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Alain Cuny

1908 - 1994

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René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny (12 July 1908 – 16 May 1994) was a French actor of stage and screen. He was closely linked with the works of Paul Claudel and Antonin Artaud, and for his performances for the Théâtre national populaire and Odéon-Théâtre de France. His film work included collaborations with directors Marcel Carné, Louis Malle, Jean-Luc Godard, Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Francesco Rosi and Luis Buñuel. He was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 1988 film Camille Claudel, and won the Joseph Plateau Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alain Cuny is the 1,065th most popular actor (down from 1,046th in 2019), the 1,633rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,718th in 2019) and the 81st most popular French Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alain Cuny ranks 1,065 out of 13,578. Before him are Billy Crystal, Imelda Staunton, Wade Williams, Eric Bana, Jonathan Hyde, and Dirk Bogarde. After him are Michel Bouquet, Carl Reiner, Orlando Bloom, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Lou Ferrigno, and Maud Adams.

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Among people born in 1908, Alain Cuny ranks 75. Before him are Bjarni Benediktsson, Martha Gellhorn, Percy Williams, Yousuf Karsh, Don Ameche, and André Martinet. After him are Lionel Stander, Remedios Varo, Max Bill, Henri, Count of Paris, Van Heflin, and Rómulo Betancourt. Among people deceased in 1994, Alain Cuny ranks 76. Before him are Rollo May, Sebastian Shaw, Cesar Romero, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Paisios of Mount Athos, Robert Bloch, Haim Bar-Lev, Clement Greenberg, Jacques Ellul, Golo Mann, and Johannes Steinhoff. After him is Cab Calloway.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Cuny ranks 1,633 out of 6,770. Before him are Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819), Louis of Toulouse (1274), Robert Guérin (1876), René Grousset (1885), Françoise Gilot (1921), and Louise Labé (1524). After him are Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (1326), Michel Bouquet (1925), Lucien Petit-Breton (1882), Philippe Soupault (1897), Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784), and André Jolivet (1905).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Alain Cuny ranks 81. Before him are Louis Jourdan (1921), Patrick Dewaere (1947), Emma Watson (1990), Yvette Guilbert (1865), Michel Serrault (1928), and Arletty (1898). After him are Michel Bouquet (1925), Claude Gensac (1927), Audrey Tautou (1976), Lambert Wilson (1958), Marie-Christine Barrault (1944), and Marie Trintignant (1962).

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