He "died at home, surrounded by his family, on February 2, 2023," said his daughter Catherine in a press release sent to AFP.
The actor who made theater, series for television and acted in the cinema was one of the deans of French cinema.
Born in 1926 in Paris, Louis Velle started his career as an actor very early.
It was at the conservatory that he met his future wife, with whom he would live for more than 70 years.
After making his film debut in the 1950s ("I had 7 girls", with Maurice Chevalier, "Le coin calme" with Dany Robin), he began writing for the small screen alongside his wife, a novelist .
One of their great successes was "La Demoiselle d'Avignon" (1972), with Marthe Keller, a serial which told in six episodes the loves of a mysterious princess from the North and a diplomat, as well as "Le Mari de the Ambassador" (1990) or "Le Château des Oliviers" (1993) with Brigitte Fossey...
Widely present in the theatre, where he has created and acted in more than 25 plays, he has also taken part in the program "Au théâtre ce soir" on many occasions.
He also wrote for the theater as well as, in particular, a novel entitled "Ma petite femme" which earned him the Alphonse Allais humor prize in 1954.
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