French actress Françoise Arnoul died in Paris, France on
July 20, 2021 after a long illness. She was 90. Born Françoise Annette Marie
Mathilde Gautsch in Constantine, France on June 3, 1931 she was the
daughter of an artillery general and an
actress, Arnoul spent her youth in Algeria. From the age of seven, she took
classical dance lessons in Rabat. In the aftermath of the Second World War, she
landed in France and enrolled in drama lessons with Andrée Bauer-Thérond (like
Michel Piccoli and Anouk Aimée). An impresario noticed her and introduced her
to Willy Rozier who is looking for a young girl to play the very undressed role
of Perruche in “L’épave”. This performance made her a star, at only 18 years
old. It also confirms her new status by continuing with a comedy by Jean Boyer,
“We Will Go to Paris”. She was most notably famous for having played the dancer
Nini in “French Cancan” by Jean Renoir. She appeared ad Cad Wilson and Sangerin
in the 1975 Jack London TV series “Burning Daylight”.
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