London: Emmaunelle Riva, the French actor whose 60 year career came to a triumphant climax with her Oscar nomination for Michael Haneke's "Amour", has died. She was 89.

Riva, who had cancer, died on Friday night in Paris, but was working until last summer, when she made a film, "Alma", in Iceland and performed at the Villa Medici in Rome, reported Guardian.