Jane Birkin

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Biography

Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE (December 14, 1946 – July 16, 2023) was a British-French actress, singer, and designer. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. In addition to her prolific career in French cinema, she appeared in several English-language films including Blowup (1966), Death on the Nile (1978), Evil Under the Sun (1982), and A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998). She was the mother of photographer Kate Barry with her first husband composer John Barry; of actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg with Serge Gainsbourg; and of musician Lou Doillon with Jacques Doillon.

Known For

Blow-Up

The Blonde

Death on the Nile

Louise Bourget

The Swimming Pool

Penelope

Evil Under the Sun

Christine Redfern

Twice Born

Psicologa

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self - Musical Guest

The French Minister

Molly Hutchinson

La Belle Noiseuse

Liz

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2024	Jane Birkin by Friends MOVIE	Self
2023	L'Âge d'or de la pub MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2023	Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours MOVIE	Self
2022	Jane Birkin « Oh ! Pardon tu dormais... », le concert MOVIE	Self : Singer
2022	Il était une fois Champs-Élysées TV	Self (archive footage)
2022	Alain Souchon - One Day, One Fate MOVIE	Self
2022	Jane Birkin et nous MOVIE	Self
2022	Unis pour l'Ukraine MOVIE	Self
2022	Jane by Charlotte MOVIE	Self
2022	La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2021	Undressing a Legacy MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2021	Abers Road TV	Self
2021	Gainsbourg, toute une vie MOVIE	Self
2020	Live @ Echoes with Jehnny Beth MOVIE	Self
2020	Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me MOVIE	Self
2020	Le festival des festivals MOVIE	Self
2020	Agnes V. by Jane B. MOVIE	Self
2020	Numéro un - Demis Roussos MOVIE	Self
2020	Les Secrets de la belle endormie MOVIE	Self
2019	Fifty Years Later MOVIE	Self
2019	Jane Birkin: Simply an Icon MOVIE	Self - Singer (archive footage)
2019	Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2019	Bonsoir bonsoir! TV	Self
2018	Bonsoir ! TV	Self - Guest
2018	La hora musa TV	Self
2017	Jane Birkin - Alcaline le Concert MOVIE	Self
2017	Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au Zénith MOVIE	Self
2017	À la recherche de... Pierre Richard MOVIE	Self - Actress, singer (archive footage)
2016	Vadim Mister Cool MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2016	The Railroad Lady MOVIE	Élise
2016	Whoever Was Using This Bed MOVIE	The Caller (voice)
2014	Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui MOVIE	Self
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self - Musical Guest
2014	Bleu Catacombes MOVIE	Lili Rousseau
2013	Du sang sur la neige MOVIE	Self
2013	The French Minister MOVIE	Molly Hutchinson
2013	Nobody's Daughter Haewon MOVIE	Self
2012	Les Saisons meurtrières TV	Lily Rousseau
2012	Twice Born MOVIE	Psicologa
2011	George Harrison: Living in the Material World TV	Self
2011	If You Die, I'll Kill You MOVIE	Louise
2011	Souvenirs of Serge MOVIE	Narrator / Self (archive footage)
2010	Thelma, Louise et Chantal MOVIE	Nelly
2010	Gainsbourg and His Girls MOVIE	Self - Singer (voice)
2009	Around a Small Mountain MOVIE	Kate
2008	The Beaches of Agnès MOVIE	Self/La croupière
2008	Bunker MOVIE	Self
2007	Turn Me On MOVIE	Self - Host
2007	Boxes MOVIE	Anna
2007	In Mom's Head MOVIE	Jane
2006	On n'est pas couché TV	Self - Guest
2006	Les Aventuriers des mers du Sud TV	Fanny Stevenson
2005	Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre MOVIE	Self
2005	French Beauty MOVIE	Self
2004	Thank You, Doctor Rey MOVIE	Pénélope
2003	The Very Merry Widows MOVIE	Renée
2003	Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes MOVIE	Self
2002	Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère MOVIE	Self
2002	Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2002	Jane Birkin - Arabesque MOVIE	Self
2001	A Hell of a Day MOVIE	Jane
2001	Star Academy TV	Self
2001	This Is My Body MOVIE	Louise Vernet
2000	De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre 1958-1991 MOVIE	Self
2000	The Last September MOVIE	Francie Montmorency
2000	Beck: @NPA Paris MOVIE	Self
2000	Cinderella MOVIE	Mab
1999	Le Grand Tralala TV	Self
1998	Vivement dimanche TV	Self
1998	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries MOVIE	Mrs. Fortescue
1998	Vivement dimanche prochain TV	Self
1998	So Graham Norton TV	Self
1997	Same Old Song MOVIE	Jane
1997	Leute heute TV	Self
1997	Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés MOVIE	Self
1996	Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés MOVIE	Self
1995	Black for Remembrance MOVIE	Caroline
1995	Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea MOVIE	Nikos' Former Love (voice)
1995	One Hundred and One Nights MOVIE	The Woman Who Says Stingy
1994	Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex MOVIE	Self
1993	Taratata TV	Self
1992	La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento MOVIE	Liz
1991	Against Oblivion MOVIE	Self
1991	Red Fox MOVIE	Violet Harrison
1991	La Belle Noiseuse MOVIE	Liz
1991	Jane Birkin au Casino de Paris MOVIE	Self
1990	Daddy Nostalgia MOVIE	Caroline
1990	Stars 90 TV	Self
1989	L'Ex-femme de ma vie MOVIE	Frankie
1988	Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire MOVIE	Joy
1988	Kung-Fu Master! MOVIE	Mary-Jane
1988	Jane B. by Agnès V. MOVIE	Self / Calamity Jane / Claude Jade / Joan Arc
1987	Keep Your Right Up MOVIE	Cicada
1987	Jane Birkin au Bataclan MOVIE	Self - Chant
1987	Téléthon TV	Self
1987	Comédie ! MOVIE	Elle
1987	Le monde est à vous TV	Self
1987	Sacrée Soirée TV	Self
1986	The Woman of My Life MOVIE	Laura
1985	Victoires de la musique TV	Self
1985	Beethoven's Nephew MOVIE	Johanna
1985	Dust MOVIE	Magda
1985	Leave All Fair MOVIE	Marie Taylor, Katherine Mansfield
1985	Cinecittà Cinecittà TV	Jane Birkin
1984	Love on the Ground MOVIE	Emily
1984	La Pirate MOVIE	Alma
1984	The Bodyguard MOVIE	Barbara Penning
1983	Dorothée : Le Show MOVIE	Jane
1983	A Friend of Vincent MOVIE	Marie-Pierre
1983	Move Along, There Is Nothing to See! MOVIE	Hélène Duvernet
1982	Nestor Burma, détective de choc MOVIE	Hélène Chatelain
1982	Na sowas! TV	Self
1982	Evil Under the Sun MOVIE	Christine Redfern
1982	Champs-Elysées TV	Self
1982	The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' MOVIE	Self / Christine Redfern
1981	The Prodigal Daughter MOVIE	Anne
1981	Electric Blue 006 MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1980	Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment MOVIE	Wally Neuziel
1979	Melancoly Baby MOVIE	Olga
1979	Honey MOVIE	Inés
1979	Make Room for Tomorrow MOVIE	Peggy
1979	Death on the Tagus MOVIE	Self
1978	Death on the Nile MOVIE	Louise Bourget
1977	Animal MOVIE	La vedette féminine
1976	Burnt By A Scalding Passion MOVIE	Virginia Vismara
1976	The Devil in the Heart MOVIE	Linda
1976	Cérémonie des César TV	Self - Host
1976	I Love You, I Don't MOVIE	Johnny
1976	30 millions d'amis TV	Self
1975	Seven Deaths by Prescription MOVIE	Mme Jane Berg
1975	Catherine & Co. MOVIE	Catherine
1975	The Wild Goose Chase MOVIE	Janet
1975	Numéro un TV	Self
1975	Numéro un TV	Self - Host
1975	Numéro un TV	Self (archive footage)
1975	Système 2 TV	Self
1975	Serious as Pleasure MOVIE	Ariane Berg
1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche TV	Self
1975	Midi Première TV	Self
1974	Bons baisers de... Tarzan TV	Jeanne / Jane
1974	I'm Losing My Temper MOVIE	Jackie Logan
1974	How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby MOVIE	Jane
1974	Love at the Top MOVIE	Marie-Paule Allard
1973	Private Screening MOVIE	Kate / Hélène
1973	Dark Places MOVIE	Alta
1973	Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye MOVIE	Corringa
1973	Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman MOVIE	Clara
1972	Seduction Squad MOVIE	Christine
1972	Midi trente TV	Self
1972	Le Grand Échiquier TV	Self
1971	Melody MOVIE	Melody Nelson
1971	Film '72 TV	Self
1971	Cadet Rousselle TV	Self
1971	Romance of a Horsethief MOVIE	Naomi
1971	Too Small My Friend MOVIE	Christine Mars / Christine Devone
1971	The Rage of War MOVIE	Milja
1971	Samedi soir TV	Self
1970	Cannabis MOVIE	Jane Swenson
1970	May Morning MOVIE	Flora Finlake
1970	Sex-Power MOVIE	Jane
1969	Katmandu MOVIE	Jane
1969	Slogan MOVIE	Evelyne Nicholson
1969	The Swimming Pool MOVIE	Penelope
1969	Wonderwall MOVIE	Penny Lane
1968	À bout portant TV	Self
1967	Poor Cherry MOVIE	Judy
1966	Blow-Up MOVIE	The Blonde
1966	Kaleidoscope MOVIE	Exquisite Thing
1966	The Idol MOVIE	Art Student
1965	The Knack... and How to Get It MOVIE	Girl on Motorbike (uncredited)
1965	Dim Dam Dom TV	Self
1964	Die Drehscheibe TV	Self
1960	Armchair Mystery Theatre TV	Anthea Langridge
1959	Discorama TV	Self
1956	Armchair Theatre TV	Judy
1956	Armchair Theatre TV	Babs

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