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Arletty

Arletty (born Léonie Bathiat) (15 May 1898 - 24 July 1992) was a French model, singer, and actress.

Arletty

Born in Courbevoie, France, her early career was dominated by the music hall. In the 1930s she became associated with the growing French film industry, but was imprisoned in 1945 for having had a wartime liaison with a German officer during the occupation of France. After a moderately successful period as a stage actor in later life, an accident in 1963 left her nearly blind, forcing her to retire.

Among her best-known films are:

  • Hôtel du Nord (1938)
  • Le Jour se lève (1939)
  • Les Visiteurs du soir (1942)
  • Les Enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise, 1945)
  • Huis-clos (No Exit, 1954)
  • L'Air de Paris (1954)



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. Me neither"), written by Gainsbourg and featuring both of them singing, which caused a minor scandal for its sexual explicitness at the time of its release in 1969. Among her best-known films are:. Moi non plus" ("I love you.. After a moderately successful period as a stage actor in later life, an accident in 1963 left her nearly blind, forcing her to retire. During her relationship with Serge Gainsbourg, they released a song with the provocative title "Je t'aime.. In the 1930s she became associated with the growing French film industry, but was imprisoned in 1945 for having had a wartime liaison with a German officer during the occupation of France. Birkin has another daughter, Lou (born 1982), by film director Jacques Doillon.

Born in Courbevoie, France, her early career was dominated by the music hall. She also has a daughter, Kate Barry (born 1968), from her first marriage to John Barry (they separated in 1968 and later divorced), an English composer who wrote the musical score to the James Bond movies. Arletty (born Léonie Bathiat) (15 May 1898 - 24 July 1992) was a French model, singer, and actress. Charlotte Gainsbourg is Birkin's daughter from her relationship with Serge Gainsbourg (né Lucien Ginzburg), whom she met in 1968 and lived with until 1980. L'Air de Paris (1954). She is also related by blood or marriage to the actresses Penelope Dudley Ward and Rachel Ward as well as the film director Sir Carol Reed. Huis-clos (No Exit, 1954). A great-aunt, Winifred (Freda) May Birkin, later Mrs William Dudley Ward, was a mistress of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, later HRH the Duke of Windsor).

Les Enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise, 1945). Birkin also is a member of a prominent British industrial family that made its fortune manufacturing lace in Nottinghamshire. Les Visiteurs du soir (1942). She is the elder daughter of David Birkin (a commander in the Royal Navy and a World War II war hero involved in various aspects of espionage) and actress Judy Campbell (née Judy Gamble), who made her name as a star of Noel Coward musicals. Le Jour se lève (1939). December 14, 1946) is an actress and singer born in London who has spent most of her career in France. Hôtel du Nord (1938). Jane Birkin (b.