If longevity counts for anything, Magali Noël is a Turkish actress known to audiences from a long list of titles rather than from one. 'La Dolce Vita' is the title most people reach for first, with Fanny at the center of it. She appears in 'Amarcord' too. She started at 19. By genre, drama dominates the list. 71 credits across 75 years is a rate most careers never reach.
Magali Noël
Actress · Since 1955
82 years (Jun 27, 1932 – Jun 23, 2015)Izmir, Turkey
68 Movies · 3 Series
If longevity counts for anything, Magali Noël is a Turkish actress known to audiences from a long list of titles rather than from one. 'La Dolce Vita' is the title most people reach for first, with Fanny at the center of it. She appears in 'Amarcord' too. She started at 19. By genre, drama dominates the list. 71 credits across 75 years is a rate most careers never reach.
Magali Noël (born Magali Noëlle Guiffray; June 27, 1932) is a Turkish-French actress and singer. Originally from Izmir, she emigrated from Turkey to France in 1951, and her acting career began soon thereafter. She acted in multilingual cinema chiefly from 1951 to 1980, doing several films in Italian with renowned director Federico Fellini, for whom she was a favourite subject. She also acted in films directed by such well-known names as Costa Gavras, Jean Renoir, and Jules Dassin. Her career extended to television movies from roughly 1980 to 2002.
Her recording career began in France in 1956, and her most famous song was Fais-moi mal, Johnny (Hurt me Johnny), written by Boris Vian. This song was one of the first rock'n'roll songs with French lyrics. It has been forbidden on the radio during a long time due to its risqué lyrics describing - with a great sense of humour and derision - a sadomasochistic episode.Magali Noël, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.