Anouk Aimée (Françoise Sorya Dreyfus) - biography

Anouk Aimée (born 27 April 1932) is a French film actress. Aimée has appeared in 70 films since 1947.

Aimée was born Françoise Sorya Dreyfus in Paris, France, the daughter of actors Geneviève Sorya (née Durand) and Henri Murray (born Dreyfus).

Aimée began her film career in 1947 at age 14. In 1958 she portrayed the tragic artist Jeanne Hébuterne in the film Les Amants de Montparnasse. She later appeared in La dolce vita, 8½ and Jacques Demy's Lola. She won the 1967 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film that brought her international fame, A Man and a Woman. She was awarded the Award for Best Actress at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in Marco Bellocchio's Salto nel vuoto (Leap Into The Void), her co-star Michel Piccoli winning the Best Actor Prize.

Her second husband (1951–54) was the film director Nikos Papatakis, with whom she has a daughter Manuela born in 1952. From 1970 to 1978, she was married to the British actor Albert Finney.

She also appeared in Festival in Cannes (2001) as Millie Marquand.

Filmography

• La Maison sous la mer (1947)
• Les Amants de Vérone (1949)
• Golden Salamander (1950) - Anna
• La Bergère et le ramoneur (1952)
• Le Rideau cramoisi (1952, by Alexandre Astruc) - Albertine
• Les Mauvaises Rencontres (1955, by Alexandre Astruc) - Catherine
• Ich suche Dich (1956, by O.W. Fischer) - Francoise Maurer
• Tous peuvent me tuer (1957, by Henri Decoin) - Isabelle
• Pot-Bouille (1957, by Julien Duvivier) - Marie
• Les Amants de Montparnasse (Montparnasse 19) (1957, by Jacques Becker) - Jeanne Hébuterne
• La tête contre les murs (1958, by Georges Franju) - Stéphanie
• Les Dragueurs (1958, by Jean-Pierre Mocky) - Jeanne
• The Journey (1959, by Anatole Litvak) - Eva
• La Dolce Vita (1960, by Federico Fellini) - Maddalena
• Le Farceur (1960, by Philippe de Broca) - Hélène
• L'Imprevisto (1961, by Alberto Lattuada) - Claire
• Sodome et Gomorrhe (1961, by Robert Aldrich) - La reine Bera
• Le Jugement dernier (1961, by Vittorio De Sica) - Irene
• Lola (1961, by Jacques Demy) - Lola
• Les Grands chemins (1962, by Christian Marquand) - Anna
• Le Jour le plus court (1962, by Sergio Corbucci)
• Fellini's 8½ (1962)
• Il successo (1963)
• White Voices (1964)
• Un homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman) (1966)
• Un Soir, un train (1968)
• Model Shop (1968)
• Justine (1969)
• The Appointment (1969, by Sidney Lumet)
• Si c'était à refaire (1976)
• Mon premier amour (1978, by Elie Chouraqui) - la mère
• Salto nel vuoto (A Leap in the Dark) (1979, by Marco Bellocchio) - Marta Ponticelli
• Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981, by Bernardo Bertolucci) - Barbara Spaggiari
• Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ? (1981, by Elie Chouraqui) - Hélène
• Le Général de l'armée morte (1983, by Luciano Tovoli) - La Comtesse Betsy
• Viva la vie (1983, by Claude Lelouch) - Anouk
• Success Is the Best Revenge (1984, by Jerzy Skolimowski) - Monique
• Un Homme et une femme : vingt ans déjà (1986, by Claude Lelouch) - Anne Gauthier
• La Table tournante (1988, by Paul Grimault) - voix de la bergère
• Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990, by Phillip Borsos) - Marie-France Coudaire
• Rupture(s) (1993, by Christine Citti) - Marthe
• Les Marmottes (1993, by Elie Chouraqui) - Françoise
• Les Cent et une nuits (1994, by Agnès Varda) - L'actrice d'un jour
• Prêt-à-Porter (1994, by Robert Altman) - Simone Lowenthal
• Dis-moi oui (1995, by Alexandre Arcady) - Claire
• L'univers de Jacques Demy (1995, by Agnès Varda) - elle-même
• Hommes, femmes : mode d'emploi (1996, by Claude Lelouch) - la veuve
• Riches, belles, etc. (1997, by Bunny Schpoliansky) - La fée
• L.A. Without a Map (1998, by Mika Kaurismäki) - elle-même
• 1999 Madeleine (1999, by Laurent Bouhnik) - Eve
• Une pour toutes (1999, by Claude Lelouch) - La femme du musicien
• Festival in Cannes (2001, by Henry Jaglom) - Millie Marquand
• La Petite prairie aux bouleaux (2002, by Marceline Loridan-Ivens) - Myriam
• Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants (2003, by Yvan Attal) - la mère de Vincent
• Margot (2006, by Negar Djavadi) - La mère de Margot
• De particulier à particulier (2006, by Brice Cauvin) - Nelly
• Holy Money (2008, by Maxime Alexandre) - Charlotte
• Paris Connections (2010, by Harley Cokeliss) - Agnès