The daughter of a wealthy industrialist, Ms. Laforêt won a radio talent contest as a teenager and made her film debut at age 20, starring opposite Alain Delon in the seductive 1960 thriller “Purple Noon” (“Plein Soleil”). “For decades, it was impossible to talk about it,” she said, according to French radio broadcaster RFI. His film was abandoned, however, and instead she appeared in “Purple Noon,” directed by René Clément and filmed on the Italian island of Ischia. Ms. Laforêt was also nominated for a César Award, the French equivalent of an Oscar, for her supporting role in a 1987 war comedy with a ribald, unprintable title. “My career has been made up of odds and ends,” Ms. Laforêt once said, “but my life has been full from beginning to end.”Read more Washington Post obituariesAD

Source: Washington Post November 04, 2019 01:07 UTC