Jacqueline Sassard (13 March 1940 – 17 July 2021) was a French actress who appeared in Italian films such as '' Guendalina'' directed by Alberto Lattuada, a young woman with family and financial troubles in

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's '' Il Magistrato'' and

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's ''

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'' (1959), in which her character was left by

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. In 1959 she also played in Italy the role of an English journalist on a business trip to the Kingdom of Naples in the comedy film Ferdinando I °, Re di Napoli (Ferdinand the 1st, King of Naples) starring the brothers

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, Peppino and

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as well as a young Marcello Mastroianni. Her best remembered role was in Joseph Losey's ''

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'', with a script by Harold Pinter (

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), where she played an Austrian princess. Her final screen appearance was in Le voleur de crimes (Crime Thief), directed by

Nadine Trintignant Nadine Trintignant (née Marquand; born 11 November 1934) is a French film director, producer, editor, screenwriter, and novelist. She is known for making films that surround the topic of family and relationships, such as '' Ça n'arrive qu'aux a ...

in 1969. She left the film industry on her marriage to

Gianni Lancia Gianni Lancia (16 November 1924 – 30 June 2014) was an Italian automobile engineer, industrialist and racing enthusiast, known for running the Lancia carmaker in Turin (1949–55). Born in Fobello (near Biella), he was the older son of Vince ...

. They lived for a number of years in Brazil before returning to live in Alpes-Maritimes in the south of France. They had a son, Lorenzo Lancia. Gianni Lancia died in 2014. Sassard died on 17 July 2021, at the age of 81.

Selected filmography

*''

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'' (1956) *'' Guendalina'' (1957) * '' March's Child'' (1958) *'' Three Murderesses'' (1958) *''

Everyone's in Love ''Everyone's in Love'' ( it, Tutti innamorati) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Giuseppe Orlandini. Cast * * Carlotta Barilli * Clara Bindi * Nando Bruno - Cesare * Memmo Carotenuto - Ferruccio * Grazia Colelli * Livia Cordaro * ...

'' (1959) *'' Il Magistrato'' (1959) *''

'' (1959) *''

Ferdinando I, re di Napoli ''Ferdinando I, re di Napoli'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini. Plot Naples, 1806. The king Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies is frowned upon by the people, especially the comic theatrical Pulcinella, which continuall ...

'' (1959) *''

My Son, the Hero ''My Son, the Hero'' (Italian title: ''Arrivano i titani'' - ''The Coming of the Titans''; alternative UK title: ''Sons of Thunder'') is a 1962 mythological sword-and-sandal comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Giuliano Gemma, Jacque ...

'' (1962) *''

Freddy and the Song of the South Pacific ''Freddy and the Song of the South Pacific'' (german: Freddy und das Lied der Südsee) is a 1962 Cinema of Germany, West German adventure film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Freddy Quinn, Jacqueline Sassard and Gunnar Möller. Partial c ...

'' (1962) *'' Seasons of Our Love'' (1966) *''

'' (1967) *''

Les Biches ''Les biches'' () ("The Hinds" or "The Does", or "The Darlings") is a one-act ballet to music by Francis Poulenc, choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska and premiered by the Ballets Russes on 6 January 1924 at the Salle Garnier in Monte Carlo. Ni ...

'' (1968) *'' Le voleur de crimes (Crime Thief) (1969)

References

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* 1940 births 2021 deaths French film actresses People from Nice {{France-actor-stub