely painful moment of mourning,” reads the note sent by the actor’s children to the French press.
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