Michel Piccoli | |
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 Piccoli at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli 27 December 1925 Paris, France |
| Died | 12 May 2020 (aged 94) Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle, France |
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| Years active | 1945–2015 |
| Spouses | Eléonore Hirt
(m. 1954; div. 1965)Ludivine Clerc (m. 1980) |
| Children | 3 |
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Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide variety of roles and worked with many acclaimed directors, being awarded with a Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival.[1][2]
- ^ Bergan, Ronald (18 May 2020). "Michel Piccoli obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "French screen legend Michel Piccoli, who starred in Belle de jour, dies at 94". France 24. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.