Stéphane Audran
Born
November 8, 1932
Died
March 27, 2018 (85 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Versailles, Seine-et-Oise, France
Stéphane Audran (born Colette Suzanne Jeannine Dacheville; November 8, 1932 – March 27, 2018) was a French film and television actress. Best known for her performances in Oscar-winning movies such as The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) and Babette's Feast (1987), and in critically acclaimed films like The Big Red One (1980) and Violette Nozière (1978), she became mostly associated with haughty bourgeois women roles.
She married French director and screenwriter Claude Chabrol in 1964, after a short marriage to the French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant. Her son by her marriage to Chabrol (which ended in 1980) is the French actor Thomas Chabrol (born in 1963).
Her first major role was in 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) as a rich lesbian who becomes involved in a ménage à trois (she first gained notice in this), Le Boucher (1970) as a school teacher who falls in love with a murderous butcher, Juste Avant La Nuit (1971), and Violette Nozière (1978). She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her role in Les Biches at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival.
She also appeared in the first film of Éric Rohmer (Signe du Lion), and in films by Jean Delannoy (La Peau de Torpedo), Gabriel Axel (Babette's Feast, as the mysterious cook, Babette), Bertrand Tavernier (Coup de Torchon, as the wife of the cop turned serial killer) and Samuel Fuller (The Big Red One). 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).
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Known For
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2019
The Other Side of the Wind
Stéphane Audran
2018
In Memoriam Bernadette Lafont
Self
2013
Once Upon a Time... 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'
Self
2013
Through Babette's Eyes
Self
2012
The Girl from Monaco
Édith Lassalle
2008
The Life and Work of Claude Chabrol
Self
2006
The Condor Mystery
Louise Bonnier, ancienne employée de la DDASS · (4 episodes)
2005
The Big Red One : The Reconstruction
Walloon
2005
La Battante
Edwige Fournier · (4 episodes)
2005
Sissi, the Rebellious Empress
Sophie
2004
J'ai faim !!!
Gaby
2001
The Blue Bicycle
Lisa Montpleynet · (3 episodes)
2000
Lulu Kreutz's Picnic
Lulu Kreutz
2000
Belle Maman
Brigitte
1999
Madeline
Lady Marie Covington
1998
Arlette
Diane
1997
Petit
Françoise
1996
Maximum Risk
Chantal
1996
Au petit Marguery
Josephine
1995
Son of Gascogne
Self
1995
Betty
Laure
1992
The Turn of the Screw
Mrs. Grose
1992
Weep No More, My Lady
Minna
1992
Quiet Days in Clichy
Adrienne
1990
Mass in C Minor
Marie-Laure Villegrain
1990
Sons
Florence Sr.
1990
Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice
Sister Amanda
1989
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Pauline de la Rochelle · (6 episodes)
1989
Champagne Charlie
Thérèse
1989
The secret files of Inspector Lavardin
Catherine · (1 episode)
1988
The Spider Labyrinth
Mrs. Kuhn
1988
Corps z'à corps
Edna Chabert
1988
The Seasons of Pleasure
Bernadette
1988
Faceless
Mrs. Sherman
1988
Babette's Feast
Babette Hersant
1987
Matin Bonheur
Self · (2 episodes)
1987
Follow My Gaze
The wife of the couch potato
1986
The Gypsy
Brigitte
1986
Night Magic
Janice
1985
La Cage aux Folles 3
Matrimonia
1985
Cop au Vin
Madame Cuno
1985
The Sun Also Rises
Georgette · (2 episodes)
1984
Mistral's Daughter
Paula Deslandes · (8 episodes)
1984
The Blood of Others
Gigi
1984
Thieves After Dark
Isabelle's mother
1984
Scarlet Fever
Minon
1983
Deadly Circuit
Germaine, la dame en gris
1983
Elective Affinities
Charlotte
1983
Paradise for All
Édith
1982
Le Choc
Jeanne Faulques (uncredited)
1982
Boulevard des assassins
Francine
1982
Champs-Elysées
Self · (1 episode)
1982
Coup de Torchon
Huguette Cordier
1981
Brideshead Revisited
Cara · (11 episodes)
1981
Le Beau Monde
Ariane
1981
The Plouffe Family
Mme Boucher
1981
La Cage aux Folles II
1980
Le Cœur à l'envers
Jeanne
1980
The Big Red One
Walloon
1980
Le Soleil en face
Geneviève
1980
The Winner
Mme Hélène Dupré-Granval
1979
Orient Express
Maria von Pallberg · (1 episode)
1979
Eagle's Wing
The Widow
1979
Violette Nozière
Germaine Nozière
1978
Blood Relatives
Mme Lowery
1978
Death of a Corrupt Man
Christiane
1977
The Devil's Advocate
Contess Anne Di Sanctis
1977
Silver Bears
Shireen Firdausi
1977
The Twist
Claire
1976
Chi dice donna, dice donna
Mimì / Chantal
1976
The Black Bird
Anna Kemidov
1975
B. Must Die
Susana
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (3 episodes)
1975
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
Catherine, l'ex-femme de Vincent
1974
Spécial cinéma
Self · (1 episode)
1974
And Then There Were None
Ilona Morgan
1974
Cry of the Heart
Claire
1974
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
Cécile Malempin
1974
Wedding in Blood
Lucienne Delamare
1973
Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
Dr. Bogdanovich
1972
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Alice Sénéchal
1972
A Murder Is a Murder
Marie Kastner / Anne
1972
Midi trente
Self · (1 episode)
1972
As Far as Love Can Go
La femme de Michel
1971
Without Apparent Motive
Hélène Vallée
1971
Just Before Nightfall
Hélène Masson
1971
Samedi soir
Self · (1 episode)
1971
Scene of the Crime
Stephanie · (1 episode)
1970
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
Anita Caldwell, ancienne amie de Dany
1970
The Breach
Hélène Regnier
1970
Only the Cool
Dominique
1970
The Butcher
Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
1970
The Unfaithful Wife
Hélène Desvallées
1969
Les Biches
Frédérique
1968
The Champagne Murders
Jacqueline
1967
Line of Demarcation
La femme du Dr. Lafaye / Wife
1966
The Blue Panther
Olga
1965
La Muette
1965
Six in Paris
The Mother (segment "La Muette")
1965
Code Name: Tiger
La chanteuse d'opéra
1964
Hard Boiled Ones
Rika Lormond
1964
Bluebeard
Fernande Segret
1963
Sign of the Lion
La Patronne de l'Hôtel
1962
The Third Lover
Hélène
1962
Saint-Tropez Blues
Lucie
1961
Wise Guys
Xavière, la danseuse
1961
The Good Girls
Ginette
1960
The Cousins
Françoise
1959
Secrets of a French Nurse
Aline Monnier
1958
Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak
Charlotte (voice)
1951