Stéphane Audran

Born: 1932-11-08

Stéphane Audran (born Colette Suzanne Jeannine Dacheville; November 8, 1932 – March 27, 2018) was a French film and television actress. Best known for her performances in Oscar-winning movies such as The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) and Babette's Feast (1987), and in critically acclaimed films like The Big Red One (1980) and Violette Nozière (1978), she became mostly associated with haughty bourgeois women roles. She married French director and screenwriter Claude Chabrol in 1964, after a short marriage to the French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant. Her son by her marriage to Chabrol (which ended in 1980) is the French actor Thomas Chabrol (born in 1963). Her first major role was in Chabrol's film Les Cousins (1959). She has since appeared in most of Chabrol's films. Some of the more noteworthy of his films Audran has appeared in are Les Bonnes Femmes (1960), La Femme Infidèle (1968), Les Biches (1968) as a rich lesbian who becomes involved in a ménage à trois (she first gained notice in this), Le Boucher (1970) as a school teacher who falls in love with a murderous butcher, Juste Avant La Nuit (1971), and Violette Nozière (1978). She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her role in Les Biches at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival. She also appeared in the first film of Éric Rohmer (Signe du Lion), and in films by Jean Delannoy (La Peau de Torpedo), Gabriel Axel (Babette's Feast, as the mysterious cook, Babette), Bertrand Tavernier (Coup de Torchon, as the wife of the cop turned serial killer) and Samuel Fuller (The Big Red One). The most celebrated of her non-Chabrol films was Luis Buñuel's Oscar-winning Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972) as Alice Senechal. Also appearing in English-language productions, Audran has appeared in American features like The Black Bird (1975), and in TV serials like Brideshead Revisited (1981), Mistral's Daughter (1984) and The Sun Also Rises (1984). Audran won a French César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Violette Nozière (1978) and British Film Academy award for Just Before Nightfall (1975). Description above from the Wikipedia article Stéphane Audran, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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The Unfaithful Wife

as Hélène Desvallées
Released: 1969-01-22

Insurance executive Charles suspects his wife Hélène of playing the field, so he has a private...

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Babette's Feast

as Babette Hersant
Released: 1987-08-11

A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite...

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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

as Alice Sénéchal
Released: 1972-09-15

In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but...

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Maximum Risk

as Chantal
Released: 1996-09-13

Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the...

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Bluebeard

as Fernande Segret
Released: 1963-01-25

Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the...

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Les Biches

as Frédérique
Released: 1968-03-22

A bored bisexual millionaire picks up a young destitute street artist and whisks her away to her...

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The Big Red One

as Walloon
Released: 1980-01-22

A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the...

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Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others

as Catherine, l'ex-femme de Vincent
Released: 1974-10-23

Three friends navigate mid-life crises: a blocked writer, a disillusioned doctor, and a charming...

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The Girl from Monaco

as Édith Lassalle
Released: 2008-08-20

A brilliant and neurotic attorney goes to Monaco to defend a famous criminal. But, instead of...

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La Cage aux Folles II

as uncredited
Released: 1980-12-10

In a move to make his partner, Renato, jealous, the flamboyant Albin waits in a local cafe -...

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The Other Side of the Wind

as Stéphane Audran
Released: 2018-11-02

Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years...

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Wedding in Blood

as Lucienne Delamare
Released: 1973-04-12

Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne's husband Paul is the mayor,...

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Madeline

as Lady Marie Covington
Released: 1998-07-10

Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl named Madeline...

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Violette Nozière

as Germaine Nozière
Released: 1978-05-24

Paris, 1933. The daughter of a respectable lower middle class couple, Violette Nozière, leads a...

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Death of a Corrupt Man

as Christiane
Released: 1977-12-07

In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with...

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La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding

as Matrimonia
Released: 1985-11-20

Third and final version of the La Cage aux Folles series has Renato's drag queen lover Albin...

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And Then There Were None

as Ilona Morgan
Released: 1974-09-24

Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is...

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The Butcher

as Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
Released: 1970-02-27

An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher...

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The Spider Labyrinth

as Mrs. Kuhn
Released: 1988-08-25

A young professor travels to Budapest to locate a lost colleague. Once there, he gets tangled up...

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Deadly Circuit

as Germaine, la dame en gris
Released: 1983-03-09

A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.

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The Cousins

as Françoise
Released: 1959-03-11

Young provincial Charles arrives in Paris to stay with his cousin Paul while studying law. Paul...

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Coup de Torchon

as Huguette Cordier
Released: 1981-11-04

A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in...

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Betty

as Laure
Released: 1992-02-19

A drunken, self-destructive woman called Betty wanders into a Parisian bar where she meets...

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The Good Girls

as Ginette
Released: 1960-04-22

Four Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams.

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Six in Paris

as The Mother (segment "La Muette")
Released: 1965-05-19

Six vignettes set in different sections of Paris, by six directors. St. Germain des Pres...

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The Breach

as Hélène Regnier
Released: 1970-08-26

An innocent woman falls prey to her abusive husband, his wealthy father and a shady family friend.

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The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

as Anita Caldwell, ancienne amie de Dany
Released: 1970-10-22

Dany Longo is red-haired, beautiful, disturbed, passionate--and nearsighted. As she speeds...

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Faceless

as Mrs. Sherman
Released: 1988-06-22

A model named Barbara Hallen has disappeared and her father gets private detective Sam Morgan to...

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A Murder Is a Murder

as Marie Kastner / Anne
Released: 1972-08-23

Murder mystery involving a man and his relationship with twin sisters.

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The Third Lover

as Hélène
Released: 1962-05-02

The story of a journalist in southern Germany who stays with a novelist and his wife and...

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Eagle's Wing

as The Widow
Released: 1979-07-26

Two men, an aging Native American and a ne'er-do-well trapper from North America, race to claim...

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Cop au Vin

as Madame Cuno
Released: 1985-04-10

Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.

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Captive City

as Francine
Released: 1982-03-29

After a messy divorce, a struggling writer takes a holiday on the French Riviera, where he...

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Follow My Gaze

as The wife of the couch potato
Released: 1986-04-23

A long parade of actors and actresses pop up in an unconnected series of skits, vignettes, and...

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The Champagne Murders

as Jacqueline
Released: 1967-03-31

A champagne tycoon's partner suspects his partner's gigolo husband of murders he's been framed for.

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Thieves After Dark

as Isabelle's mother
Released: 1984-02-27

A crime story set in Paris about a Bonnie-and-Clyde couple -- how they got together and how they...

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Line of Demarcation

as La femme du Dr. Lafaye / Wife
Released: 1966-05-25

It is based on upon the memoir Mémoires d'un agent secret de la France libre et La Ligne de...

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Without Apparent Motive

as Hélène Vallée
Released: 1971-09-15

A series of murders is committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in...

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Sign of the Lion

as La Patronne de l'Hôtel
Released: 1962-05-03

An American in Paris lives by sponging off his working friends, and throws a party using...

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The Devil's Advocate

as Contess Anne Di Sanctis
Released: 1977-10-26

A dying priest is commissioned to investigate the deeds of Giacomo Nerone, a dead wartime...

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Silver Bears

as Shireen Firdausi
Released: 1977-06-03

Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore to buy a bank in Switzerland in...

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Just Before Nightfall

as Hélène Masson
Released: 1971-03-31

A married man who killed the wife of his best friend during a tryst feels compelled to turn...

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Hard Boiled Ones

as Rika Lormond
Released: 1964-06-10

A playwright has to murder if he does not want to be murdered.

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The Blood of Others

as Gigi
Released: 1984-08-25

In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working...

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The Gypsy

as Brigitte
Released: 1986-02-12

Hubert Durieux is a banker in a small French town who is struggling to keep up with the demands...

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Le Cœur à l'envers

as Jeanne
Released: 1980-09-09

Laure is a 40-year-old psychologist who doesn't know her son, Jean. But the latter comes back to...

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Le Choc

as Jeanne Faulques (uncredited)
Released: 1982-04-28

Martin Terrier wants to quit his job as a hired hitman, but his organized crime employers are...

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J'ai faim !!!

as Gaby
Released: 2001-11-07

A chubby forty-ish florist is dumped for a gorgeous young woman. She decides to lose weight and...

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Belle Maman

as Brigitte
Released: 1999-03-10

At the altar where he is marrying Séverine, the groom, Antoine, gets his first glimpse of her...

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Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice

as Sister Amanda
Released: 1989-05-26

In this unusual feature, Manika is a girl born in a Catholic family in a south Indian fishing...

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Hay que matar a B.

as Susana
Released: 1975-06-14

In a fictitious South American country there's lots of political tension, the labor-unions have...

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The Seasons of Pleasure

as Bernadette
Released: 1988-02-10

Charles and Emmanuelle organize as every year, the congress of perfumers who distribute their...

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Code Name: Tiger

as La chanteuse d'opéra
Released: 1964-11-18

A Turkish ambassador arrives in Paris to sign an important trade agreement, allowing Turkey to...

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Blood Relatives

as Mme Lowery
Released: 1978-02-01

A Montreal police inspector cracks a murder case with clues from the victim's diary.

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Paradise for All

as Édith
Released: 1982-08-25

Doctor Valois has invented the "flashage", a cure for depressed people. After having tested it...

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Sons

as Florence Sr.
Released: 1990-01-01

A trio of stepbrothers accompany their paralysed father on a jaunt to Normandy where the old boy...

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How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby

as Cécile Malempin
Released: 1974-06-19

A story about a guy who still lives with his mother and sells some really awful alcohol to...

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Quiet Days in Clichy

as Adrienne
Released: 1990-05-09

Expatriate Henry Miller indulges in a variety of sexual escapades while struggling to establish...

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Only the Cool

as Dominique
Released: 1970-06-03

A network of spies affects the lives of people in and out of the organization in this espionage...

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Arlette

as Diane
Released: 1997-04-16

An actor owes big bucks to the Vegas mob. He's all set to pay them off; he's conned a rich widow...

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The Twist

as Claire
Released: 1976-06-23

Claire de La Tour Picquet shares her life between her husband, the successful novelist William...

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The Black Bird

as Anna Kemidov
Released: 1975-12-25

The son of famous detective Sam Spade carries on the family tradition of getting involved with...

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Wise Guys

as Xavière, la danseuse
Released: 1961-03-17

In Paris in the early 1960s, Ronald is a son of a good family, with a carefree,...

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The Blue Panther

as Olga
Released: 1965-08-25

Marie-Chantal travels by train to her cousin's place to spend a winter holiday, when a stranger...

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In Memoriam Bernadette Lafont

as Self
Released: 2016-05-03

On 6 December 2013, a public exhibition dedicated to her memory, Bernadette Lafont l'exposition...

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Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak

as Charlotte (voice)
Released: 1961-11-20

Two young people, Walter and Charlotte, are walking through a small village in Switzerland a...

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Au petit Marguery

as Josephine
Released: 1995-11-08

Hippolyte, the chef at the small Paris restaurant of the title, is losing his sense of smell -...

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Weep No More, My Lady

as Minna
Released: 1992-01-01

When demanding actress Leila is found drowned there are numerous suspects but the main suspect...

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The Life and Work of Claude Chabrol

as Self
Released: 2006-02-21

Spring 2004, a house with a large garden welcomes filmmaker Claude Chabrol. He is about to...

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Sissy is the Rebellious Empress

as Sophie
Released: 2004-06-15

The last three days in the life of Elizabeth of Austria before her assassination

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Once Upon a Time... 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'

as Self
Released: 2013-02-03

A documentary about the making of Luis Bunuel's 1972 film.

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Corps z'à corps

as Edna Chabert
Released: 1988-06-15

A newspaper editor attempts to save a failing girlie magazine.

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Le Soleil en face

as Geneviève
Released: 1980-01-16

Famous writer, Marat retires to Portugal, where he lives surrounded by his family, including his...

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The Big Red One : The Reconstruction

as Walloon
Released: 2005-05-03

A re-working, re-editing, and restructuring of Sam Fuller's The Big Red One bringing it closer...

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Champagne Charlie

as Thérèse
Released: 1989-04-12

This is the story of the Charles Heidsieck who opened the market for Champagne sales in America...

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Son of Gascogne

as Self
Released: 1995-02-18

You're a provincial kid in Paris and suddenly you're the center of attention: Movie stars,...

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The Plouffe Family

as Mme Boucher
Released: 1981-04-07

The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and...

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Saint-Tropez Blues

as Lucie
Released: 1961-07-21

With her parents away, Anne-Marie drops her studies to spend eight days in Saint-Tropez with her...

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The Turn of the Screw

as Mrs. Grose
Released: 1992-01-01

A young woman is hired by a wealthy but sinister man to tutor his two children at the family's...

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Cry of the Heart

as Claire
Released: 1974-09-11

Alexandre, a young man from a wealthy family, suffers a serious fall. One leg is finally...

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Claude Chabrol, the Maverick

as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Released: 2019-01-25

An account of the life and work of French filmmaker Claude Chabrol (1930-2010), a sybarite...

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Night Magic

as Janice
Released: 1985-12-18

Night Magic, a musical fantasy, is set on earth but it is also about the heavens. At the centre...

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The Winner

as Mme Hélène Dupré-Granval
Released: 1979-11-28

A plumber finally meets the woman of his dreams. But as her uptight family tries to keep him...

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Scarlet Fever

as Minon
Released: 1983-08-08

In a building on the Boulevard Haussmann in Paris lives ten-year-old Roger, who is surrounded by...

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Lulu Kreutz's Picnic

as Lulu Kreutz
Released: 2000-01-19

Joseph and Olga Stegudith, who are elderly Parisians of Viennese Jewish extraction, come to...

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As Far as Love Can Go

as La femme de Michel
Released: 1971-10-20

The boyfriend of Isabelle has just committed suicide. Therefore Isabelle roams the streets of...

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Petit

as Françoise
Released: 1996-11-01

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Le Beau Monde

as Ariane
Released: 1981-06-06

Jean Pierre, a young Parisian salesman, decides to go on vacation by hitchhiking at random....

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Chi dice donna, dice donna

as Mimì / Chantal
Released: 1976-02-11

Film in five episodes on the female universe. Among the women portrayed, neglected wives who...

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La Muette

as uncredited
Released: 1965-07-08

A boy buys earplugs to block out the shouting of his constantly quarreling parents, but his...

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Mass in C Minor

as Marie-Laure Villegrain
Released: 1990-01-31

Friends Philippe and Laurent, a violinist and a cello player, frequently team up to play special...

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Elective Affinities

as Charlotte
Released: 1983-01-22

On the outskirts of Weimar, Edouard and Charlotte, an aristocratic couple united after both...

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Through Babette's Eyes

as Self
Released: 2012-11-05

An interview with actress Stephane Audran about her role in Gabriel Axel's 1987 film BABETTE'S...

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Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street

as Dr. Bogdanovich
Released: 1972-11-17

A private detective (Glenn Corbett) infiltrates a gang of drug-dealing extortionists who prey on...

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Secrets of a French Nurse

as Aline Monnier
Released: 1958-02-19

A gangster is back in business after a while and tries to take it back the hard way, but things...

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Scene of the Crime

as Stephanie
First aired: 1970-11-29

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...

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Champs-Elysées

as Self
First aired: 1982-01-16

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Spécial cinéma

as Self
First aired: 1974-09-25

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-12

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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Brideshead Revisited

as Cara
First aired: 1981-10-12

Charles Ryder, an agnostic man, becomes involved with members of the Flytes, a Catholic family...

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Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

as Pauline de la Rochelle
First aired: 1989-04-30

The true story of Barbara Hutton, who had inherited $40 million by the age of 6. This insight...

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Mistral's Daughter

as Paula Deslandes
First aired: 1984-09-24

Beautiful and naïve Maggy Lunel arrives in Paris completely broke. She becomes an artist's model...

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The Blue Bicycle

as Lisa Montpleynet
First aired: 2000-10-09

Léa, the daughter of a wealthy Bordeaux family, is spending happy days at the Montillac family...

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The secret files of Inspector Lavardin

as Catherine
First aired: 1988-09-15

The Dossiers of Inspector Lavardin is a French television series in four 90-minute episodes,...

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Orient Express

as Maria von Pallberg
First aired: 1979-11-10

A six-part French tv series first broadcast in 1979, each episode of Orient Express focuses on a...

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The Sun Also Rises

as Georgette
First aired: 1984-12-09

Adaptation of the novel by Ernest Hemingway.

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The Condor Mystery

as Louise Bonnier, ancienne employée de la DDASS
First aired: 2005-08-08

Condor is a quiet and merry little town in the Gers which actively promotes sports. But things...

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