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8 unusual facts about Alain Delon


Chêne-Bougeries

Alain Delon, the famous French actor has a villa in Chêne-Bourgerie and lives there with his two youngest children Anoushka, and Alain Delon Jr.

Alain Delon, the famous French actor received his Swiss citizenship by naturalisation, in Sept. 1999 after having lived there since 1985.

La Seine no Hoshi

The title translates to English as "Star of the Seine" or "The Seine's Stars." It is based on Alain Delon's 1963 movie La Tulipe noire (movie which, in spite of the title, is not based on Alexandre Dumas, père's novel The Black Tulip).

Naim Popal

The name originated from a 1963 French film starring Alain Delon, whom Naim had greatly admired in his youth.

Oscar Benton

Earlier it was on the soundtrack of the film Pour la Peau d’un Flic (1979) which features Alain Delon.

Rosalie van Breemen

She is best known for her relationships with French actor Alain Delon and optician tycoon Alain Afflelou.

In 1987, Rosalie met French actor Alain Delon, when she was hired to perform as an extra background singer for one of his video clips.

Sonia Petrovna

Her most famous early acting roles were those of Vanina Abati in La prima notte di quiete acting alongside leading French actor Alain Delon and as Princess Sofia in Ludwig alongside leading actors Helmut Berger and actress Romy Schneider, both in 1972.


Alphonse Boudard

1975: Flic Story (Adaptation and dialogues by Roger Borniche) - Director: Jacques Deray, Alain Delon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Renato Salvatori, Claudine Auger

Anne Sinclair

She conducted interviews with French cultural figures such as Johnny Hallyday, Alain Delon, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Bernard-Henri Lévy, and Elie Wiesel.

Brigitte Lahaie

In 1980, at the height of her popularity, she decided to put an end to her hardcore career and appear in more traditional films, such as I as in Icarus (1980, with Yves Montand) in which she played a stripper, and Pour la peau d'un flic (1981, with Alain Delon) in which she played a nurse.

Faces of Love Film Festival

Faye Dunaway, Kate Winslet, Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Alain Delon, Udo Kier, Brenda Blethyn, Chiara Mastroianni, Christopher Lambert among many others were jurors and guests of the festival over the history.

Fiona Gélin

Born Bénédicte Gélin and daughter of actor Daniel Gélin, she started her acting career at an early age and made her breakthrough in cinema with the role Inspector Sabine Clément in 1985 José Pinheiro film Parole de flic starring Alain Delon.

Gang des Tractions Avant

The Gang des Tractions Avant gave rise to the writings of Alphonse Boudard, Roger Borniche, the films of Jean-Luc Godard (in which the character was played by Jean-Paul Belmondo), of Jacques Deray (Le Gang with Alain Delon) and Claude Lelouch (Le Bon et les méchants with Jacques Dutronc), a TV series by Josée Dayan and a board game by Serge Laget and Alain Munoz.

Jacky Imbert

He also became a trotting driver with his friend Alain Delon in 1968, and in 1973 he became the French champion.

Jean-Claude Izzo

Adaptation highly controversial especially for the fact that for the role of Montale was chosen Alain Delon whose ideas and whose personality are opposite with respect to those of Izzo.

Le Diable et les Dix Commandements

The cast list includes several famous French actors: Fernandel, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Simon, Louis de Funès, Lino Ventura, Jean-Claude Brialy, Charles Aznavour, and a very young Alain Delon, but according to Bosley Crowther only one from seven episodes tickled him, in which play Louis de Funes and Jean-Claude Brialy.

Nathalie Delon

Nathalie Delon (born Francine Canovas on August 1, 1941, Oujda, French Morocco), is a French model and actress, former wife of Alain Delon and mother of Anthony Delon.

Paul-Louis Weiller

He subsequently became a philanthropist of the arts; through his influence and financial support, he contributed to the restoration of the Palace of Versailles, created a ballet company, and aided a number of artists (Robert Hossein, Roger Vadim, Maurice Béjart, Michèle Mercier, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, etc.).


see also

Le Samouraï

Hong Kong director Pang Ho-Cheung's 2001 crime-and-filmmaking comedy You Shoot, I Shoot features Eric Kot as a hitman who idolizes Alain Delon's Jef, dressing like the character, and speaking to him via a Le Samouraï poster in his apartment.