The star of Italian post-war cinema, Catherine Spaak, has died

Belgian-Italian actress Catherine Spaak, star of the Italian post-war, died yesterday (17/4) at the age of 77 cinemaas broadcast by Rai. Catherine Spaak had suffered a stroke in 2020 and has been in a hospital in Rome ever since.

The daughter of screenwriter Charles Spaak, niece of Belgian Prime Minister Paul-Henri Spaac, one of the fathers of Europe, Catherine Spaak was born on April 3, 1945 in France. He collaborated with Jean Becker (“Le trou”) before leaving for Italy where he will become a star of cinema and television, reports APE-MPE, citing the French Agency.

She has appeared in Dino Rizzi’s “The Fanfaron”, Dario Argento’s “The Cat with the Nine Tails”, Henri Verneig’s “Weekend at Dunkirk – June 2), Monica Viti” Scandalo Secreto “.

She became famous in 1963 as a lead singer with “Quelli della mia età”, a cover of “Tous les garçons et les filles” by Françoise Ardi.

On Twitter, Pierre Lescure, a French television personality, hailed her “teenage and free beauty”, while author Henri-Jean Serva was “the eternal teenager of Italian cinema”.

In Italy, the Minister of Culture Dario Francescini said goodbye to “the eclectic, cultured and refined artist who found in our country the house that welcomed and loved her”.


Source: News Beast

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