Nathalie Baye, French Actress Known for ‘Downton Abbey’ and ‘Catch Me If You Can,’ Dies at 77

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Nathalie Baye, a French actress known for her roles in the film Downton Abbey: A New Era and Catch Me If You Can, has died. She was 77.

Baye died on Friday at her home in Paris from complications of Lewy body dementia, her family told the Agence France-Presse.

Born on July 6, 1948, in Mainneville, Eure, Normandy, Baye began her career in the 1970s, appearing in more than 80 films. She graduated from France’s Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique (National Academy of Dramatic Arts) in 1972. Baye made her film debut that same year in Robert Wise’s Two People.

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She later appeared in films such as Truffaut’s Day for Night, The Man Who Loved Women, The Green Room, Jean-Luc Godard’s Every Man for Himself, Detective, Le Retour de Martin Guerre and Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning Catch Me If You Can,

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