Olga Georges-Picot (6 January 1940 – 19 June 1997) was a French actress. She was a great-niece of

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Early life

Born in

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, in Japanese-occupied China, she was the daughter of Guillaume Georges-Picot, the French Ambassador to China, and a Russian mother, Anastasia Mironovich. She attended the International School in Geneva in the early fifties with her sister. She also attended the

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(Class of 1958). She studied acting at the Actors Studio in Paris.

Career

Her acting career included roles in French and English films, and on television. She was featured in ''

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''’s "Sex in Cinema" column, and also on the front cover of the periodical ''Adam''. She appeared in three mainstream films: Denise, the

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'' (1973); Countess Alexandrovna in

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'' (1975); and Julie Anderson in

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'' (1970). Her break-through role in the movies was as Catrine in the

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'' (1968). Earlier that year, she had appeared in the French television movie '' Thibaud the Crusader'' (1968).

Death

On Thursday 19 June 1997, she jumped to her death from the 5th floor of an apartment building in Paris, France.

Filmography

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