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Ariel Besse

Ariel Besse

French actress (1965–2022)

Ariel Besse or Ariel Besse-Atanoux[1] (7 October 1965[2] – 29 May 2022) was a French actress.

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Her first film role was a starring part in Bertrand Blier's 1981 film Beau Pere,[3] when she was 15.[4] Besse's parents sued the distributors for the poster, which shows her breasts, as it was exhibited on billboards around France without their permission, losing the case.[5]

She is also noted for playing Aline in the film Mora (1982).[6] After three films, she quit acting and became a mail carrier for La Poste, and had three children.[7] In 2004, she made a minor screen acting comeback, appearing in one episode of the French television series La Crim' [fr].[8]

Besse died at 56 on 29 May 2022, at her home in Flayosc, Var.[1][9]

Filmography

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References

  1. [1]
    "Mort à 56 ans d'Ariel Besse, la belle-fille de Patrick Dewaere dans Beau-père". Le Figaro (in French). 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Interview". Première. No. 51. June 1981. p. 64.
  3. [3]
    Berardinelli, James (1999). "Beau Pere". ReelViews. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  4. [4]
    Paseman, Lloyd (4 March 1982). "'Beau Pere' romantic comedy with man-child sexual theme". The Register-Guard. p. 8D.
  5. [5]
    Eder, Richard (29 November 1981). "The Teen-Ager As Sex Object- Art Or Exploitation?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
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    "Ariel Besse". British Film Institute. 29 November 1981. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  7. [7]
    "Ces gens-là". Le Point. 21 February 2003. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  8. [8]
    "Les Acteurs Principaux de La Crim'". Première. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  9. [9]
    Lachasse, Jérôme (7 June 2022). "Mort à 56 ans d'Ariel Besse-Atanoux, actrice de 'Beau-père' de Bertrand Blier". BFM TV (in French). Retrieved 21 January 2023.
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