French actor who conquered Hollywood with gallic charm
Veteran French actor Louis Jourdan, who starred in Gigi and Octopussy, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 93, his official biographer said.
1921-2015
Veteran French actor Louis Jourdan, who starred in Gigi and Octopussy, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 93, his official biographer said.
Jourdan died of natural causes at his Beverly Hills home on Saturday, author Olivier Minne said by phone from Paris on Sunday.
"He embodied French elegance and Hollywood offered him the parts to go with that," Minne said.
Like his contemporaries Maurice Chevalier and Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jourdan used his Gallic charm and good looks to conquer Hollywood.
In his decades-long career he starred in dozens of films and TV series, acting alongside greats such as Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly and Shirley MacLaine.
In one of his most memorable performances, he played a leading role in the Oscar-winning 1958 musical Gigi.