“That’s why I always wanted to be the most beautiful, the biggest, the strongest. Women have been the biggest motivator.”
No one, not even Alain Delon himself, could have imagined that from an apprentice butcher, he would become the ultimate symbol of male beauty, inspiring great loves.
Le Figaro takes a look back at the career of the charmer of French cinema marked by his relationship with women.
From the beginning of his career in 1957, the actor who died this Sunday, August 18 at the age of 88, had delighted the hearts of legendary actors and countless female fans.
First there was the actress Brigitte Auber, whom he met at the age of 21. She was succeeded by Michelle Cordoue, wife of Yves Allégré, who opened the doors of the cinema to him, and then the actress Olga Horstig.
The love of his life
In 1958 he met the woman who would become “the love of his life”. At the age of 20, Romy Schneider is already famous for her role in Sissi (1955).
The Franco-German actress on the set of Christine, a feature film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit, fell in love with Delon and a year later, they celebrated their engagement on the shores of Lake Lugano.
They lived a stormy love affair, which occupied all the magazines of the time. Their happiness lasted until 1963, when Alain Delon divorced her because he had fallen in love with another. He announced their separation in a letter to Romy Snyder, which devastated her.
In 1962, Alain Delon, a year before his divorce from Romy, met Francine Canovas, the future Nathalie Delon, through a mutual friend. He married her two years later on August 13, 1964. Together they had Anthony Delon on September 30 of the same year in Los Angeles.
This romance lasted until Delon met the actress Mireille Darc. Impressed by the beauty and talent of the actress, he gave her a role in the film Jeff (1969). Their love story will last fifteen years.
Epilogue
In 1987, he met Rosalie van Breemen, a 21-year-old Dutch model, on the set of his music video Comme au cinéma. The couple had a daughter, Anouchka, born on November 25, 1990, and Alain-Fabien Delon, born on March 18, 1994.
The romance between Alain Delon and Rosalie van Breemen ended in 2001.
She later met Hiromi Rollin, who confirmed in 2023 that she had experienced a “thirty-three-year love affair” with Alain Delon – a version disputed by the actor’s children.
In 2019, his farewell letter to those who valued him
After the award in Cannes in May 2019, Alain Delon, who died on Sunday at the age of 88, spoke for the last time to his fans in an emotional text, accented with testament, broadcast exclusively to AFP.
“The day after this honorable Golden Palm, I have the desire to thank all those who showed me in one way or another their affection and sympathy and not only that.
As my journey comes to an end, I want to say this: I have known so many passions, so many loves, so many successes and failures, so many quarrels, so many scandals, dark affairs, so many memories, so many missed appointments And impromptu meetings, so many ups and downs. that when honors are nothing but futile and distant memories, there is only one thing that will shine with its steadfastness and longevity: you, only you.
To you who made what I am, and who will make what I will be, I had to tell you.
I say thank you, thank you, thank you.
Source :Skai
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