Actress Nathalie Delon, former wife of Alain Delon, died Tuesday, her son Anthony Delon announced on Instagram.
"RIP Maman, Nathalie Delon 1941 2021",
he wrote accompanying his message with a photo of him kissing his mother.
A few days earlier, he had published another photograph of his two parents, reunited for the holiday season.
Born Francine Canovas in Morocco on August 1, 1941, Nathalie Delon met Alain Delon in 1962 and married the actor as a second wedding in August 1964. Her marriage opened the doors of the cinema to her: in 1967 she appeared in
Le Samouraï,
by Jean-Pierre Melville.
Alongside personalities such as Francis Huster, Brigitte Bardot, Virna Lisi, Raquel Welch and Anthony Hopkins, she played in around thirty films from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. We see her in
L'Armée des ombres ,
Sex-shop, A romantic Englishwoman,
Doctor Justice or A faithful woman, under the direction of directors like Claude Berri, Joseph Losey, Christian-Jacque or Roger Vadim.
Nathalie Delon also goes behind the camera for two feature films:
They call it an accident
in 1982 with Yves Deschamps and
Sweet Lies
in 1988.
Anthony Delon, his mother Nathalie and Mireille Darc in 1974. DPA / ABACA
His life together with Alain Delon will be shorter than his film career.
After two years of separate life, the couple divorced in 1969 when the actor met Mireille Darc.
From their union was born Anthony Delon, eldest son of the actor, born in 1964.
