Anna Karina, the Danish-born actress who became a symbol of
the French New Wave, or Nouvelle Vague, in Jean Luc Godard’s 1960s films, died
on Saturday in Paris.
She was 79. Whether playing a streetwalker or a terrorist, Ms. Karina managed
to look flirtatious, with her dark hair, wispy bangs, heavy eyeliner and
lycée-chic wardrobe of sailor-uniform tops, knee socks, lots of plaid and perky
headwear, from berets to boaters. Karina also pursued a singing career, with
late-1960s hits like “Sous le Soleil Exactement” and “Roller Girl,” written by
Serge Gainsbourg. And she wrote four novels, including “Golden City”
(1983), which she described to the quarterly Film Comment as “a kind of
thriller, with gangsters.” Anna Karina appeared as Clara in the 1971 TV pseudo-Euro-western
“Carlos” which also starred Gottfried John, Host Frank,
Geraldine Chaplin and Thomas Hunter,
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