Person

Jane Birkin

Acting · 1946–2023 · London, England, UK

Biography

Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE (December 14, 1946 – July 16, 2023) was a British-French actress, singer, and designer. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. In addition to her prolific career in French cinema, she appeared in several English-language films including Blowup (1966), Death on the Nile (1978), Evil Under the Sun (1982), and A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998). She was the mother of photographer Kate Barry with her first husband composer John Barry; of actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg with Serge Gainsbourg; and of musician Lou Doillon with Jacques Doillon.

Known for

Filmography

2024Pierre Koralnik, cinéaste et visionnaireElle-même (archives)
2024Jane Birkin by Friends
2023L'Âge d'or de la pubSelf (archive footage)
2023Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
2022Jane Birkin « Oh ! Pardon tu dormais... », le concertSelf : Singer
2022Il était une fois Champs-ÉlyséesSelf (archive footage)
2022Alain Souchon - One Day, One FateSelf
2022Jane Birkin et nousSelf
2022Unis pour l'UkraineSelf
2022Jane by CharlotteSelf
2022La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était présidentSelf (archive footage)
2021Undressing a LegacySelf (archive footage)
2021Abers RoadSelf
2021Gainsbourg, toute une vie
2021Pretend It's a CitySongs
2020Live @ Echoes with Jehnny BethSelf
2020Paolo Conte, Come Away with MeSelf
2020Le festival des festivalsSelf
2020Agnes V. by Jane B.Self
2020Numéro un - Demis RoussosSelf
2020Les Secrets de la belle endormieSelf
2019Fifty Years LaterSelf
2019Jane Birkin: Simply an IconSelf - Singer (archive footage)
2019Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableauSelf (archive footage)
2019Bonsoir bonsoir!Self
2018Bonsoir !Self - Guest
2018La hora musaSelf
2017Jane Birkin - Alcaline le ConcertSelf
2017Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au ZénithSelf
2017À la recherche de... Pierre RichardSelf - Actress, singer (archive footage)
2016Vadim Mister CoolSelf (archive footage)
2016The Railroad LadyÉlise
2016Whoever Was Using This BedThe Caller (voice)
2014Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Musical Guest
2014Bleu CatacombesLili Rousseau
2013Du sang sur la neigeSelf
2013The French MinisterMolly Hutchinson
2013The Gillian Hills Trilogy
2013Nobody's Daughter HaewonSelf
2012Les Saisons meurtrièresLily Rousseau
2012Twice BornPsicologa
2011George Harrison: Living in the Material WorldSelf
2011If You Die, I'll Kill YouLouise
2011Souvenirs of SergeNarrator / Self (archive footage)
2010Thelma, Louise et ChantalNelly
2010Gainsbourg and His GirlsSelf - Singer (voice)
2009Around a Small MountainKate
2008The Beaches of AgnèsSelf/La croupière
2008Bunker
2007Turn Me OnSelf - Host
2007ValkiriasMusic
2007BoxesAnna
2007In Mom's HeadJane
2006On n'est pas couchéSelf - Guest
2006Les Aventuriers des mers du SudFanny Stevenson
2005Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibreSelf
2005French BeautySelf
2003Thank You, Doctor ReyPénélope
2003The Very Merry WidowsRenée
2003Jane Birkin... Mother of All BabesSelf
2002Romy Schneider, étrange étrangèreSelf
2002Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des BermudesSelf (archive footage)
2002Jane Birkin - ArabesqueSelf
2001A Hell of a DayJane
2001Star AcademySelf
2001This Is My BodyLouise Vernet
2000De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre 1958-1991Self
2000The Last SeptemberFrancie Montmorency
2000Beck: @NPA ParisSelf
2000CinderellaMab
1999Le Grand TralalaSelf
1998Vivement dimancheSelf
1998A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesMrs. Fortescue
1998Vivement dimanche prochainSelf
1998So Graham NortonSelf
1997Same Old SongJane
1997Leute heuteSelf
1997Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
1996Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
1995Black for RemembranceCaroline
1995Between the Devil and the Deep Blue SeaNikos' Former Love (voice)
1995One Hundred and One NightsThe Woman Who Says Stingy
1994Je t'aime moi non plusDirector
1994Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex
1993TaratataSelf
1992Oh pardon ! Tu dormais...Director
1992La Belle Noiseuse: DivertimentoLiz
1991Lest We ForgetSelf - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")
1991Red FoxViolet Harrison
1991La Belle NoiseuseLiz
1991Jane Birkin au Casino de ParisSelf
1990Daddy NostalgiaCaroline
1990Stars 90Self
1989The 15 Year Old GirlAssistant Director
1989L'Ex-femme de ma vieFrankie
1988Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoireJoy
1988Kung-Fu Master!Mary-Jane
1988Jane B. by Agnès V.Self / Calamity Jane / Claude Jade / Joan Arc
1987Keep Your Right UpCicada
1987Jane Birkin au BataclanSelf - Chant
1987TéléthonSelf
1987Comédie !Elle
1987Le monde est à vousSelf
1987Sacrée soiréeSelf
1986The Woman of My LifeLaura
1985Victoires de la musiqueSelf
1985Beethoven's NephewJohanna
1985DustMagda
1985Leave All FairMarie Taylor, Katherine Mansfield
1985Cinecittà CinecittàJane Birkin
1984Love on the GroundEmily
1984La PirateAlma
1984The BodyguardBarbara Penning
1983Dorothée : Le ShowJane
1983A Friend of VincentMarie-Pierre
1983Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!Hélène Duvernet
1982Nestor Burma, détective de chocHélène Chatelain
1982Na sowas!Self
1982Evil Under the SunChristine Redfern
1982Champs-ElyséesSelf
1982The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'Self / Christine Redfern
1982Famous T & Aarchive footage
1981The Prodigal DaughterAnne
1981Electric Blue 006Self (archive footage)
1980Egon Schiele: Excess and PunishmentWally Neuziel
1979Melancoly BabyOlga
1979HoneyInés
1979Make Room for TomorrowPeggy
1979Death on the TagusSelf
1978Death on the NileLouise Bourget
1977AnimalLa vedette féminine
1976Burnt By A Scalding PassionVirginia Vismara
1976The Devil in the HeartLinda
1976Cérémonie des CésarSelf - Host
1976I Love You, I Don'tJohnny
197630 millions d'amisSelf
1975Seven Deaths by PrescriptionMme Jane Berg
1975Catherine & Co.Catherine
1975The Wild Goose ChaseJanet
1975Numéro unSelf
1975Système 2Self
1975Serious as PleasureAriane Berg
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf
1975Midi PremièreSelf
1974Bons baisers de... TarzanJeanne / Jane
1974I'm Losing My TemperJackie Logan
1974How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a CrybabyJane
1974Love at the TopMarie-Paule Allard
1973Private ScreeningKate / Hélène
1973Dark PlacesAlta
1973Seven Deaths in the Cat's EyeCorringa
1973Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a WomanClara
1972Seduction SquadChristine
1972Midi trenteSelf
1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf
1971MelodyMelody Nelson
1971Film '72Self
1971Cadet RousselleSelf
1971Romance of a HorsethiefNaomi
1971Too Small My FriendChristine Mars / Christine Devone
1971The Rage of WarMilja
1971Samedi soirSelf
1970CannabisJane Swenson
1970May MorningFlora Finlake
1970Sex-PowerJane
1969KatmanduJane
1969SloganEvelyne Nicholson
1969The Swimming PoolPenelope
1969WonderwallPenny Lane
1968À bout portantSelf
1967Poor CherryJudy
1966Blow-UpThe Blonde
1966KaleidoscopeExquisite Thing
1966The IdolArt Student
1965The Knack... and How to Get ItGirl on Motorbike (uncredited)
1965Dim Dam DomSelf
1964Die DrehscheibeSelf
1960Armchair Mystery TheatreAnthea Langridge
1959DiscoramaSelf
1956Armchair TheatreJudy

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