Overview
- Her family confirmed to AFP on Saturday that she died at home in Paris on Friday evening, naming Lewy body dementia as the cause.
- Across roughly 80 films, she won four César Awards, including three in a row in the early 1980s, and earned Venice’s Coppa Volpi in 1999.
- She rose with auteurs like François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard and later reached global audiences in Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can.
- President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute on X, praising her voice, smiles and discretion, and sending condolences to her family.
- Lewy body dementia is a brain disease linked to protein buildup that can trigger confusion, movement problems and hallucinations.