Olga Georges-Picot
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Olga Georges-Picot was a French actress.
Born in Shanghai
, China, she was the daughter of Guillaume Georges-Picot, the French Ambassador to China, and a Russian mother. Olga studied acting at the Actor’s Studio in Paris. Her acting career covered many diverse French and English films and television roles. She was featured in Playboy Magazine’s Sex in the Cinema and also on the front cover of the periodical Adam.
She played important roles in three classic mainstream films: Denise, the OAS mole, in The Day of the Jackal
(1973); Countess Alexandrovna in Woody Allen
’s Love and Death
(1975); and Julie Anderson in Basil Dearden
’s The Man Who Haunted Himself
(1970). Her break-through role in the movies was as Catrine in the Alain Resnais
’ film Je t'aime, je t'aime
(1968). Earlier that year, she had appeared in the French television movie Thibaud the Crusader (1968).
Biographical information on her life and career is very limited and often incomplete. Apparently Olga suffered from severe depression for unknown or unpublished reasons; her bouts with depression apparently led to her suicide jump on Thursday, 19 June 1997, from the 5th floor of an apartment building that overlooked the river Seine
, in Paris, France.
Born in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, China, she was the daughter of Guillaume Georges-Picot, the French Ambassador to China, and a Russian mother. Olga studied acting at the Actor’s Studio in Paris. Her acting career covered many diverse French and English films and television roles. She was featured in Playboy Magazine’s Sex in the Cinema and also on the front cover of the periodical Adam.
She played important roles in three classic mainstream films: Denise, the OAS mole, in The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal (film)
The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 Anglo-French film, set in August 1963 and based on the novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth. Directed by Fred Zinnemann, it stars Edward Fox as the assassin known only as "the Jackal" who is hired to assassinate Charles de Gaulle.- Synopsis :The film opens...
(1973); Countess Alexandrovna in Woody Allen
Woody Allen
Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...
’s Love and Death
Love and Death
Love and Death is a 1975 comedy film by Woody Allen. Starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, Love and Death is a satirical take on Russian epic novels. Coming in between Sleeper and Annie Hall, Love and Death is in many respects an artistic transition between the two...
(1975); and Julie Anderson in Basil Dearden
Basil Dearden
Basil Dearden was an English film director.-Life and career:Dearden was born at Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. He graduated from theatre direction to film, working as an assistant to Basil Dean...
’s The Man Who Haunted Himself
The Man Who Haunted Himself
The Man Who Haunted Himself is a 1970 British psychological thriller film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Roger Moore. It was based on the novel The Strange Case of Mr Pelham by Anthony Armstrong....
(1970). Her break-through role in the movies was as Catrine in the Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais is a French film director whose career has extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Nuit et Brouillard , an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.He began...
’ film Je t'aime, je t'aime
Je t'aime, je t'aime
Je t'aime, je t'aime is a 1968 French science fiction film directed by Alain Resnais. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the countrywide wildcat strike that occurred in May 1968 in France....
(1968). Earlier that year, she had appeared in the French television movie Thibaud the Crusader (1968).
Biographical information on her life and career is very limited and often incomplete. Apparently Olga suffered from severe depression for unknown or unpublished reasons; her bouts with depression apparently led to her suicide jump on Thursday, 19 June 1997, from the 5th floor of an apartment building that overlooked the river Seine
Seine
The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels...
, in Paris, France.