Alain Delon Parents: Meet Édith Arnold and Fabien Delon

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon was born on 8 November 1935 and is a French former actor and filmmaker.

He was one of Europe’s most prominent actors and screen sex symbols in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

In 1985, he won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in Notre Histoire (1984).

In 1991, he received France’s Legion of Honour.

At the 45th Berlin International Film Festival, he won the Honorary Golden Bear.

At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, he received the Honorary Palme d’Or.

Delon achieved critical acclaim for roles in films Purple Noon (1960), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), L’Eclisse (1962), The Leopard (1963), Le Samouraï (1967), La Piscine (1969), Le Cercle Rouge (1970), Un flic (1972), and Monsieur Klein (1976).

Over the course of his career, Delon worked with many directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Louis Malle. As a singer, Delon recorded the popular duet “Paroles, paroles” (1973) with Dalida. He acquired Swiss citizenship in 1999.

Alain Delon Parents: Meet Édith Arnold and Fabien Delon

Alain Delon was born in Sceaux, Seine (now Hauts-de-Seine), Île-de-France, a wealthy suburb of Paris. His parents, Édith ( 1911–1995) and Fabien Delon (1904–1977) divorced when Delon was four. Both remarried and, as a result, Delon has a half-sister and two half-brothers.