Stéphane Audran
French actress (1932–2018)
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Key Takeaways
- Stéphane Audran (born Colette Suzanne Jeannine Dacheville ; 8 November 1932 – 27 March 2018) was a French film actress.
- The role she was mostly associated with was that of the haughty bourgeois woman.
- A graduate of the Lycée Lamartine, she studied drama at the Ecole de théâtre Charles Dullin in Paris.
- Her first collaboration with director Chabrol was the 1959 Les Cousins , with whom she would make a total of 25 films.
- The couple had one son, actor Thomas Chabrol.
Stéphane Audran (born Colette Suzanne Jeannine Dacheville; 8 November 1932 – 27 March 2018) was a French film actress. She was known for her performances in the films of her husband Claude Chabrol, including Les Biches (1968) and Le Boucher (1970), Luis Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), and Gabriel Axel's Babette's Feast (1987). The role she was mostly associated with was that of the haughty bourgeois woman.
Biography
Audran was born in Versailles and raised by her mother after her father, a doctor, died when she was six years old. A graduate of the Lycée Lamartine, she studied drama at the Ecole de théâtre Charles Dullin in Paris. She first appeared on stage, though with little success, and gave her film debut in the 1957 short film Le jeu de la nuit. Her first collaboration with director Chabrol was the 1959 Les Cousins, with whom she would make a total of 25 films. Having previously been married to actor Jean-Louis Trintignant, she married Chabrol in 1964. The couple had one son, actor Thomas Chabrol.
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