French cinema’s great seducer: the women Alain Delon loved and left
Alain Delon, the legendary French actor who made hearts throb around the world, was once described as the most beautiful man in the movies. But his love life was tumultuous and often tormented.
Beautiful women tended to fall at the feet of the French screen idol Alain Delon, who died on Sunday aged 88.
But scarred by a childhood spent with foster families and in children's homes, Delon's love life was often tormented, ending his days living alone as something of a recluse.
Romy Schneider
Despite their clear chemistry, it was not love at first sight for German actress Romy Schneider.
She thought Delon "arrogant" when they first met in 1958, although she was by far the bigger star after the success of the trilogy of "Sissi" films in which she played the Austro-Hungarian empress.
But they were engaged in a matter of months, although never married. Four tumultuous years later, Delon left her by letter. Yet when they reunited to make "The Swimming Pool" in 1968, sparks flew.
He called her the "love of my life" after her tragic death in 1982.
Nico
The German-born Velvet Underground singer and actress claimed to have a son with Delon, Christian Aaron Boulogne, who was born in 1962. Delon always denied he was the father and as she struggled with drug addiction, the child was brought up by his mother.
Nathalie Delon
The only woman Delon married, the couple met in a Paris nightclub while he was on a night out with Schneider. She was pregnant when they married in secret in 1964.
(AFP)
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