Alain Cuny

Film & TV

Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Alain Cuny (12 July 1908 – 16 May 1994) was a French actor. He was born René Xavier Marie in Saint-Malo, Brittany, and studied medicine for a while before entering the film industry as a costume and set designer. Cuny started acting in the 1930s. Among his most notable films are Les Visiteurs du soir (1942), by Marcel Carné; Les Amants (The Lovers 1958); La dolce vita (1960) and Satyricon…

Known for

• Emmanuelle in Ontario — Mario (archival footage)2025
• Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2006
• Fellini: I'm a Born Liar — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2003
• Dear Antonioni — Self1995
• La famiglia Ricordi1995
• The Return of Casanova — Marquis1992
• Sweet War, Farewell — Vecchio Crimen1991
• The Annunciation of Marie — Anne Vercors1991
• Film sur Georges Perec — Self1990
• Les chevaliers de la table ronde — Merlin1990

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

France

Active from

1908-07-12

Active to

1994-05-16

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

63

Total plays

324

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Alain

Gender

male

Citizenship

France

Place of birth

Saint-Malo

Place of death

Paris

Occupation

director

Languages spoken

French

Native language

French

Student of

Charles Dullin

Image

Alain Cuny-130822-0001FP.jpg

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