Martin LaSalle

Martin Luis LaSalle Supervielle (19 January 1935 – 17 October 2018) was a French-Uruguayan actor.^[1] LaSalle first appeared in the Robert Bresson film Pickpocket (1959). Previously unknown, and in line with the director's mature practice, not then an actor,^[1] he was cast in the lead role.^[2][3] Following his debut, he appeared in more than 70 films and television shows.

Martin LaSalle
Born	(1935-01-19)January 19, 1935
Died	17 October 2018 (aged 83)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1959–2018
Spouses	China Machado ​ ​ (m. 1957; div. 1965)​ Rosa Maria Blanco Ruggerio ​ ​ (m. 1968)​
Children	3

Personal life

From 1957 to 1965, he was married to the fashion model China Machado and they had two daughters - Emmanuelle LaSalle and Blanche LaSalle.^[4] 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. La Salle died on 17 October 2018 at the age of 83.^[5]

Selected filmography

• Pickpocket (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)