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Jane Birkin
Known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Champs-Elysées · Vivement dimanche
Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE (December 14, 1946 – July 16, 2023) was a British-French actress, singer, and designer. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. In addition to her prolific career in French cinema, she appeared in several English-language films including Blowup (1966), Death on the Nile (1978), Evil Under the Sun (1982), and A Soldier's Daughter…
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- Born
- Dec 14, 1946
- Died
- Jul 16, 2023
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Known For
- Acting
Biography
Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE (December 14, 1946 – July 16, 2023) was a British-French actress, singer, and designer. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. In addition to her prolific career in French cinema, she appeared in several English-language films including Blowup (1966), Death on the Nile (1978), Evil Under the Sun (1982), and A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998). She was the mother of photographer Kate Barry with her first husband composer John Barry; of actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg with Serge Gainsbourg; and of musician Lou Doillon with Jacques Doillon.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Knack... and How to Get ItGirl on Motorbike (uncredited)
1965
Blow-UpThe Blonde
1966
KaleidoscopeExquisite Thing
1966
The IdolArt Student
1966
Poor CherryJudy
1967
KatmanduJane
1969
SloganEvelyne Nicholson
1969
The Swimming PoolPenelope
1969
WonderwallPenny Lane
1969
CannabisJane Swenson
1970
May MorningFlora Finlake
1970
Sex-PowerJane
1970
MelodyMelody Nelson
1971
Romance of a HorsethiefNaomi
1971
The Rage of WarMilja
1971
Too Small My FriendChristine Mars / Christine Devone
1971
Seduction SquadChristine
1972
Dark PlacesAlta
1973
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a WomanClara
1973
Private ScreeningKate / Hélène
1973
Seven Deaths in the Cat's EyeCorringa
1973
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a CrybabyJane
1974
I'm Losing My TemperJackie Logan
1974
Love at the TopMarie-Paule Allard
1974
Catherine & Co.Catherine
1975
Serious as PleasureAriane Berg
1975
Seven Deaths by PrescriptionMme Jane Berg
1975
The Wild Goose ChaseJanet
1975
Burnt By A Scalding PassionVirginia Vismara
1976
I Love You, I Don'tJohnny
1976
The Devil in the HeartLinda
1976
AnimalLa vedette féminine
1977
Death on the NileLouise Bourget
1978
Death on the TagusSelf
1979
HoneyInés
1979
Make Room for TomorrowPeggy
1979
Melancoly BabyOlga
1979
Egon Schiele: Excess and PunishmentWally Neuziel
1980
Electric Blue 006Self (archive footage)
1981
The Prodigal DaughterAnne
1981
Evil Under the SunChristine Redfern
1982
Famous T & Aarchive footage
1982
Nestor Burma, détective de chocHélène Chatelain
1982
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'Self / Christine Redfern
1982
A Friend of VincentMarie-Pierre
1983
Dorothée : Le ShowJane
1983
Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!Hélène Duvernet
1983
La PirateAlma
1984
Love on the GroundEmily
1984
The BodyguardBarbara Penning
1984
Beethoven's NephewJohanna
1985
DustMagda
1985
Leave All FairMarie Taylor, Katherine Mansfield
1985
The Woman of My LifeLaura
1986
Comédie !Elle
1987
Jane Birkin au BataclanSelf - Chant
1987
Keep Your Right UpCicada
1987
Jane B. by Agnès V.Self / Calamity Jane / Claude Jade / Joan Arc
1988
Kung-Fu Master!Mary-Jane
1988Kung-Fu Master!Story
1988
Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoireJoy
1988
L'Ex-femme de ma vieFrankie
1989
The 15 Year Old GirlAssistant Director
1989
Daddy NostalgiaCaroline
1990
Jane Birkin au Casino de ParisSelf
1991
La Belle NoiseuseLiz
1991
Lest We ForgetSelf - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")
1991Lest We ForgetDirector
1991
Red FoxViolet Harrison
1991
La Belle Noiseuse: DivertimentoLiz
1992
Oh pardon ! Tu dormais...Director
1992Oh pardon ! Tu dormais...Writer
1992
Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex
1994
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue SeaNikos' Former Love (voice)
1995
Black for RemembranceCaroline
1995
One Hundred and One NightsThe Woman Who Says Stingy
1995
Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
1996
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
1997
Same Old SongJane
1997
A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesMrs. Fortescue
1998
Beck: @NPA ParisSelf
2000
CinderellaMab
2000
De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre 1958-1991Self
2000
The Last SeptemberFrancie Montmorency
2000
A Hell of a DayJane
2001
This Is My BodyLouise Vernet
2001
Jane Birkin - ArabesqueSelf
2002
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des BermudesSelf (archive footage)
2002
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangèreSelf
2002
Jane Birkin... Mother of All BabesSelf
2003
Thank You, Doctor ReyPénélope
2003
The Very Merry WidowsRenée
2003
French BeautySelf
2005
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibreSelf
2005
BoxesAnna
2007BoxesDirector
2007BoxesScreenplay
2007
In Mom's HeadJane
2007
Turn Me OnSelf - Host
2007
ValkiriasMusic
2007
Bunker
2008
The Beaches of AgnèsSelf/La croupière
2008
Around a Small MountainKate
2009
Gainsbourg and His GirlsSelf - Singer (voice)
2010
Thelma, Louise et ChantalNelly
2010
If You Die, I'll Kill YouLouise
2011
Souvenirs of SergeNarrator / Self (archive footage)
2011Souvenirs of SergeDirector
2011
Twice BornPsicologa
2012
Du sang sur la neigeSelf
2013
Nobody's Daughter HaewonSelf
2013
The French MinisterMolly Hutchinson
2013TG
The Gillian Hills Trilogy
2013
Bleu CatacombesLili Rousseau
2014
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
The Railroad LadyÉlise
2016
Vadim Mister CoolSelf (archive footage)
2016
Whoever Was Using This BedThe Caller (voice)
2016BH
Birkin, Hardy, Sanson, une vie à aimerSelf
2017
Jane Birkin - Alcaline le ConcertSelf
2017
Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au ZénithSelf
2017
À la recherche de... Pierre RichardSelf - Actress, singer (archive footage)
2017
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableauSelf (archive footage)
2019
Fifty Years LaterSelf
2019
Jane Birkin: Simply an IconSelf - Singer (archive footage)
2019
Les années Bouvard : le rire et l’impertinenceSelf (archive footage)
2019
Agnes V. by Jane B.Self
2020
Le festival des festivalsSelf
2020
Les Secrets de la belle endormieSelf
2020
Live @ Echoes with Jehnny BethSelf
2020
Numéro un - Demis RoussosSelf
2020
Paolo Conte, Come Away with MeSelf
2020
Gainsbourg, toute une vie
2021
Undressing a LegacySelf (archive footage)
2021
Alain Souchon - One Day, One FateSelf
2022
Jane Birkin et nousSelf
2022
Jane Birkin « Oh ! Pardon tu dormais... », le concertSelf : Singer
2022Jane Birkin « Oh ! Pardon tu dormais... », le concertAuthor
2022
Jane by CharlotteSelf
2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était présidentSelf (archive footage)
2022
Unis pour l'UkraineSelf
2022
L'Âge d'or de la pubSelf (archive footage)
2023
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
2023
Jane Birkin by Friends
2024
Pierre Koralnik : cinéaste et visionnaireElle-même (archives)
2024Television
Armchair TheatreJudy · 1 eps
1956Armchair TheatreBabs · 1 eps
1956
DiscoramaSelf · 1 eps
1959AM
Armchair Mystery TheatreAnthea Langridge · 1 eps
1960DD
Die DrehscheibeSelf · 1 eps
1964
Dim Dam DomSelf · 2 eps
1965
À bout portantSelf · 2 eps
1968
Cadet RousselleSelf · 1 eps
1971F'
Film '72Self · 1 eps
1971SS
Samedi soirSelf · 4 eps
1971
Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf · 1 eps
1972
Midi trenteSelf · 9 eps
1972BB
Bons baisers de... TarzanJeanne / Jane · 3 eps
1974
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf · 5 eps
1975
Midi PremièreSelf · 2 eps
1975
Numéro unSelf · 14 eps
1975Numéro unSelf - Host · 1 eps
1975Numéro unSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
1975S2
Système 2Self · 1 eps
1975
30 millions d'amisSelf · 1 eps
1976
Cérémonie des CésarSelf - Host · 1 eps
1976
Champs-ElyséesSelf · 11 eps
1982NS
Na sowas!Self · 1 eps
1982
Cinecittà CinecittàJane Birkin · 5 eps
1985
Victoires de la musiqueSelf · 5 eps
1985
Le monde est à vousSelf · 2 eps
1987
Sacrée soiréeSelf · 4 eps
1987
TéléthonSelf · 1 eps
1987
Stars 90Self · 1 eps
1990
Later... with Jools Holland1 eps
1992
TaratataSelf · 1 eps
1993
Leute heuteSelf · 1 eps
1997
So Graham NortonSelf · 1 eps
1998
Vivement dimancheSelf · 5 eps
1998
Vivement dimanche prochainSelf · 1 eps
1998LG
Le Grand TralalaSelf · 1 eps
1999
Star AcademySelf · 1 eps
2001
Les Aventuriers des mers du SudFanny Stevenson · 2 eps
2006
On n'est pas couchéSelf - Guest · 1 eps
2006
George Harrison: Living in the Material WorldSelf · 2 eps
2011
Les Saisons meurtrièresLily Rousseau · 4 eps
2012
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Musical Guest · 1 eps
2014
Bonsoir !Self - Guest · 1 eps
2018
La hora musaSelf · 1 eps
2018
Bonsoir bonsoir!Self · 1 eps
2019
Abers RoadSelf · 1 eps
2021
Pretend It's a CitySongs
2021
Il était une fois Champs-ÉlyséesSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2022Photos
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