Annette Vadim was a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 actress who was the second wife of the French film director Roger Vadim

Roger Vadim

Roger Vadim was a French screenwriter, director, and producer as well as a journalist, author and actor, who launched Brigitte Bardot's career in the film And God Created Woman.-Early life:...

. Her films included Vadim's Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Les liaisons dangereuses (film)

Les liaisons dangereuses is a 1959 French-language film, based on the 1782 novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. It was directed by Roger Vadim, and stars Jeanne Moreau, Gerard Phillipe, and Annette Vadim...

(1959).

Annette Strøyberg was born on 7 December 1936 on Funen

Funen

Funen , with a size of 2,984 km² , is the third-largest island of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the 163rd largest island of the world. Funen is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 454,358 inhabitants . The main city is Odense, connected to the...

 Island in Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. In 1958, at the age of 21, she played in the film Les bijoutiers du clair de lune by Roger Vadim with Gérard Philipe

Gérard Philipe

Gérard Philipe was a prominent French actor, who had appeared in 34 films between 1944 and 1959.-Career:...

 and Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau is a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director.She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française...

. During this production, she and Roger Vadim, who had just divorced Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot is a French former fashion model, actress, singer and animal rights activist. She was one of the best-known sex-symbols of the 1960s.In her early life, Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer...

 in December 1957, fell in love and married on 17 June 1958. They had a daughter, Nathalie Vadim

Nathalie Vadim

Nathalie Vadim is the daughter of Roger Vadim and actress Annette Strøyberg.Like her father, she has been involved in directing many films.-External links:...

, who was born in Denmark and herself became an actress. They divorced in 1960 after the lack of critical success for Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

Annette died of cancer in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

, Denmark, on 12 December 2005.

Selected filmography

• Blood and Roses
  Blood and Roses
  Blood and Roses is a 1960 vampire film directed by Roger Vadim based upon the novella Carmilla by Irish writer Joseph Sheridan le Fanu...
  
  (1960)
• I Don Giovanni della Costa Azzurra
  I Don Giovanni della Costa Azzurra
  I Don Giovanni della Costa Azzurra is a 1962 Italian film, directed by Vittorio Sala. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti.- Cast :*Curd Jürgens - Mr...
  
  (1962)
• Lo scippo
  Lo scippo
  Lo scippo is a 1965 Italian film directed by Nando Cicero.-Cast:*Paolo Ferrari*Gabriele Ferzetti*Fiorenzo Fiorentini*Margaret Lee*Didi Perego*Mario Pisu*Maria Laura Rocca*Enrico Maria Salerno*Vinicio Sofia*Annette Vadim*Valeria Valeri...
  
  (1963)

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