Overview
- Nathalie Baye, 77, died Friday evening at her Paris home of Lewy body disease, her family told AFP.
- The family scheduled a public service at 10 a.m. at Saint‑Sulpice in Paris, followed by a burial limited to close relatives.
- After the announcement, President Emmanuel Macron and Culture Minister Catherine Pégard led tributes, and France 2 changed its Sunday lineup to air Venus Beauté in her honor.
- Across five decades she worked with François Truffaut, Jean‑Luc Godard, Steven Spielberg and Xavier Dolan, earning four César awards and Venice’s Volpi Cup.
- She had stayed out of view for months as Lewy body disease progressed, a condition that mixes symptoms seen in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.