Barrault, Marie-Christine (1944–)

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Barrault, Marie-Christine (1944–)

French actress. Born Mar 21, 1944, in Paris, France; niece of Madeleine Renaud (1903–1944, actress) and Jean-Louis Barrault (actor); m. Daniel Toscan du Plantier (div.); m. Roger Vadim (director), 1990 (died 2000); children: (1st m.) 2.

Made film debt in Ma nuit chez Maud (My Night at Maude's, 1969); came to prominence in Cousin, cousine (1975); other films include Le Distrait (1970), Les Intrus (1972), Du côté des tennis (1976), The Medusa Touch (1978), Ma chérie (1980), Stardust Memories (1980), Table for Five (1983), Pianoforte (1984), Paradigma (1985), Vaudeville (1986), Sanguine (1988), Bonsoir (1994), La Dilettante (1999), Azzurro (2000) and L'Empreinte de l'ange (2004); frequently appeared on French tv, including in such miniseries as "Que ferait donc Faber?" (1969), "Le Miroir 2000" (1971), "Le Village sur la colline" (1982), "L'Ami Maupassant" (1986), "Marie Curie, une femme honorable" (1990), "La Nouvelle tribu" (1996) and "Garonne" (2002).

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