Martin LaSalle

{{short description|French-Uruguayan actor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

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| name = Martin LaSalle

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|01|19}}

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| death_date = 17 October 2018 (aged 83)

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| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|China Machado|1957|1965|end=div.}}|{{marriage|Rosa Maria Blanco Ruggerio|1968}}}}

| children = 3

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1959–2018

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Martin Luis LaSalle Supervielle (19 January 1935 – 17 October 2018) was a French-Uruguayan actor.{{cite web|last=Erickson|first=Hal|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2007|title=Pickpocket|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/106065/Pickpocket/overview|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013094049/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/106065/Pickpocket/overview|archive-date=13 October 2007|work=The New York Times|department=Movies & TV Dept.|accessdate=8 August 2013}} 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, he was cast in the lead role.{{cite web |url=http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2013/06/25/robert-bressons-pickpocket |title=Robert Bresson's Pickpocket |accessdate=8 August 2013 |work=MOMA}}{{cite web |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/pickpocket/1836 |title=Pickpocket |accessdate=8 August 2013 |work=Slant Magazine|date=10 November 2005 }} Following his debut, he appeared in more than 70 films and television shows.