French actress Anouk Aimée, winner of a Golden Globe for her leading role in “A Man and a Woman” by legendary French director Claude Lelouch, dies
PARIS — French actress Anouk Aimée, winner of a Golden Globe for her leading role in “A Man and a Woman” by legendary French director Claude Lelouch, has died, her agent reported Tuesday. She was 92 years old.
Officer Sébastien Perrolat said in a text message to The Associated Press that Aimée died Tuesday morning “surrounded by her loved ones.” She did not give a cause of death.
Aimée’s daughter, Manuela Papatakis, first announced her death in an Instagram post, saying: “We are very sad to announce the departure of my mother Anouk Aimée.”
“I was at his side when he died this morning, at his home in Paris,” he said.
Born in Paris to parents who worked as actors, Aimée worked with a variety of acclaimed directors, including Federico Fellini, Bernardo Bertolucci and Robert Altman.
She won the golden globe for best performance by an actress in 1967, for her role as a widow in a complex romance in “A Man and a Woman,” alongside French film legend Jean-Louis Trintignant, who died in 2022.
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