Annie Girardot
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Annie Girardot was a French
actress.
She began performing in 1955, making her film debut in Treize à table. Girardot won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti
in 1956, and in 1977 won the César Award for Best Actress
portraying the title character in Docteur Françoise Gailland
. At the Venice Film Festival she won the Volpi Cup
(Best Actress), in 1965 for Trois chambres a Manhattan.
In 1992, she was the Head of the Jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival
.
In 2002, she was awarded the César Award for Best Supporting Actress
for her role in The Piano Teacher
. She collaborated with director Michael Haneke
again, in the 2005 film Caché
.
Another of her best known roles was as Nadia the prostitute in Luchino Visconti
's epic Rocco e i suoi fratelli (Rocco and His Brothers, 1960). Nadia's beauty drives a wedge between Rocco and his brother Simone (Renato Salvatori
), who eventually rapes her. In contrast to their violent on-camera relationship, Girardot and Salvatori married in 1962. They had a daughter, Giulia, and later separated but never divorced.
magazine revealed that Girardot was suffering from Alzheimer's disease
. On 28 February 2011, Girardot died in a hospital in Paris
, aged 79. She was interred at Pere-Lachaise cemetery.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
actress.
She began performing in 1955, making her film debut in Treize à table. Girardot won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti
Prix Suzanne Bianchetti
The Prix Suzanne Bianchetti is an award in French cinema given annually since 1937 to the most promising young film actress.The award was created by writer/actor René Jeanne who served as the director of L'Etablissement Cinématographique des Armées...
in 1956, and in 1977 won the César Award for Best Actress
César Award for Best Actress
List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:...
portraying the title character in Docteur Françoise Gailland
Docteur Françoise Gailland
Docteur Françoise Gailland is a 1976 French film directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli, and starring Annie Girardot, Jean-Pierre Cassel, François Périer and Isabelle Huppert. It won the César Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for Best Cinematography....
. At the Venice Film Festival she won the Volpi Cup
Volpi Cup
The Volpi Cups are the principal awards given to actors at the Venice Film Festival. Formal acting awards were introduced in the second festival . Initially they were called Great Gold Medals of the National Fascist Association for Entertainment. The name Volpi Cup was introduced the following year...
(Best Actress), in 1965 for Trois chambres a Manhattan.
In 1992, she was the Head of the Jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival
42nd Berlin International Film Festival
The 42nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 13 to 24, 1992.-Jury:* Annie Girardot * Charles Champlin* Sylvia Chang* Ildikó Enyedi* Irving N...
.
In 2002, she was awarded the César Award for Best Supporting Actress
César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actress .-Winners:Adapted from the article , from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License....
for her role in The Piano Teacher
The Piano Teacher
The Piano Teacher is a 2001 film directed by Michael Haneke, starring Isabelle Huppert and Benoît Magimel. The film is based on the novel Die Klavierspielerin by Elfriede Jelinek who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004.- Plot :...
. She collaborated with director Michael Haneke
Michael Haneke
Michael Haneke is a German born Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theatre and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work...
again, in the 2005 film Caché
Caché (film)
Caché is a 2005 Austrian-French film written and directed by Michael Haneke. It stars Daniel Auteuil as Georges and Juliette Binoche as his wife Anne.-Plot:...
.
Another of her best known roles was as Nadia the prostitute in Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...
's epic Rocco e i suoi fratelli (Rocco and His Brothers, 1960). Nadia's beauty drives a wedge between Rocco and his brother Simone (Renato Salvatori
Renato Salvatori
Renato Salvatori was an Italian multi-purpose character actor.-Biography:Salvatori was born in Seravezza, Province of Lucca....
), who eventually rapes her. In contrast to their violent on-camera relationship, Girardot and Salvatori married in 1962. They had a daughter, Giulia, and later separated but never divorced.
Later life and death
The 21 September 2006 issue of Paris MatchParis Match
Paris Match is a French weekly magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. It was founded in 1949 by the industrialist Jean Prouvost....
magazine revealed that Girardot was suffering from Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
. On 28 February 2011, Girardot died in a hospital in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, aged 79. She was interred at Pere-Lachaise cemetery.
Filmography
- Treize à table (1955)
- L'Homme aux clés d'or (1956)
- Reproduction interdite (1956)
- Le Rouge est mis (1957)
- L'Amour est en jeu (1957)
- Maigret tend un piège (1957)
- Le Désert de Pigalle (1958)
- La Corde raide (1959)
- Recours en grâce (1959)
- La Française et l'amour (1960)
- Rocco e i suoi fratelliRocco e i suoi fratelliRocco e i suoi fratelli is a 1960 Italian and French film directed by Luchino Visconti. Set in Milan, it tells the story of an immigrant family from the South and its disintegration in the society of the industrial North. The film stars Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, and Claudia...
(1960) - La Proie pour l'ombre (1960)
- Les Amours célèbres (1961)
- Le Rendez-vous (1961)
- Smog (1961)
- Le Bateau d'Émile (1961)
- Le Crime ne paie pasLe Crime ne paie pasLe Crime ne paie pas is a 1962 French drama film directed by Gérard Oury. The film stars Danielle Darrieux, Michèle Morgan, Edwige Feuillère and Annie Girardot...
(1961) - Le Vice et la vertu (1962)
- Pourquoi Paris ? (1962)
- Il giorno più cortoIl giorno più cortoIl giorno più corto is a 1962 Italian Comedy film. It is a parody of the war movie The Longest Day and stars the popular duo Ciccio Ingrassia and Franco Franchi in the leading roles...
(1962) - Les Camarades (1963)
- La Bonne Soupe (1963)
- I Fuorilegge del matrimonio (1963)
- Le Mari de la femme à barbe (1963)
- L'Autre Femme (1963)
- The Ape WomanThe Ape WomanThe Ape Woman is a 1964 Italian-French drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. The movie was inspired by the real-life story of Julia Pastrana a 19th-century woman exploited as a freak show attraction by her manager Theodore Lent.-Plot:The "Ape...
(1964) - La Ragazza in prestito (1964)
- Un monsieur de compagnieUn monsieur de compagnieMale Companion is a 1964 French film directed by Philippe de Broca and written by André Couteaux. The main character Antione was played by Jean-Pierre Cassel.-Plot:Antoine was raised into the easy life by his very rich grandfather...
(1964) - Ah ! Les belles familles (1964)
- Una voglia da morireUna voglia da morireUna voglia da morire is a 1965 Italian drama film directed by Duccio Tessari.-Cast:*Raf Vallone ... Suo Marito*Annie Girardot ... Eleonora*Alberto Lionello ... Marito Di Clara*Régine Ohann ... Clara*Sophie Daumier*Michel Lemoine*Carlo Giordana...
(1964) - Déclic et des claquesDéclic et des claquesDéclic et des claques is a 1965 Italian and French film directed by Philippe Clair-Cast:*Annie Girardot ... Sandra*Mike Marshall ... Vivi*Philippe Clair ... Jean-Philippe*Georges Blaness ... Georges *André Nader ... Ferdinand...
(1964) - Guerre secrète (1965)
- Trois chambres à Manhattan (1965)
- Le stregheLe stregheLe streghe is a film produced by Dino De Laurentiis in 1965 and released in 1967. It consists of 5 short stories, directed by Franco Rossi, Luchino Visconti, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Vittorio De Sica...
(1966) - Vivre pour vivre (1967)
- Les Gauloises bleuesLes Gauloises bleuesLes Gauloises bleues is a 1968 French drama film directed by Michel Cournot. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.-Cast:* Annie Girardot - La mère...
(1968) - Story of a woman (1968)
- La bande à Bonnot (1968)
- It Rains in My Village (1968)
- Dillinger Is DeadDillinger Is DeadDillinger Is Dead is a 1969 Italian art house film directed by Marco Ferreri. It stars Michel Piccoli, Anita Pallenberg and Annie Girardot. The story is a darkly satiric blend of fantasy and reality. It follows a bored, alienated man over the course of one night in his home...
(Dillinger è morto, 1968) - ErotissimoErotissimoErotissimo is a 1969 French-Italian drama film directed by Gérard Pirès. It was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Annie Girardot - Annie* Jean Yanne - Philippe* Francis Blanche - Le polyvalent / All-purpose Secretary...
(1968) - Metti una sera a cenaMetti una sera a cenaMetti una sera a cena is a 1969 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Jean-Louis Trintignant - Michele* Lino Capolicchio - Ric* Tony Musante - Max* Florinda Bolkan - Nina...
(1969) - Il seme dell'uomoIl seme dell'uomoIl seme dell'uomo is a 1969 French-Italian film directed by Marco Ferreri....
(1969) - Un homme qui me plaît (1969)
- Clair de terre (1969)
- Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas mais elle cause (1970)
- Les Novices (1970)
- Mourir d'aimer (1971)
- La Mandarine (1971)
- La Vieille Fille (1972)
- Les Feux de la ChandeleurLes Feux de la ChandeleurHearth Fires is a 1972 French film directed by Serge Korber. The film is also known as La Divorziata .-Synopsis:Marie-Louise is a woman whose love for her ex-husband will not die. The Lawyer Alexandre left her, because she attended a few leftist marches and demonstrations...
(1972) - Traitement de choc (1972)
- Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feuIl n'y a pas de fumée sans feuIl n'y a pas de fumée sans feu is a 1973 French drama film directed by André Cayatte. It was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear Special Jury Prize.-Cast:* Annie Girardot - Sylvie Peyrac...
(1972) - Elle cause plus, elle flingue (1972)
- Juliette et Juliette (1973)
- Ursule et Grelu (1974)
- Le Soupçon (1974)
- La Gifle (1974)
- Il faut vivre dangereusement (1975)
- Il pleut sur Santiago (1975)
- Le Gitan (1975)
- Docteur Françoise GaillandDocteur Françoise GaillandDocteur Françoise Gailland is a 1976 French film directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli, and starring Annie Girardot, Jean-Pierre Cassel, François Périer and Isabelle Huppert. It won the César Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for Best Cinematography....
(1975) - D'amour et d'eau fraîche (1975)
- Cours après moi que je t'attrape (1976)
- A chacun son enfer (1976)
- Jambon d'Ardenne (1976)
- Le Dernier Baiser (1977)
- Le Point de mire (1977)
- Tendre Poulet (1977)
- La zizanieLa zizanieLa Zizanie is a 1978 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, written by Zidi and Michel Fabre, and starring Louis de Funès and Annie Girardot...
(1978) - Vas-y maman (1978)
- L'Amour en question (1978)
- La Clé sur la porteLa Clé sur la porteLa Clé sur la porte is a novel written by Marie Cardinal and published in 1972. It is the story of a woman trying to reexamine her own values and free herself from social restraints after suffering a lifetime of oppression...
(1978) - L'ingorgo – Una storia impossibile (1978)
- Le Cavaleur (1978)
- Cause toujours, tu m'intéresses (1978)
- Bobo Jacco (1979)
- On a volé la cuisse de JupiterOn a volé la cuisse de JupiterOn a volé la cuisse de Jupiter is a French movie released in 1980, starring Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret and Francis Perrin, and directed by Philippe de Broca....
(1980) - Le Cœur à l'envers (1980)
- Une robe noire pour un tueur (1981)
- La vie en mauve / All night long (1981)
- La vie continue (1981)
- La Revanche (1981)
- Liste Noire (1984)
- Souvenirs, souvenirs (1984)
- Partir, revenirPartir, revenir-Cast and roles:* Annie Girardot - Hélène Rivière* Jean-Louis Trintignant - Roland Rivière* Françoise Fabian - Sarah Lerner* Erik Berchot - Salomon Lerner* Michel Piccoli - Simon Lerner* Évelyne Bouix - Salomé Lerner* Richard Anconina - Vincent Rivière...
(1985) - Adieu Blaireau (1985)
- Prisonnières (1988)
- Cinq jours en Juin (1989)
- Comédie d'amour (1989)
- Il y a des jours... et des lunesIl y a des jours... et des lunes-Cast and roles:* Gérard Lanvin - Truck driver* Patrick Chesnais - Doctor* Annie Girardot - Lone woman* Marie-Sophie L. - Sophie* Francis Huster - Priest* Vincent Lindon - Innkeeper* Philippe Léotard - Singer* Gérard Darmon - Policeman...
(1990) - Faccia di lepre (1990)
- Toujours seuls (1991)
- Merci la vieMerci la vieMerci la vie is a 1991 French film written and directed by Bertrand Blier. It won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and was nominated for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Writing and Best Editing....
(1991) - Les Braqueuses (1994)
- Les MisérablesLes Misérables (1995 film)Les Misérables is a 1995 film written and directed by Claude Lelouch. Set in France during World War II, it concerns a poor and illiterate man Henri Fortin who is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables and begins to see parallels between it and his own life.-Plot:The film starts...
(1995) - Les Bidochon (1995)
- Portagli I Miei Saluti aka Tentazioni Metropolitane (1997)
- PréférencePréférencePréférence is an Eastern European 10-card plain-trick game with bidding, played by three players with a 32-card Piquet deck, and probably originating in early 19th century Austria...
(1998) - L'Âge de braise (1998)
- Ainsi soit nous (short, 2000)
- T'aime (2000)
- Des fleurs pour Irma (2001)
- Ceci est mon corps (2001)
- The Piano TeacherThe Piano TeacherThe Piano Teacher is a 2001 film directed by Michael Haneke, starring Isabelle Huppert and Benoît Magimel. The film is based on the novel Die Klavierspielerin by Elfriede Jelinek who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004.- Plot :...
(La Pianiste, 2001) - Epsteins Nacht (2002)
- La Prophétie des grenouilles (2004, voice of the elephant)
- Je préfère qu'on reste amis... (2005)
- CachéCaché (film)Caché is a 2005 Austrian-French film written and directed by Michael Haneke. It stars Daniel Auteuil as Georges and Juliette Binoche as his wife Anne.-Plot:...
(2005) - Le Temps des porte-plumes (2006)
- Christian (2006)
- C'est beau une ville la nuit (2006)
- BoxesBoxes (film)Boxes is a 2007 French film and the directorial debut of Jane Birkin. Birkin also stars alongside Geraldine Chaplin and Michel Piccoli. The film is based on Birkin's own family life, chronicling three marriages and the three children she bore from these marriages. The title alludes to the way in...
(2007)