Jane Birkin

1946-

Biography: life and films

Jane Birkin is an English actress and singer. She was born in London, England on 14th December 1946.

Her best films as an actor include Joe Massot's Wonderwall (1968), Jacques Rouffio's Sept morts sur ordonnance (1975), Guy Hamilton's crime-thriller Evil Under the Sun (1982), Régis Wargnier's La Femme de ma vie (1986) and Bertrand Tavernier's Daddy Nostalgie (1990), and whose best work as a film director include Contre l'oubli (1991) and Boxes (2007).

Jane Birkin has so far appeared in 77 films, scripted 2 films and directed 2 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Jacques Rivette (5 films), Agnès Varda (4), Jacques Doillon (3), Claude Zidi (3), Marion Hänsel (2), Jacques Rouffio (2), François Leterrier (2), Clarisse Gabus (2) and Bertrand Tavernier (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (41 films), comedy (19), comedy-drama (10), Thriller (9), romance (8), comedy-romance (4), crime-thriller (3), comedy-thriller (3), Fantasy (3) and Horror (2).

Our average rating for Jane Birkin over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965) [a]

Blowup (1966) [a]

Kaleidoscope (1966) [a]

Wonderwall (1968) [a]

La Piscine (1969) [a]

Les Chemins de Katmandou (1969) [a]

Slogan (1969) [a]

Alba pagana (1970) [a]

Cannabis (1970) [a]

Sex Power (1970) [a]

Trop petit mon ami (1970) [a]

Romance of a Horsethief (1971) [a]

Trop jolies pour être honnêtes (1972) [a]

Dark Places (1973) [a]

Don Juan ou Si Don Juan était une femme... (1973) [a]

La Morte negli occhi del gatto (1973) [a]

Projection privée (1973) [a]

Comment réussir... quand on est con et pleurnichard (1974) [a]

La Moutarde me monte au nez (1974) [a]

Le Mouton enragé (1974) [a]

Catherine et Cie (1975) [a]

La Course à l'échalote (1975) [a]

Sept morts sur ordonnance (1975) [a]

Sérieux comme le plaisir (1975) [a]

Bruciati da cocente passione (1976) [a]

Je t'aime moi non plus (1976) [a]

Le Diable au coeur (1976) [a]

L'Animal (1977) [a]

Death on the Nile (1978) [a]

Au bout du bout du banc (1979) [a]

La Miel (1979) [a]

Melancholy Baby (1979) [a]

Melancoly Baby (1979) [a]

Egon Schiele - Exzesse (1981) [a]

La Fille prodigue (1981) [a]

Rends-moi la clé! (1981) [a]

Evil Under the Sun (1982) [a]

Nestor Burma, détective de choc (1982) [a]

Circulez y'a rien à voir (1983) [a]

L'Ami de Vincent (1983) [a]

L'Amour par terre (1984) [a]

La Pirate (1984) [a]

Le Garde du corps (1984) [a]

Dust (1985) [a]

Le Neveu de Beethoven (1985) [a]

La Femme de ma vie (1986) [a]

Leave All Fair (1986) [a]

Comédie! (1987) [a]

Jane B. par Agnès V. (1987) [a]

Kung-Fu master (1987) [a,w]

Soigne ta droite (1987) [a]

Daddy Nostalgie (1990) [a]

Contre l'oubli (1991) [a,d]

La Belle noiseuse Divertimento (1991) [a]

La Belle noiseuse (1991) [a]

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1995) [a]

Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (1995) [a]

Noir comme le souvenir (1995) [a]

On connaît la chanson (1997) [a]

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) [a]

The Last September (1999) [a]

Ceci est mon corps (2001) [a]

Reines d'un jour (2001) [a]

Merci Docteur Rey (2002) [a]

Mariées mais pas trop (2003) [a]

Boxes (2007) [a,d,w]

La Tête de maman (2007) [a]

Les Plages d'Agnès (2008) [a]

36 vues du Pic Saint-Loup (2009) [a]

Thelma, Louise et Chantal (2010) [a]

Si tu meurs, je te tue (2011) [a]

Venuto al mondo (2012) [a]

Nugu-ui ttal-do anin Haewon (2013) [a]

Quai d'Orsay (2013) [a]



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