Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset

Jacqueline Bisset (born September 13, 1944) is a British actress, born in Surrey, England. Her French mother taught her fluent French which prompted many to erroneously believe she was born in France. When Bisset was a teenager, her mother was diagnosed with disseminating sclerosis. After her parents divorced, she moved in to help her mother. She had taken ballet lessons as a young child, and now began taking acting lessons, and fashion modelling to pay for those lessons.

After playing in a few small roles, in 1967 Bisset was cast for the movie Two for the Road, which became a critically acclaimed effort for her. Next, she participated in the James Bond spoof Casino Royale, playing the character of "Miss Goodthighs".

In 1968, Mia Farrow, who was having personal problems, dropped out of a movie named The Detective, and her job was given to Bisset instead. Then, she was cast opposite Steve McQueen in Bullit.

In 1973, she participated in Francois Truffaut's movie Day for Night, where she earned the respect of European critics and movie goers as a serious actress. In 1977, Bisset made great strides towards becoming a better known entertainer in North America with her movie The Deep, co-starring Robert Shaw, where her appearance swimming underwater wearing only a t-shirt made many to credit her with beginning a world wide revolution that led to a "wet T-shirt contest craze". At the time, Newsweek magazine declared her to be "the most beautiful film actress of all time".

Soon thereafter she played in the movies Rich and Famous with Candice Bergen, and Under The Volcano with Albert Finney, which was made in 1984 and gave her a Golden Globe award nomination. In 1978 she had already earned her first nomination for Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?. In 1996, she was nominated for a Cesar Award, France's version of the Oscars, for her role in La Ceremonie.

During her career, Bisset has been in movies directed by such stars as François Truffaut, John Huston, George Cukor and Roman Polanski, among others. Several of her movies are French or Italian productions. Besides in movies, Bisset has played in many TV films, especially during the last 10 years, some of these films having been quite successful. A role she has become familiar with, first in TV and most recently in cinema movies, is the character of Jacqueline Kennedy. The movie, a biographical story about Robert Kennedy, will be released shortly.

Bisset, who is known as a good autograph signer who even personalises her signature if fans ask her to, has never been married, but she has had a number of well publicized relationships with men.

Filmography

  • Latter Days (2003)
  • Swing (2003)
  • Fascination (2002)
  • New Year's Day (2001)
  • The Sleepy Time Gal (2001)
  • People Who Love Each Other (2000)
  • Let the Devil Wear Black (1999)
  • Dangerous Beauty (1998)
  • Once You Meet a Stranger (1996)
  • A Judgement in Stone (1995)
  • La classe américaine (1993)
  • Crimebroker (1993)
  • Hoffman's Hunger (1993)
  • The Groundhogs (1993)
  • East & West: Paradises Lost (1993)
  • Rossini! Rossini! (1991)
  • The Maid (1991)
  • Wild Orchid (1990)
  • Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)
  • The House of Jade (1988)
  • High Season (1987)
  • Forbidden (1984)
  • Under the Volcano (1984)
  • Class (1983)
  • Rich and Famous (1981)
  • Inchon (1981)
  • When Time Ran Out (1980)
  • I Love You, I Love You Not (1979)
  • Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
  • The Greek Tycoon (1978)
  • The Deep (1977)
  • The Sunday Woman (1976)
  • St. Ives (1976)
  • End of the Game (1975)
  • The Spiral Staircase (1975)
  • Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
  • The Magnificent One (1973)
  • La Nuit américaine (1973)
  • The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
  • The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
  • Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
  • Believe in Me (1971)
  • The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
  • Secrets (1971)
  • The Grasshopper (1970)
  • Airport (1970)
  • Secret World (1969)
  • The First Time (1969)
  • Bullitt (1968)
  • The Sweet Ride (1968)
  • The Detective (1968)
  • The Cape Town Affair (1967)
  • Casino Royale (1967)
  • Two for the Road (1967)
  • Drop Dead Darling (1966)
  • Cul-de-sac (1966)

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Bisset, who is known as a good autograph signer who even personalises her signature if fans ask her to, has never been married, but she has had a number of well publicized relationships with men. They were divorced in 1982. The second marriage was to lawyer Robert Altman on January 29, 1984. The movie, a biographical story about Robert Kennedy, will be released shortly. Her first was to her former agent, Hollywood producer and manager Ron Samuels on May 28, 1977. A role she has become familiar with, first in TV and most recently in cinema movies, is the character of Jacqueline Kennedy. She has been married twice. Besides in movies, Bisset has played in many TV films, especially during the last 10 years, some of these films having been quite successful. Her other credits include the title role in a 1983 biopic of Rita Hayworth and a variety of television specials.

Several of her movies are French or Italian productions. However, her acting career did not take off until 1975, when she landed her starring role in the Wonder Woman television series of the 1970s. During her career, Bisset has been in movies directed by such stars as François Truffaut, John Huston, George Cukor and Roman Polanski, among others. After some acting classes at several New York Acting schools she began making guest appearances on Tv shows such as Starsky and Hutch, Cos and Nakia. In 1996, she was nominated for a Cesar Award, France's version of the Oscars, for her role in La Ceremonie. It was her height at 5' 9" and beauty which lead her to enter a local beauty contest and she first achieved national fame when she won the title of Miss World USA in 1972, representing her home state of Arizona. In 1978 she had already earned her first nomination for Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?. As a singer she toured with several rock groups before returning to Arizona in 1972.

Soon thereafter she played in the movies Rich and Famous with Candice Bergen, and Under The Volcano with Albert Finney, which was made in 1984 and gave her a Golden Globe award nomination. However she decided to take up music and singing and was voted the most talented Student and decided to leave Arizona State University to pursue a career in music. At the time, Newsweek magazine declared her to be "the most beautiful film actress of all time". During her childhood she grew up as an avid reader of the Wonder woman comic books and usually imitated the idealism of a strong female character.She went to the Arcadia-itans High School in Phoenix where she found it difficult to be tall. In 1977, Bisset made great strides towards becoming a better known entertainer in North America with her movie The Deep, co-starring Robert Shaw, where her appearance swimming underwater wearing only a t-shirt made many to credit her with beginning a world wide revolution that led to a "wet T-shirt contest craze". Lynda Carter (born Lynda Jean Cordoba Carter on 24 July 1951 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American actress. In 1973, she participated in Francois Truffaut's movie Day for Night, where she earned the respect of European critics and movie goers as a serious actress.

Then, she was cast opposite Steve McQueen in Bullit. In 1968, Mia Farrow, who was having personal problems, dropped out of a movie named The Detective, and her job was given to Bisset instead. Next, she participated in the James Bond spoof Casino Royale, playing the character of "Miss Goodthighs". After playing in a few small roles, in 1967 Bisset was cast for the movie Two for the Road, which became a critically acclaimed effort for her.

She had taken ballet lessons as a young child, and now began taking acting lessons, and fashion modelling to pay for those lessons. After her parents divorced, she moved in to help her mother. When Bisset was a teenager, her mother was diagnosed with disseminating sclerosis. Her French mother taught her fluent French which prompted many to erroneously believe she was born in France.

Jacqueline Bisset (born September 13, 1944) is a British actress, born in Surrey, England. Cul-de-sac (1966). Drop Dead Darling (1966). Two for the Road (1967).

Casino Royale (1967). The Cape Town Affair (1967). The Detective (1968). The Sweet Ride (1968).

Bullitt (1968). The First Time (1969). Secret World (1969). Airport (1970).

The Grasshopper (1970). Secrets (1971). The Mephisto Waltz (1971). Believe in Me (1971).

Stand Up and Be Counted (1972). The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972). The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973). La Nuit américaine (1973).

The Magnificent One (1973). Murder on the Orient Express (1974). The Spiral Staircase (1975). End of the Game (1975).

Ives (1976). St. The Sunday Woman (1976). The Deep (1977).

The Greek Tycoon (1978). Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978). I Love You, I Love You Not (1979). When Time Ran Out (1980).

Inchon (1981). Rich and Famous (1981). Class (1983). Under the Volcano (1984).

Forbidden (1984). High Season (1987). The House of Jade (1988). Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989).

Wild Orchid (1990). The Maid (1991). Rossini! Rossini! (1991). East & West: Paradises Lost (1993).

The Groundhogs (1993). Hoffman's Hunger (1993). Crimebroker (1993). La classe américaine (1993).

A Judgement in Stone (1995). Once You Meet a Stranger (1996). Dangerous Beauty (1998). Let the Devil Wear Black (1999).

People Who Love Each Other (2000). The Sleepy Time Gal (2001). New Year's Day (2001). Fascination (2002).

Swing (2003). Latter Days (2003).