![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: November 2, 1932 in Versailles, France Biography:In film from 1958, French actress "Stephane Audran" has most often been seen in the films directed by her second husband, "Claude Chabrol". Conveying an icy sensuality in her screen appearances, Audran won France's Cesar Award for her against-type portrayal of a drab, unhappy woman in Chabrol's "Violette Noziere" (1978); three years earlier, she was honored with the British Film Academy award for "Just Before Nightfall" (1975). She has also appeared in the works of "Eric Rohmer" ("Signe du Lion"), "Jean Delannoy" ("La Peau de Torpedo"), "Gabriel Axel" ("Babette's Feast"), and "Bertrand Tavernier" ("Coup de Touchon"). The most celebrated of her non-Chabrol films was "Luis Bunuel"'s Oscar-winning "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" (1972). Also active in English-language productions, Audran seemed a bit lost in such American misfires as "The Black Bird" (1975), but was poise personified in the... Full Biography
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