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Annie Girardot
Annie Girardot was a seminal French actress whose five‑decade career spanned cinema, theatre and television, leaving an indelible mark on post‑war French culture. Born in Paris on 25 October 1931, she trained at the Conservatoire de la rue Blanche, graduating in 1954 with top honors in both modern and classical comedy, and quickly joined the prestigious Comédie Française where she performed until 1957. Her screen debut came in 1955 with Thirteen at the Table, but it was Luchino Visconti’s epic Rocco and His Brothers (1960) that catapulted her to public attention, establishing her as a compelling presence capable of embodying strong‑willed, independent women who often faced solitude and struggle. Throughout the 1960s she worked across France and Italy, collaborating with directors such as Marco Ferreri, and earned early accolades including the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 1956. The 1970s represented the zenith of her popularity: she led box‑office hits like Live for Life (1967) and Mourir d’aimer (1971), won her first César Award for Best Actress for Docteur Françoise Gailland (1976), and became the highest‑paid actress in France, a figure affectionately dubbed “La Girardot” by the press. Even as the 1980s brought professional setbacks, she rebounded with a powerful supporting role in Claude Lelouch’s Les Misérables (1995), securing a second César, and later received further recognition for her performances in Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher (2001) and Caché (2005). A trailblazer for feminist representation, Girardot’s willingness to inhabit every social class—from judges to taxi drivers—made her an everywoman icon; her 1989 autobiography Vivre d’aimer emphasized this ethos. After publicly revealing her struggle with Alzheimer’s disease in 2006, she remained a symbol of resilience until her death in Paris on 28 February 2011, leaving a legacy celebrated by numerous streets, stamps and retrospectives across France.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Annie Suzanne Girardot
Born: Paris, France
Citizenship: France
Birthday: October 25, 1931
Occupations: Actress
Years Active: 1950-2008
Children: 1
Spouses: Renato Salvatori
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Movies Featuring Annie Girardot
Rocco and His Brothers (re-release)
The Piano Teacher
D’un film à l’autre
This Is My Body
La Petite Fadette
Boxes
Raining Cats and Frogs
Caché
Let’s Be Friends
Thank You, Life
All Night Long
Souvenirs souvenirs
A Year in My Life
There Were Days… and Moons
Mussolini and I
Women in Prison
Jupiter’s Thigh
Une robe noire pour un tueur
Black List
Going and Coming Back
Five Days in June
One Must Live Dangerously
Erotissimo
Famous Love Affairs
Private Crimes
Love Circle
Juliette et Juliette
The Seed of Man
The Shortest Day
Cause toujours… tu m’intéresses
The Key Is in the Door
Earth Light
The Dirty Game
The Suspect
Shock Treatment
The Journalist
Beautiful Families
The Organizer
The Ape Woman
Life Love Death
Story of a Woman
Love and the Frenchwoman
Emile’s Boat
Bonnot’s Gang
Three Rooms in Manhattan
The Witches
Love Is a Funny Thing
The Gypsy
La Mandarine
Circle of Fear
Traffic Jam
To Die of Love
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
Crime Does Not Pay
The Discord
Doctor Francoise Gailland
Smog
The Skirt Chaser
Outlaws of Love
Les Bidochon
Run After Me Until I Catch You
The Old Maid
Dear Inspector
Speaking of Murder
To Each His Hell
The Novices
Take It from the Top
Reproduction interdite
Dillinger Is Dead
Male Companion
Rain over Santiago
The Slap
Rocco and His Brothers
Vice and Virtue
It Rains in My Village
Without Leaving an Address
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But… She Talks
Live for Life
Girls with Guns
Hearth Fires
Maigret Sets a Trap
Shadows of Adultery
Career Timeline
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1978
The Key Is in the Door
Marie Arnault
The Discord
Bernadette Daubray-Lacaze
Dear Inspector
Lise Tanquerelle
Take It from the Top
Annie Larcher
1975
One Must Live Dangerously
Léone
The Suspect
Teresa
The Gypsy
Ninie
Rain over Santiago
Maria Olivares
1972
La Mandarine
Séverine Lapierre
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
Rosemonde du Bois de la Faisanderie
The Old Maid
Muriel Bouchon
Hearth Fires
Marie-Louise Boursault
1970
Earth Light
Maria
Story of a Woman
Liliana
The Novices
Mona Lisa
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But… She Talks
Germaine
1969
Erotissimo
Annie
Love Circle
Giovana
The Seed of Man
The Foreigner Woman
Life Love Death
Woman in the movie
Love Is a Funny Thing
Françoise
Dillinger Is Dead
Sabine - la cameriera
1967
The Journalist
Self
The Witches
Valeria (segment "La strega bruciata viva")
Live for Life
Catherine Colomb
1963
The Shortest Day
L'infermiera
The Organizer
Niobe
Outlaws of Love
Margherita
Vice and Virtue
Juliette Morand
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