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It happens to be the birthday today of one Anouk Aimée, one of the most beautiful women ever to appear on screen.

Mademoiselle Aimée was born into a Parisian acting family, so it was no surprise really that she made her on-screen acting debut at the age of fourteen. She immediately caught the eye of the greatest of European directors, most particularly Frederico Fellini, who cast her in both La Dolce Vita and 8½, and Jacques Demy who cast her in Lola. It was for her role in the internationally acclaimed Un Homme et Une Femme in 1966, however, that she is most famous.

A darling of the Swinging Sixties set, she went on to marry that archetypal 60s rebel actor Albert Finney. Her film career ever since may not have made any ripples outside of France, but she is still in demand - at the ripe old age of 78 - for cameo roles today, not least in the forthcoming movie adaptation of Jackie Collins' Paris Connections.

Bon Année, ma cherie!

Francis Lai - Un Homme Et Une Femme

Anouk Aimée on IMDB