Martin LaSalle (10 August 1930 – 17 October 2018) was a French-Uruguayan actor. LaSalle first appeared in the

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'' (1959). Previously unknown, and in line with the director's mature practice, not then an actor, he was cast in the lead role. Following his debut, he has appeared in more than 70 films and television shows.

Personal life

From 1957 to 1965, he was married to the fashion model

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and they had two daughters - Emmanuelle LaSalle and Blanche LaSalle. In 1968, while on assignment with ''Life'' to photograph the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, he met his second wife, the Mexican artist Rosa Maria Blanco Ruggerio and they had a daughter - Maria Narayani Lasala Blanco.

Selected filmography

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'' (1959) * '' Acteón'' (1965) * '' The Mansion of Madness'' (1973) * '' Alucarda'' (1978) * '' The Dogs of War'' (1980) * '' Sorceress'' (1982) * '' Missing'' (1982) * '' Under Fire'' (1983) * '' The Penitent'' (1988) * '' Buster'' (1988) * '' Nora's Will'' (2008)

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* 1935 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors French male film actors French male television actors French people of Uruguayan descent Uruguayan people of French descent {{Uruguay-film-actor-stub