Ogier, Bulle (1939—)

French actress. Born in Boulogne-sur-Seine, France, in 1939; married; children: one daughter, Pascale Ogier (1960–1984), also an actress.

Selected filmography:

L'Amour fou (1968); Pauline s'en va (1969); Pierre et Paul (1969); Piège (1969); Les Stances à Sophie (Sophie's Ways, 1970); La Salamandre (The Salamander, 1971); Rendez-vous à Bray (1971); La Vallée (The Valley, 1972); La Charme discret de la Bourgeoisie (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, 1972); Le Gang des Otages (The Hostages, 1973); Io e lui (It., 1973); Projection privée (1973); Céline et Julie vont en Bateau (Celine and Julie Go Boating, 1974); La Paloma (1974); Mariage (Marriage, 1975); Un Divorce Heureux (1975); Maîtresse (Mistress, 1975); Jamais plus toujours (1976); Duelle (1976); Serail des Journées entières dans les Arbres (Days in the Trees, 1976); Le Navire Night (1979); La Mémoire courte (Bel.-Fr., 1979); Die dritte Generation (The Third Generation, Ger., 1979); Agatha et les Lectures limitées (1981); Le Pont du Nord (also co-sc., 1982); La Derelitta (1983); Tricheurs (1984); O Meu Case (Mon cas, Port.-Fr., 1986); Das weite Land (Ger., 1987); Candy Mountain (Can.-Switz.-Fr., 1987); La Bande des Quatre (1989); North (1991); Personne ne M'Aime (No One Loves Me, 1994); Regarde les Hommes Tomber (1994); Irma Vep (1996).

A French stage star and a pioneer of the café-theatre movement, Bulle Ogier made her film debut in L'Amour fou (1968) and subsequently found a niche interpreting unconventional roles in the films of the French New Wave. She appeared in Luis Buñuel's surreal fable The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) and was notable as the compassionate dominatrix in Barbet Schroeder's Mistress (1976). Ogier's daughter, Pascale Ogier , also an actress, died at age 24, shortly after winning the Best Actress award at Cannes for her role in Les Nuits de la Pleine Lune (Full Moon in Paris, 1984).