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Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (French: [alɛ̃ dəlɔ̃]; 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 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and became an international sex symbol
Delon had been in poor health since suffering a stroke in 2019, rarely leaving his estate in Douchy, in France's Val de Loire region. President Emmanuel Macron hailed him as a giant of French culture.
But when Delon met French director Yves Allégret, he decided to stay in France and made his debut in the director’s 1957 film Quand la femme s'en mêle. Archive Photos/Getty Alain Delon in 1965.
Alain Delon, the French actor, producer and writer whose cool, enigmatic beauty made him an international sex symbol, has died at the age of 88. Alain Delon, French movie legend, dies at 88 Skip ...
At 17, Delon joined the navy and was sent to Indochina. Back in France in 1956, he held various odd jobs from waiter to a carrier in the Paris meat market before turning to acting. Delon had a son, Anthony, in 1964, with his then-wife Nathalie Canovas, who played alongside him in Jean-Pierre Melville’s “The Samurai” in 1967.
Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who embodied both the bad guy and the policeman and made hearts throb around the world, died at age 88, French media reported. With his ...
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Unfinished film credits of Alain Delon Year Title Role Notes Ref(s) 1962 God's Chessboard (French: L'Échiquier de Dieu) Marco Polo: The project, titled L'Échiquier de Dieu (English: God's Chessboard), materialized in 1962 with Christian-Jaque as director, Alain Delon in the role of Marco Polo, Dorothy Dandridge as Empress Zaire, and Jean Marais in the role of the father.