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Stéphane Audran
Actor

Stéphane Audran

8 Nov 1932Born
27 Mar 2018Died
85Age at death
103Credits

Biography

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.

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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).

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Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 103 credits.

  1. TBAVisages de CinémaSeries: Soi-méme (1 episode)
  2. 2018The Other Side of the WindFilm: Stéphane Audran
  3. 2008The Girl from MonacoFilm: Édith Lassalle
  4. 2005The Condor MysterySeries: Louise Bonnier, ancienne employée de la DDASS (4 episodes)
  5. 2005The Big Red One: The ReconstructionFilm: Walloon
  6. 2005La BattanteSeries: Edwige Fournier (4 episodes)
  7. 2004Sissi, the Rebellious EmpressFilm: Sophie
  8. 2001J'ai faim !!!Film: Gaby
  9. 2000The Blue BicycleSeries: Lisa Montpleynet (3 episodes)
  10. 2000Lulu Kreutz's PicnicFilm: Lulu Kreutz
  11. 1999Belle MamanFilm: Brigitte
  12. 1998MadelineFilm: Lady Marie Covington
  13. 1997ArletteFilm: Diane
  14. 1996PetitFilm: Françoise
  15. 1996Maximum RiskFilm: Chantal
  16. 1995Au petit MargueryFilm: Josephine
  17. 1992BettyFilm: Laure
  18. 1992The Turn of the ScrewFilm: Mrs. Grose
  19. 1992Weep No More, My LadyFilm: Minna
  20. 1990Quiet Days in ClichyFilm: Adrienne
  21. 1990TECXSeries: Isabelle Souverain (13 episodes)
  22. 1990Mass in C MinorFilm: Marie-Laure Villegrain
  23. 1990SonsFilm: Florence Sr.
  24. 1989Manika, the Girl Who Lived TwiceFilm: Sister Amanda
  25. 1989Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton StorySeries: Pauline de la Rochelle (6 episodes)
  26. 1989Champagne CharlieFilm: Thérèse
  27. 1988The Secret Files of Inspector LavardinSeries: Catherine (1 episode)
  28. 1988The Spider LabyrinthFilm: Mrs. Kuhn
  29. 1988Corps z'à corpsFilm: Edna Chabert
  30. 1988The Seasons of PleasureFilm: Bernadette
  31. 1988FacelessFilm: Mrs. Sherman
  32. 1987The Cry of the OwlFilm
  33. 1987Babette's FeastFilm: Babette
  34. 1986Un’isolaSeries: Signora Lecoq (2 episodes)
  35. 1986Follow My GazeFilm: The wife of the couch potato
  36. 1986The GypsyFilm: Brigitte
  37. 1985Night MagicFilm: Janice
  38. 1985La Cage aux Folles 3Film: Matrimonia
  39. 1985Cop au VinFilm: Madame Cuno
  40. 1984The Sun Also RisesSeries: Georgette (2 episodes)
  41. 1984Mistral's DaughterSeries: Paula Deslandes (8 episodes)
  42. 1984The Blood of OthersFilm: Gigi
  43. 1984Thieves After DarkFilm: Isabelle's mother
  44. 1983Scarlet FeverFilm: Minon
  45. 1983Deadly CircuitFilm: Germaine, the grey lady
  46. 1983Elective AffinitiesFilm: Charlotte
  47. 1982Paradise for AllFilm: Édith
  48. 1982The ShockFilm: Jeanne Faulques (uncredited)
  49. 1982Boulevard des assassinsFilm: Francine
  50. 1981Coup de TorchonFilm: Huguette Cordier
  51. 1981Brideshead RevisitedSeries: Cara (2 episodes)
  52. 1981Le Beau MondeFilm: Ariane
  53. 1981The Plouffe FamilyFilm: Mme Boucher
  54. 1980La Cage aux Folles IIFilm
  55. 1980Le Cœur à l'enversFilm: Jeanne
  56. 1980The Big Red OneFilm: Walloon
  57. 1980Le Soleil en faceFilm: Geneviève
  58. 1979The WinnerFilm: Mme Hélène Dupré-Granval
  59. 1979Orient ExpressSeries: Maria von Pallberg (1 episode)
  60. 1979Eagle's WingFilm: The Widow
  61. 1978Violette NozièreFilm: Germaine Nozière
  62. 1978Blood RelativesFilm: Mme Lowery
  63. 1977Death of a Corrupt ManFilm: Christiane Dubaye
  64. 1977The Devil's AdvocateFilm: Contess Anne Di Sanctis
  65. 1977Silver BearsFilm: Shireen Firdausi
  66. 1976The TwistFilm: Claire
  67. 1976Chi dice donna, dice donnaFilm: Mimì / Chantal
  68. 1975The Black BirdFilm: Anna Kemidov
  69. 1975B. Must DieFilm: Susana
  70. 1974Vincent, Francois, Paul and the OthersFilm: Catherine, l'ex-femme de Vincent
  71. 1974And Then There Were NoneFilm: Ilona Morgan
  72. 1974Cry of the HeartFilm: Claire
  73. 1974How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a CrybabyFilm: Cécile Malempin
  74. 1973Wedding in BloodFilm: Lucienne Delamare
  75. 1972Dead Pigeon on Beethoven StreetFilm: Dr. Bogdanovich
  76. 1972The Discreet Charm of the BourgeoisieFilm: Alice Sénéchal
  77. 1972A Murder Is a MurderFilm: Marie Kastner / Anne
  78. 1971As Far as Love Can GoFilm: La femme de Michel
  79. 1971Without Apparent MotiveFilm: Hélène Vallée
  80. 1971Just Before NightfallFilm: Hélène Masson

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