Colette Suzanne Dacheville was born in Versailles, France
on November 8, 1932. As Stéphane Audran, her first major role was in Claude
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), “Le
Boucher” (1970), “Juste Avant La Nuit” (1971), and “Violette Nozière” (1978).
Audran won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her role in “Les Biches” at the
18th Berlin International Film Festival.
She has also appeared in the first film of Éric Rohmer
“Signe du Lion” (1959), and in films by Jean Delannoy, Gabriel Axel, Bertrand
Tavernier and Samuel Fuller. 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). Stéphane has appeared in
only one Euro-western “Eagle’s Wing” (1979) as the widow.
She married French director and screenwriter Claude
Chabrol [1930- ] in 1964 after a short marriage to the French actor Jean-Louis
Trintignant [1930- ] (1954-1960). Her son by her marriage to Chabrol (which
ended in 1980) is the French actor Thomas Chabrol (born in 1963).
Today we celebrate Stéphane Audran’s 80th
birthday.
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