Bulle Ogier (born Marie-France Thielland; 9 August 1939) is a French actress and screenwriter.

Career

She adopted the professional surname Ogier, which was her mother's maiden name. Her first appearance on screen was in ''Voilà l'Ordre'', a short film directed by

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with a number of the then-emerging young singers of the 1960s in France, including

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, etc. She worked with

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('' L'amour fou'', '' Céline et Julie vont en bateau'', '' Duelle'', '' Le Pont du Nord, La Bande des Quatre''),

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('' Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie''), Alain Tanner ('' La Salamandre''), René Allio,

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(''All the Fine Promises''

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, and others. Ogier was awarded the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 1972.

Personal life

She had a daughter,

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(1958–1984), born of a relationship with the musician Gilles Nicolas, from whom she separated when their daughter was two years old. Pascale adopted her mother's professional surname "Ogier" and was also an actress. Ogier is married to producer and director

Selected filmography

* '' L'Amour fou'' (1969, by

) – Claire * '' Paulina s'en va'' (1969, by

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) - Paulina * '' Les Stances à Sophie (Sophie's Ways)'' (1970, by

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) * '' Out 1 : Noli me tangere'' (1971, by

) – Pauline/Emilie * '' Rendez-vous a Bray'' (1971, by André Delvaux) – Odile * '' La Salamandre'' (1971, by Alain Tanner) * '' Out 1 : Spectre'' (1971, by

) – Pauline/Emilie * '' La Vallée'' (1972, by

) – Vivian * '' Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie'' (1972, by

) * '' Io e lui'' (1973, by

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) – Irene * ' (1974, by

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) – La mère d'Isidore * '' Céline et Julie vont en bateau'' (1974, by

) – Camille * '' A Happy Divorce'' (1975, by Henning Carlsen) – Marguerite * '' Maîtresse'' (1975, by

) – Ariane * '' Duelle'' (1976, by

) – Viva * '' Surreal Estate'' (1976, by Eduardo de Gregorio) - Ariane * '' The Third Generation'' (1979, by

) – Hilde Krieger * '' Le Pont du Nord'' (1981, by

) – Marie * ''Aspern'' (1984, by Eduardo de Gregorio) – Mlle Tita * '' Cheaters (Tricheurs)'' (1984, by

) – Suzie * '' Mon cas'' (1986, by

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) – Actrice n° 1 * '' Candy Mountain'' (1987, by

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) – Cornelia * '' The Distant Land'' (1987, by

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) – Genia * ''

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'' (1988, by

) – Constance * '' Don't Forget You're Going to Die'' (1995, by

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) – Benoît's mother * '' Le Fils de Gascogne ''(1995, by Pascal Aubier) * ''

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''(1995, by

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) – Mireille * '' The Color of Lies'' (1998, by

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) – Yveline Bordier *'' Somewhere in the City'' (1998, by Ramin Niami) – Brigitte * ''

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(Vénus beauté (institut))'' (1998, by

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) – Madame Nadine * ''

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''(1998, by Raoul Ruiz) – Mrs. Ford * '' Stolen Life ''(1998, by

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) – The woman in cemetery * '' The Color of Lies'' (1999, by

) – Évelyne Bordier * '' Confusion of Genders'' (2000, by Ilan Duran Cohen) – Mère de Laurence * '' Deux'' (2001, by

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) – Anna * ''All the Fine Promises'' (2002, by

) – Béatrice * '' Merci Docteur Rey'' (2002, by Andrew Litvack) – Claude Sabrié * '' Seaside'' (2002, by

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) – Rose * '' Good Girl'' (2005) * '' Belle Toujours'' (2006, by

) * ''

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'' (2007, by Jacques Rivette) – Princesse de Blamont-Chauvry * '' Let's Dance'' (''Faut que ça danse!'') (2007) – Geneviève Bellinsky * '' Passe-passe'' (2008, by

) – Madeleine * '' Wandering Streams'' (2010) – Lucie * '' Chantrapas'' (2010) – Catherine * ''

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'' (2015, by François Favrat) – Blanche Rey * '' Encore heureux'' (2016, by Benoît Graffin) – Louise * ''

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'' (2016, by

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) – Katel Meyer (1 Episode) * ''Wonders in the Suburbs'' (2019, by

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) – Delphine Souriceau * '' Both Sides of the Blade'' (2022, by

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) – Nelly

Bibliography

* ''J'ai oublié'', Paris, Seuil, 2019

Honours and distinctions

* 1994: Officière of the

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* 2009: Officière of the

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* 2021: Commandeure of the

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References

External links

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