Nicole Berger (born Nicole Gouspeyre,
[''Le Vrai Nom des stars'' de ]Michel Bracquart
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- M.A. Editions - 1989 12 June 1934 – 13 April 1967) was a
French actress.
Biography
Berger was born in
Paris
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. She had a brief theatrical career, particularly in the ''Compagnie Barrault-Renaud'', before starting to film.
Claude Autant-Lara
Claude Autant-Lara (; 5 August 1901 – 5 February 2000) was a French film director and later Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
Biography
Born at Luzarches in Val-d'Oise, Autant-Lara was educated in France and at London's Mill Hill Sc ...
gave her her first real chance in 1954, giving her one of the three leading roles in ''
Le Blé en herbe''. She went on to perform on film from 1956 to 1963, then had a gap for two years during which she only performed in one full-length film. She then turned to television, playing the protagonist of the leading soap ''Cecilia''.
She was killed in a car crash in
Eure when she was thrown from a car driven by
Dany Dauberson
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Eurovision
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.
Partial filmography
*1952: ''
Jocelyn
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'' (by
Jacques de Casembroot
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A feature ...
) - Julie, la soeur de Jocelyn
*1953: ''
Julietta
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'' (by
Marc Allégret) - Martine Valendor
*1954: ''
Le Blé en herbe'' (by
Claude Autant-Lara
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Biography
Born at Luzarches in Val-d'Oise, Autant-Lara was educated in France and at London's Mill Hill Sc ...
) - Vinca
*1955: ''
Spring, Autumn and Love
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The film's sets were designed by J ...
'' (by
Gilles Grangier) - Cécilia
*1956: ''
The Girl from Flanders
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'' (by
Helmut Käutner
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) - Angeline Meunier / Engele
*1956: ''
Les Indiscrètes'' (by
Raoul André
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Filmography
* '' The Village of Wrath ...
) - Elisabeth Langeac
*1956: ''
Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle
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Cast
* Gérard Philipe: Till Eulenspiegel
* Jean Vilar: The Duke of Alva
* Fernand Ledoux ...
'' (by
Joris Ivens and
Gérard Philipe
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) - Nèle
*1957: ''
He Who Must Die
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'' (by
Jules Dassin
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) - Mariori
*1957: ''
Spring of Life'' (by
Arne Mattsson
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Biography
Born in Uppsala, the early films of Mattsson were mostly comedies. His biggest success was '' Hon dansade en sommar'' (1951, aka. ''One Summer of Happine ...
) - Elisa Fernandez
*1958: ''
First of May'' (''
Le Père et l'Enfant'') (by
Luis Saslavsky
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Personal life
Saskavsky was born in Rosar ...
) - Annie Chapois
*1958: ''
Girls of the Night
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It was made as a ...
'' (by
Maurice Cloche Maurice Cloche (17 June 1907, Commercy, Meuse – 23 March 1990, Bordeaux, France) was a French film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. Best known for his Oscar-winning film ''Monsieur Vincent'' (1947) he won a 1948 Special Acad ...
) - Néda
*1958: ''
En cas de malheur'' (by
Claude Autant-Lara
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Biography
Born at Luzarches in Val-d'Oise, Autant-Lara was educated in France and at London's Mill Hill Sc ...
) - Janine - la bonne d'Yvette
*1958: ''
Véronique et son cancre
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'' (Short, by
Eric Rohmer
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) - Véronique
*1959: ''
Les Dragueurs
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It is also known as ''The Chasers'' (US title), ''The Girl Hunters'', or ''The Young Have No Morals''.
Premise
Two young men, Fre ...
'' (by
Jean-Pierre Mocky
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Life and career
Mocky was born in Nice, France to Polish immigrant parents, Jeanne Zylinska ...
) - Françoise
*1959: ''
All the Boys Are Called Patrick'' (Short, by
Jean-Luc Godard
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) - Véronique
*1959: ''
The Restless and the Damned
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Synopsis
I ...
'' (by
Yves Allégret
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He was an assistant to film directors such as his broth ...
) - Claire Rancourt
*1960: ''
The Siege of Sidney Street
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The film dramatises the 1909 Tottenham Outrage - a bungled wag ...
'' (''The Siege of Hell Street'') (by
Robert S. Baker
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and
Monty Berman
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Early career
Berman began his film career as a camera assistant ...
) - Sara
*1960: ''
Tirez sur le pianiste
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'' (by
François Truffaut) - Thérèse Saroyan
*1961: ''
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Seven deadly sins may also refer to:
Art
* ''The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things'', a 1485 painting by Hieronymus Bosch
* '' The Seven Deadly Sins of Moder ...
'' (by various directors) - (segment "Luxure, La") (uncredited)
*1962: ''
La Dénonciation'' (by
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
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) - Eléonore Germain
*1963: ''
La Machine à parler d'amour'' (Short, by
Sébastien Japrisot) - La jeune fille
*1963: ''
Chair de poule'' (by
Julien Duvivier
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) - Simone
*1963: ''
À propos d'un meurtre'' (Short, by
Christian Ledieu)
*1964: ''
Douchka'' (Short, by
Marco de Gastyne
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After studying painting, he wor ...
) - Récitante / Narrator (voice)
*1965: ''
Mademoiselle de la Ferte'' (TV Movie, called "drama" at the time, soap) - Diana
*1966: ''
Cécilia, médecin de campagne'' (TV Series) - Cécilia Beaudouin
*1968: ''
The Story of a Three-Day Pass
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'' (by
Melvin Van Peebles
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) - Miriam (final film role)
Theatre
* 1959 : ''La Folie'' by and directed by
Louis Ducreux
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He was born Louis Raymond Bordat in Marseille, France. He made his film debut in 1938 and worked until his death. He received a Best Actor nom ...
,
Théâtre de la Madeleine
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The T ...
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1934 births
1967 deaths
French stage actresses
French film actresses
French television actresses
Actresses from Paris
Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
20th-century French actresses
Road incident deaths in France