From difficult childhood to scandals, who was the legend of the French film, Alain Delon

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From difficult childhood to scandals, who was the legend of the French film,
Alain Delon

Alain Delon, the French actor, producer and writer whose enigmatic beauty made him an international sex symbol, died today at the age of 88.

Born in Sceaux, a suburb south of Paris, Delon had a turbulent childhood characterized by his parents' divorce and frequent school suspensions, before serving in the French navy in Indochina and later doing odd jobs in Paris .

He made his first film appearance in 1957, playing a hitman in the thriller Quand la femme s'en mêle, entitled Send a Woman When the Devil Fails.

This would be the first of many anti-hero roles for Delon, who went on to become a major figure in European film in the 1960s, working with directors such as René Clément (Plein Soleil, 1960, titled Purple Noon ” in the United States), Luchino Visconti (“Rocco and his Brothers,” 1960, and “The Leopard,” 1963) and Jean-Pierre Melville (“Le Samouraï,” 1967).

In 1968, Delon was caught up in a sex, drug and murder scandal involving French high society, known as the Markovic affair. He was questioned but never charged.

He also appeared in many English-language productions, including the anthology film The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) and the Westerns Texas Across the River (1966) and Red Sun (1971), but failed to repeat the success it enjoyed in European cinematography.

Delon won a César Award, France's equivalent of an Oscar, for best actor in 1985 for his role as an alcoholic in Bertrand Blier's Our Story. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance as the passionate and penniless Tancredi in The Leopard.

His star faded in his later years, but he reappeared on television around the turn of the century, playing veteran detectives in two miniseries: Fabio Montale (2002) and Frank Riva (2003-04). .

From difficult childhood to scandals, who was the legend of the French film,

In 2005, Delon was decorated Officer of the French Legion of Honor for his contribution to world cinema.

He was married to actress and model Nathalie Delon from 1964 to 1969 and the couple had one child, Anthony.

Delon had three other children: a son, Christian Boulogne, with singer and actress Nico, and Anouchka Delon and Alain-Fabien Delon with Dutch actress Rosalie van Breemen.


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