August 31, 2007

José Luis de Villalonga, 1920 - 2007.

José Luis de Villalonga
Spanish actor José Luis de Villalonga, who appeared in over 60 movies including the 1961 classic Breakfast at Tiffany's has died at his home on the island of Mallorca, Spanish media reported today. He was 87.

Among his other films was Federico Fellini's Juliet of the Spirits (1965) and Louis Malle's The Lovers (1958)....

A firm opposer of the right-wing dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Villalonga lived in France between 1950 and 1976 where he studied at Biarritz and Arcachon. In Paris he worked for magazines like Paris Match, Vogue and Marie Claire and developed a reputation as a playboy amongst the jet-set crowd he belonged to.

The West Australian, via Movie City News.



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Posted by dwhudson at August 31, 2007 7:08 AM

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So which is it? Villalonga or Vilallonga?...

Posted by: at August 31, 2007 8:56 AM

It's Villalonga. But what a nice book cover, eh?

Posted by: David Hudson at August 31, 2007 9:02 AM

No wonder people prefer movies to books...

Posted by: at August 31, 2007 10:08 AM

But his name his José Luis (not José-Luis). Hyphen is not used in Spanish names :)

Posted by: Ric at September 1, 2007 11:39 AM

Ah! Many thanks!

Posted by: David Hudson at September 1, 2007 11:46 AM