#european art cinema
Born on this day ninety years ago: the most feline and inscrutable of mid-century French actresses, the sublime Anouk Aimée (née Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus, 27 April 1932). She’s a haunting, sensual and Garbo-like presence in the glory days of European art cinema. My favourite performances by Aimée: Les Amants de Montparnasse(1958),La Tête contre les murs(1959),La Dolce Vita (1960) – unforgettable as the most elegant jaded rich nymphomaniac in cinema history! – Lola (1961) and Model Shop (1968). But hell, I also love Aimée as the cruel lesbian queen in trashy swords’n’sandals biblical epic Sodom and Gomorrah (1962). It’s fascinating to contemplate that at the height of her fame in the sixties, Hollywood considered Aimée for two high profile roles: the part played by Faye Dunaway in The Thomas Crown Affair – and The Baroness in The Sound of Music!
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