Cécile Aubry has died, aged 82. Aubry was a French actor, writer and director, who will be best remembered in this country for the hugely successful children's story, Belle et Sébastien. Adapted by Aubry from her own novel, it ran for 13 episodes in 1965, with two sequels broadcast in 1968 and 1970. The story told of the adventures of a young boy, Sébastien (played by her son, Mehdi El Glaoui), and his large white dog, Belle, in a small village in the Pyrenees; the series continues to be shown on television internationally to each new generation. A dubbed version was broadcast by the BBC in its Tales from Europe series from 1967 to 1968.
Cécile Aubry
1928 - 2010
