Alain Delon, the French actor, producer and writer whose cool, enigmatic beauty made him an international sex symbol, has died at the age of 88.

“He passed away peacefully in his home in Douchy, surrounded by his three children and his family,” said a family statement. Delon had been battling poor health in recent years and suffered a stroke in 2019.

Delon will be remembered as an icon of French and European cinema, who worked with a host of celebrated directors. But he has been criticized for his controversial political views and attitude towards women. Feminists were aghast when he was awarded an honorary Palme d’Or late in his life.

Born in Sceaux, a suburb south of Paris, Delon had a turbulent childhood marked by his parents’ divorce and frequent expulsions from school, before serving in the French Navy and later taking on odd jobs in Paris.

He made his first appearance on film in 1957, playing a hitman in the thriller “Quand la femme s’en mêle,” titled “Send a Woman When the Devil Fails” in English.

This was to be the first of many anti-hero roles for Delon, who went on to become a major figure in European film in the 1960s. In 1968, Delon was caught up in a sex, drug and murder scandal involving French high society, known as the Markovic affair. He was questioned but never charged.

He also appeared in many English-language productions, including anthology movie “The Yellow Rolls-Royce” (1964) and Westerns “Texas Across the River” (1966), and “Red Sun” (1971), but he failed to replicate the success he enjoyed in European cinema.

Delon won a César Award, France’s equivalent of an Oscar, for best actor in 1985 for his role as an alcoholic in Bertrand Blier’s “Our Story.” He was also nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance as the passionate, penniless Tancredi in “The Leopard.”

In 1990, he starred as hitchhiker Lennox in ambitious drama “Nouvelle vague” (“New Wave”) directed by Jean-Luc Godard. His star faded in his later years, but he reappeared on television around the turn of the century, playing veteran detectives in two miniseries: “Fabio Montale” (2002) and “Frank Riva” (2003-04).

Delon was married to actress and model Nathalie Delon from 1964 to 1969 and the couple had one child, Anthony. Delon had three other children: a son, Christian Boulogne, with singer and actress Nico, and Anouchka Delon and Alain-Fabien Delon with Dutch actress Rosalie van Breemen.

A polarizing figure, Delon had been criticized for his close relationship with Jean-Marie Le Pen, the figurehead of France’s far-right National Front party, with who he said he had “a 50-year friendship.”

(SD-Agencies)

法国演员、制片人兼作家阿兰•德隆去世，享年 88 岁。年轻时德隆因其冷峻、神秘的美成为国际偶像。

他的家人在一份声明中说：“他在杜希的家中安详离世，三个孩子和其他家人陪伴身边。德隆近年来一直健康状况不佳， 2019 年罹患中风。

德隆是法国及欧洲电影界的偶像，曾与众多著名导演合作，但因其具争议的政治观点和对女性的态度而饱受批评。他晚年被授予荣誉金棕榈奖，让很多女权主义者感到震惊。

德隆出生于巴黎南郊的索城，童年动荡，父母离异，多次被学校开除，后来在法国海军服役，其后在巴黎打零工。

1957年，他首次出演电影，在惊悚片《当女人插手》中饰演一名杀手。

这是德隆众多反英雄角色中的第一个，他后来成为欧洲20世纪60年代影坛巨擘。1968年，德隆卷入了一场涉及法国上流社会的性、毒品和谋杀丑闻，即马尔科维奇事件。他受到了审问，但未被起诉。

他还出演了许多英语电影，包括选集电影《黄色香车》（1964 年）、西部片《得克萨斯河对岸》（1966 年）和《龙虎群英》（1971 年），但未能复制在欧洲影坛的成功。1985年，德隆凭借在贝特朗•布里叶导演的《我们的故事》中饰演酒鬼，拿到凯撒奖最佳男演员，该奖项在法国相当于奥斯卡金像奖。他还因出演《豹》中热情奔放、身无分文的坦克雷迪获金球奖提名。

1990年，他在让•吕克•戈达尔执导的剧情片《新浪潮》中饰演搭便车的伦诺克斯。晚年的他星光黯淡，但世纪之交德隆再次出现在电视荧屏上，在两部迷你剧中，分别是《法比奥•蒙塔尔探长》（2002 年）和《探长弗朗克•里瓦》（2003-04 年），饰演资深侦探。

德隆的第一段婚姻从1964年持续至1969年，与演员兼模特娜塔莉育有一子安东尼。他还有三个孩子：与歌手兼演员尼可的儿子克里斯蒂安•布洛涅，以及与荷兰女演员罗莎莉•范•布雷门的儿子阿努什卡和阿兰•法比安。

德隆是一个口碑两极分化的人物，他曾因与法国极右翼政党国民阵线的领导人让•玛丽•勒庞过从甚密而受到批评，他说与勒庞有“50 年的友谊”。

(Translated by Debra)

Words to Learn 相关词汇

【神秘的】shénmì de

enigmatic

mysterious

【杀手】 shāshǒu

hitman

a professional assassin who works for a crime syndicate