Alain Delon

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon 8 November 1935 18 August 2024 was a French actor film producer screenwriter singer and businessman Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century Delon emerged as one of the foremost European actors of the late 1950s to the 1980s and became an international sex symbol He is regarded as one of the most wellknown figures of the French cultural landscape His style looks and roles which made him an international icon earned him enduring popularity Delon achieved critical acclaim for his roles in films such as Women Are Weak 1959 Purple Noon 1960 Rocco and His Brothers 1960 LEclisse 1962 The Leopard 1963 Any Number Can Win 1963 The Black Tulip 1964 The Last Adventure 1967 Le Samouraï 1967 The Girl on a Motorcycle 1968 La Piscine 1969 Le Cercle Rouge 1970 Un flic 1972 and Monsieur Klein 1976 Over the course of his career Delon worked with many directors including Luchino Visconti JeanLuc Godard JeanPierre Melville Michelangelo Antonioni Louis Malle and Agnès Varda Delon received many film and entertainment awards throughout his career In 1985 he won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in Notre histoire 1984 In 1991 he became a member of Frances Legion of Honour At the 45th Berlin International Film Festival he won the Honorary Golden Bear At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival he received the Honorary Palme dOr In addition to his acting career Delon also recorded the spoken part in the popular 1973 song Paroles paroles a duet with Dalida as the main singing voice He acquired Swiss citizenship in 1999 Description above from the Wikipedia article Alain Delon licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia