Anouk Aimée died today

[ritter]

Anouk Aimée, one of the great beauties of European cinema in the second half of the 20th century, died today in Paris, aged 92.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/obituaries/anouk-aimee-dead.html

She was best known for her appearance in Claude Lelouch's A Man and a Woman (for which she was nominated for an Oscar as best actress), but also starred in e.g. Fellini's La dolce vita and 8 1/2, and Jacques Demy's Lola (a movie I have yet to watch).

She was a great actress, and an enigmatic beauty. By chance, I had lunch at the table next to hers in New York's Le Veau d'Or in the early 80s, and she was extraordinarily magnetic, in a cool and detached way. Stunning!

Here she is in La dolce vita:

[Karl Henning]

I saw that. 

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

RIP. Great actress!

[André]

A French Ava Gardner or Sophia Loren, less sultry than either but with a more classic, Nefertiti-like port de tête and an enigmatic, noli me tangere look .

Only the best French actresses could convey that kind of feeling: Danielle Darrieux in Madame de...(Max Ophüls), Jeanne Moreau in Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Louis Malle). Untouchable, inimitable, unforgettable.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

A French Ava Gardner or Sophia Loren, less sultry than either but with a more classic, Nefertiti-like port de tête and an enigmatic, noli me tangere look .

Only the best French actresses could convey that kind of feeling: Danielle Darrieux in Madame de...(Max Ophüls), Jeanne Moreau in Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Louis Malle). Untouchable, inimitable, unforgettable.

Plus, Dominique Sanda. Still, my favorite actress is Catherine Deneuve!