Anny Duperey (; born Annie Legras; 28 June 1947) is a French

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, published

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and best-selling author with a career spanning almost six decades as of 2021 and more than eighty cinema or

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credits, around thirty

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s and 15 books. She is a five-time

Molière Award for Best Actress Molière Award for Best Actress. Winners and nominees 1980s * 1987 : Suzanne Flon in '' Léopold le bien aimé'' ** Nicole Garcia in '' Two for the Seesaw'' (''Deux sur la balançoire'') ** Denise Grey in '' Harold and Maude'' (''Harold et ...

nominee (known as the French

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), was awarded two

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(equivalent to the

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) and was nominated for the

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(known as the French

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) for

Yves Robert Yves Robert (; 19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Life and career Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. In his teens, he went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting w ...

's '' Pardon Mon Affaire'' (1976). In 1977, she received the awarded by the

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. She is more commercially known for her leading role as Catherine Beaumont in the

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hit

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'' Une famille formidable'' which ran for 15 seasons (1992-2018) regularly topping national

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viewership numbers and also broadcast throughout

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Europe peaking at 11 million viewers in

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alone. Some of her most notable feature films include

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's '' Two or Three Things I Know About Her'' (1967);

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's '' Spirits of the Dead'' (1968);

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's '' The Return of Monte Cristo'' (1968);

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' '' Stavisky'' (1974);

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's '' From Hell to Victory'' (1979); Henri Verneuil's '' A Thousand Billion Dollars'' (1982),

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's ''Germinal'' (1993) or

' ''You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet'' (2012). Her

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number for the with Francis Perrin as well as her 'red dress scene' with Jean Rochefort swaying her hips as a nod to

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's original score both became cult in French popular culture. She was made a Chevalier ( French: ''Knight'') of the

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as part of the

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's 2012 New Year decoration class also honouring

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, Maurice Herzog and

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. She has been a supporter of the charity

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since 1993.

Early life

Duperey's family is from La Neuville-Chant-d'Oisel in

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. She lost her parents, Lucien and Ginette Legras who were both

s, at the age of 8 as they accidentally died on 6 November 1955 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen poisoned by

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in their bathroom due to a faulty gas water heater and insufficient ventilation. Following this incident, she was raised by her paternal grandmother. After attending her local theatre conservatory courses, she moved to

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to attend those of René Simon. She started out as a model and took her first steps on stage in 1965, playing in ''La Mamma'' by André Roussin and made her screen debut in

's '' Two or Three Things I Know About Her ''(1967).

Career

She co-starred in two French

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s, '' Spirits of the Dead'' (1968) and '' The Blood Rose'' (1970).In the 1974

film '' Stavisky'', she portrayed Arlette, the beautiful real-life wife of flamboyant swindler

Alexandre Stavisky Serge Alexandre Stavisky (20 November 1886 – 8 January 1934) was a French financier and embezzler whose actions created a political scandal that became known as the Stavisky Affair. Early life Alexandre Stavisky was a Russian Jew born in mode ...

played by

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. Anny Duperey was nominated for the 1977 César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in "''Un éléphant ça trompe énormément''" (''An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive''). For her work in television, she has won two

Best Actress awards. In English-language film, Anny Duperey appeared with

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in the 1977

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film '' Bobby Deerfield''. Other notable appearances include '' Les Compères'' and TV series since 1992 '' Une famille formidable''. In fall of 2006, she led in an adaption of '' Oscar and the Lady in Pink'' (2002, French: ''Oscar et la dame rose''), a novel written by

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; she performed at the ''L'Avant-

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'' Theater in

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Personal life

Her younger sister Patricia died in 2009 of a heart problem. She lived with actor

Bernard Giraudeau Bernard René Giraudeau (18 June 1947 – 17 July 2010) was a French sailor, actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer. Early life He was born on 18 June 1947 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime. In 1963 he enlisted in the French na ...

for fifteen years, they had two children, Gael in 1982 and Sara in 1985. They separated in 1991, and Duperey married Cris Campion in 1993, but they also separated after some ten years. She has called Giraudeau “the man of my life” and Campion “the love of my life”. She is the grandmother of four: Mona (2011) and Bonnie (2016), daughters of Sara, and Romy (2015) and Susanne (2018), daughters of Gael.

Charity Work

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, Anny Duperey has volunteered for causes such as the international child welfare organisation

and SOS-PAPA an international organization to help ensure children of divorce have full participation by both parents.SOS Villages d'Enfants
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Filmography

Feature films

Television

Theater

Author

In addition to her talents as an actress, Duperey is a successful author of a number of bestselling books including '' L'admiroir'' (1976), '' Le Nez de Mazarin'' (''Mazarin's Nose'') (1986), ''Le voile noir'' (''The Black Veil'') (1992), ''Je vous écris'' (''I'm Writing To You'') (1993), ''Les chats de hasard'' (''The fortune cats'') (1999), ''Allons plus loin, veux-tu?'' (''Let's go further, will you?'') (2002) ''Les chats mots'' (''The cats words'') (2003) and ''Une soirée'' (''An evening'') (2005).

Awards and nominations

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s

References

External links

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Mini biographie de Anny Duperey
{{DEFAULTSORT:Duperey, Anny 1947 births Living people Writers from Rouen French stage actresses French film actresses French television actresses 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists French activists French women activists Knights of the Legion of Honour French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni 20th-century French women writers 21st-century French women writers Actresses from Rouen