Victor Lanoux, who starred in the lovely 1975 French romantic comedy Cousin Cousine, which was nominated for three Academy Awards, has died. He was 80.
Lanoux died Thursday in a hospital in Royan, Charente-Maritime, France, his agent told the Agence France-Presse wire service.
A very popular actor in his home country, Lanoux also starred as Louis Roman, an antique dealer who works as a private detective in his spare time, on the 1998-2013 TV series Louis la Brocante.
President Francois Hollande called Lanoux a "beloved actor of the French," and Minister of Culture Audrey Azoulay said the Paris native "embodied the vitality of postwar France...
Lanoux died Thursday in a hospital in Royan, Charente-Maritime, France, his agent told the Agence France-Presse wire service.
A very popular actor in his home country, Lanoux also starred as Louis Roman, an antique dealer who works as a private detective in his spare time, on the 1998-2013 TV series Louis la Brocante.
President Francois Hollande called Lanoux a "beloved actor of the French," and Minister of Culture Audrey Azoulay said the Paris native "embodied the vitality of postwar France...
- 5/4/2017
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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