Josette Banzet, Marquise de Bruyenne (April 6, 1938 – December 4, 2020) was an American-based actress. She won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film for her performance in '' Rich Man, Poor Man''.

Biography

The daughter of a French politician, Banzet was raised in

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Rebeatmag.com, April 29, 2015 On March 22, 2019, Roe announced that Banzet was suffering from advanced stages of Alzheimer's.

Filmography

*'' Rich Man, Poor Man'' (1976) *''

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'' (1977) *'' Blind Ambition'' (1979) *'' Hollywood Knight'' (1979)

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* * * 1938 births 2020 deaths French nobility Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe (television) winners French film actresses French television actresses French emigrants to the United States Place of birth missing American film actresses American television actresses 20th-century French actresses 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Paris 21st-century American women Burials at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery {{France-screen-actor-stub