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Nathalie Baye, prolific star of French and Hollywood cinema, dies aged 77
Actor who worked with the great French auteurs in the 1970s and 80s and starred in Spielberg’s Catch Me if You Can died of Lewy body dementia, says family
TL;DR
- Nathalie Baye, a prominent French film star, died at age 77.
- She had a career spanning about 80 films and won the best actress César award four times.
- Notable international roles included her mother in 'Catch Me If You Can' and a French aristocrat in 'Downton Abbey: A New Era'.
- She worked with acclaimed French directors such as François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard.
- Baye died on Friday evening at her home in Paris from Lewy body dementia.