New mourning in the world of cinema and for one of the most beloved faces of our area: the actor and director Alexander Gassmann he announced the disappearance of the motherthe famous French actress Juliette Mayniel.
Gassman’s farewell to his mother, who died at the age of 87
yes is died at the age of 87 in Mexico Juliette Mayniel, one of the most recognizable faces of French New Wave and interpreter of numerous great films. In Italy, however, it is best known for the Relationship with Vittorio Gassmanfrom which Alexander was born.
The actor-director himself shared the news on his social profiles and published a very emotional video in which images of his childhood alternate with his famous parents, who separated when he was only three years old.
In the caption, she wrote: “You are no longer here and you will always be there. I love you, bon voyage mom“. Numerous expressions of condolences from his followers following the disappearance of his mother.
Juliette Mayniel’s career and the film she made with her son
Juliette Mayniel was born on January 22, 1936 in Saint-Hippolyte. Her career began in the mid-1950s. He has worked with filmmakers such as von Claude Chabrolbefore crossing his path with Italy.
He acted for GiulioQuesti, Silvio Amadio and then in 1969 The alibidirected by Vittorio Gassman, with whom he already had a relationship a few years earlier, from which Alessandro was born in 1965.
It is one of his best-known and most popular titles Bigfoot the policeman From shorthandthe script The Odyssey (where she played Circe) and that of Madame Bovary. He also won a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 1960 Story of a Deserter. In 1982 he met Vittorio Gassman and his son Alessandro on the set of From father to son.
What Vittorio Gassman’s son said about her
Throughout his career, Alessandro Gassman was inevitably stamped with the “son of Vittorio” label, but his mother was also well known. A point that the person concerned emphasized in the past in an interview with Corriere della Sera, in which he spoke of his mother Juliette, apparently also the grandmother of her nephew Leo.
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“I never get the chance to talk about my mother, they always ask me about my father,” he said. My mother was extraordinarily beautiful, one of the faces of the Nouvelle Vague”. Then he added: “Cult actress to this day, When I post a photo of him on social media, it’s a hit“.
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