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Alain Delon

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Alain Delon (French: Alain Delon; November 8, 1935 - August 18, 2024), French actor and film producer, screenwriter, singer and businessman. Delenn has appeared in "The Weak Woman" (1959), "The Sun Shines" (1960), "The Rocco Brothers" (1960), "The Shy Flower in the Sea of Desire" (1962), "The Mountain and the River" (1963), "The Alone" "The Killer" (1967), "Love You, Miss You, Hate You" (1968), "Sunshine" (1969), "Benevolence" (1970), "Grand Dawn" (1972), "Zorro the Movie" (1975 French-Italian co-production) and "Mr. Klein" (1976) and other films. Over the course of his career, Deren has worked with a number of directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Loup Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni and Louis Maloux. In addition, he also collaborated as a singer with Delida on the classic hit duet song "Paroles, paroles" (1973). In 1999, Delenn obtained Swiss citizenship. Delenn has won awards at multiple film festivals. In 1985, he won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film "The Story of Us" (1984). In 1991, he was awarded the French Legion of Honor and received the Honorary Golden Bear at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival. In addition, Delenn won the Honorary Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.

Category
Film & TV
Nationality
France
Born
1935-11-08
Died
2024-08-18
Wikidata
Q106529
Occupations screenwriterfilm directorstage actormovie actorfilm producertelevision actorproducersingeractordirectorwriterart collectormusician
Aliases A. DelonAlain DelonAlain Fabien Maurice Marcel DelonAlan DelonAlan DerenAlan DelonAlan DillonAaron DillonAlan DillonAlain DelonAlain DelonAlain DelonAlain Delon

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