Nathalie Delon

Acteur, Regisseur

1 augustus 1941 — 21 januari 2021 (79 years)
Nathalie Delon (born Francine Canovas, also known as Nathalie Barthélémy; 1 August 1941 – 21 January 2021) was a French actress, model, film director and writer. In the 1960s, Nathalie was regarded as one of the most beautiful women in the world and in the 1970s, she was considered a French sex symbol. She is well known for her first acting role, appearing opposite her husband, actor Alain Delon, in the neo-noir film Le Samouraï directed by Jean-Pierre Melville (1967). She appeared in 30 films and directed two others. Nathalie was also credited as the muse of the Rolling Stones.

Francine Canovas was born on 1 August 1941 in Oujda, then under the French Protectorate in Morocco, to a French family of Spanish origin. She was the daughter of Louis Canovas (1915–2003), pied-noir of Oran (Algeria), manager of a transport company in Morocco, who abandoned the family when she was 8 months old in 1942 and Antoinette Rodriguez, who was from Melilla. Nathalie had a sister, Louisette, and a brother.

In 1957, Nathalie married a conscript from the north of France, Guy Barthélémy, who later became the signing officer for Omnium Marocain d'Assurance. They lived in Morocco and had a daughter named Nathalie Barthélémy. The marriage ended in 1960 and the following year she moved to Paris. Their divorce was granted in July 1964.

In August 1962, Nathalie met French actor Alain Delon at New Jimmy's, a Paris nightclub, and they began a secret relationship that night that lasted one year. In May 1963, Nathalie accompanied Delon to the shoot of his new film La Tulipe Noire. The couple became engaged in April 1964 and on 13 August 1964, they married in Loir-et-Cher. Their son, Anthony Delon, was born on 30 September 1964, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. They were one of the most glamorous and talked-about couples of the 1960s. In June 1968, Nathalie and Delon separated. The couple later divorced on 14 February 1969. They worked together on two films: Le Samouraï, whilst they were married, and Doucement les Basses after their divorce.

During the 1960s and 1970s she dated Bobby Keys, Marc Porel, Eddie Fisher, Renaud Verley, Louis Malle, and Franco Nero, among others. Her greatest love was Chris Blackwell, whom she was with for 15 years (1978–1993).

During the 1960s, Nathalie Delon was a model. She was photographed by top French and foreign photographers for famous magazines such as Vogue.

In 1967, Nathalie became a film actress, starring opposite her husband in the film Le Samouraï by Jean-Pierre Melville, which became a hit. Writing of the Delons' performances in Le Figaro, Bertrand Guyard notes husband and wife are both nearly silent but "their gazes, fraught with meaning, are enough to thrill the camera" with the director drawing from their portrayals "a mythical couple in the seventh art." ...

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • De samoerai
    De samoerai1967
  • The Romantic Englishwoman
    The Romantic Englishwoman1975

Known For

  • De samoerai
    De samoerai1967
  • When Eight Bells Toll
    When Eight Bells Toll1971
  • Bluebeard
    Bluebeard1972
  • Sweet Lies
    Sweet Lies1987
  • Eyes Behind the Stars
    Eyes Behind the Stars1978
  • Tender Moment
    Tender Moment1968
  • The Romantic Englishwoman
    The Romantic Englishwoman1975
  • Le moine
    Le moine1972
  • The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
    The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot1973
  • Easy Down There!
    Easy Down There!1971
  • Game of Seduction
    Game of Seduction1976
  • Repeated Absences
    Repeated Absences1972
  • Wat wil je er van weten?
    Wat wil je er van weten?1974
  • Seagulls Fly Low
    Seagulls Fly Low1978
  • My Sister, My Love
    My Sister, My Love1969
  • This Night
    This Night2008
  • Doctor Justice
    Doctor Justice1975
  • Hold-Up, instantánea de una corrupción
    Hold-Up, instantánea de una corrupción1974
  • La bande du Rex
    La bande du Rex1980

Cinematografie

2009
Mensch · as Liliane Hazak
2008
This Night · as Risso
1980
La bande du Rex · as Jannine, Boss Of The Bar 'la Javanaise'
1978
Her Ladyship the Judge (1978) · as Françoise Muller
1978
Eyes Behind the Stars · as Monica Stiles
1978
Seagulls Fly Low · as Isabelle Michereau
1976
Game of Seduction · as Flora De Saint Gilles
1976
A Whisper in the Dark · as Camilla
1975
Doctor Justice · as Karine
1975
The Romantic Englishwoman · as MirandaOp Plex
1974
1974
1973
1972
Le moine · as Mathilde
1972
Repeated Absences · as Sophie
1972
Le Sex Shop · as Jacqueline
1972
Bluebeard · as Erika
1971
Easy Down There! · as Rita
1971
When Eight Bells Toll · as Charlotte
1969
Army of Shadows · as Jean-François' Friend (uncredited)
1969
My Sister, My Love · as Diana
1968
Tender Moment · as Frederique Dampierre
1967
Le Samouraï · as Jane LagrangeOp Plex