The Washington Post: Michel Piccoli, French film star who worked with Buñuel and Godard, dies at 94
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Michel Piccoli
Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide variety of roles and worked with many acclaimed directors, being awarded with a Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival.
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Born 27 December 1925 · Died 12 May 2020 · Q295257
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2020· 8 entries
NME: Michel Piccoli, French film legend, dies aged 94
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Irish Sun: Michel Piccoli dead at 94 – Legendary French actor dies in his wife’s arms after a stroke
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Yahoo: French actor Michel Piccoli, arthouse star, is dead at 94
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New York Post: Michel Piccoli, French film icon of ‘Contempt’ and ‘Belle De Jour’ fame, dies at 94
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Yahoo: Michel Piccoli, French ‘Contempt’ Actor, Dies at 94
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Died 2020-05-12.
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Career landmark: funeral.
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded European Film Academy Honorary Award (2011).
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Europe Theatre Prize (2001).
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Was awarded the IX Europe Theatre Prize, in Taormina, with the following citation:
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded German Film Award for Best Actor (1988).
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1983· 1 entry
Released album “Oedipus Rex”.
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1982· 1 entry
Earned Silver Bear for Best Actor for Strange Affair (1982).
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for A Leap in the Dark (1980).
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1973· 1 entry
Starred in Luis García Berlanga's Grandeur nature (Life Size), a controversial film that suffered censorship during the Franco era and was not released in Spain until 1978
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1970· 1 entry
Released ep “Les Choses de la vie”.
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-12-27.
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