{"id":5034,"date":"2026-04-19T18:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T18:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5034"},"modified":"2026-04-19T18:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T18:15:20","slug":"downton-abbey-actress-nathalie-baye-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5034","title":{"rendered":"Downton Abbey actress Nathalie Baye has died"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The legendary French actress Nathalie Baye has sadly died aged 77 after a battle with dementia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Baye was huge in the French film scene, and was a four-time winner at the French version of the Oscars, the C\u00e9sars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She also starred in English-language films, including Catch Me If You Can<\/em> and Downton Abbey: A New Era.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Baye was reportedly diagnosed with Lewy body dementia last summer, which is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that can cause hallucinations and impact cognitive thinking and movements, according to the Mayo Clinic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Baye won Best Supporting Actress at the C\u00e9sars twice – once in 1981 for Every Man for Himself<\/em> and again in 1982 for Strange Affair<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She then went on to win Best Actress in 1983 for La Balance<\/em>, and again in 2006 for The Young Lieutenant<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI try to do things which I would like to go and see at the cinema,\u201d Baye once said of her work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cMy starting point isn\u2019t my character, but the project as a whole. A film is an adventure, a script, a director, casting, a variety of things.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the late star.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe loved Nathalie Baye so much.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cShe accompanied, through her voice, her smiles, and her reserve, these last decades of French cinema, from Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut to Tonie Marshall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAn actress with whom we loved, dreamed, and grew up. We think of her family and her loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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