Isabelle Weingarten (18 April 1950 – 3 August 2020) was a French actress, model, and photographer.

Biography

Weingarten was born on 18 April 1950 in Paris into a family of artists. She was the granddaughter of Silvia Loeb-Luzzatto and art dealer Pierre Loeb on her maternal side. On her paternal side, her grandparents were the

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painter Joachim Weingart and the sculptor Muriel Marquet-Pontrémoli. Discovered in 1971 by

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, who offered her the main role in ''

Four Nights of a Dreamer ''Four Nights of a Dreamer'' (french: Quatre nuits d'un rêveur) is a 1971 French drama film directed by Robert Bresson and starring Isabelle Weingarten. The film was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival. The film is loosely ...

''. Subsequently, she starred in ''

The Mother and the Whore ''The Mother and the Whore'' (french: La maman et la putain) is a 1973 French film directed by Jean Eustache and starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Bernadette Lafont and Françoise Lebrun. An examination of the relationships between three characters ...

'' in 1973, directed by

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. A longtime photographer, she began working for '' Cahiers du Cinéma'' in 1986 as a portrait painter, and photography became her main activity. In 2008, she began studying the works of her father,

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, poet and playwright. Weingarten was married to Benjamin Baltimore from 1968 to 1978. She then married Wim Wenders, who she divorced in 1983. Lastly, she was married to Olivier Assayas until their divorce in 1996. Weingarten died on 3 August 2020.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1971) * ''

'' (1973) * ''La Belle au bois dormant'' (1973) * ''La Dernière Carte'' (1974) * ''La Vérité sur l'imaginaire passion d'un inconnu'' (1974) * ''

Closet Children ''Closet Children'' (original title: ''Les Enfants du Placard'') is a 1977 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot. Cast * Brigitte Fossey as Juliette * Lou Castel as Nicola * Jean Sorel as Berlu * Georges Marchal as the Father * Danièl ...

'' (1977) * '' The Territory'' (1981) * '' The State of Things'' (1982) * ''Petit Joseph'' (1982) * ''Pablo est mort'' (1983) * ''La Consultation'' (1985) * ''

The Satin Slipper ''The Satin Slipper'' (''Le Soulier de satin'') is a long play by the French dramatist and poet Paul Claudel, written in 1929. It was first performed on stage in 1943, in a production by Claudel and Jean-Louis Barrault. Its run time is roughly elev ...

'' (1985) * ''Un amour à Paris'' (1987) * ''Caftan d'amour'' (1988) * ''Accord parfait'' (1988) * ''Erreur de jeunesse'' (1989) * ''Carillon'' (1993) * ''On appelle ça... le printemps'' (2001) * ''Le lion est mort ce soir'' (2017)

Theatre

* ''Les Cuisines du château'' (1971) * ''Graal-théâtre'' (1978) * ''Tête d'or'' (1980) * ''Allez hop!'' (1984) * ''Les Parisiens'' (1986)

Photography

* ''Portrait du dimanche'' (2002) * Collection on display at the Cinémathique Française (2008) * Expositions at the Chalon-sur-Saône (1993), Institut Lumière de Lyon (1996),

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(1996), Paris (2000), and Avignon (2001)

Adaptations and Staging

* ''Maame fait ce qu'elle dit'' (2008) * ''Avez-vous déjà rencontré Bonaparte'' (2014)

References

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