Stéphane Audran
Known for Acting · 113 credits
- Born
- 1932-11-08
- Died
- 2018-03-27
- Place of birth
- Versailles, Seine-et-Oise, France
- Also known as
- Colette Dacheville · Стефан Одран
Biography
Stéphane Audran (born Colette Suzanne Jeannine Dacheville; November 8, 1932 – March 27, 2018) was a French film and television actress. Best known for her performances in Oscar-winning movies such as The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) and Babette's Feast (1987), and in critically acclaimed films like The Big Red One (1980) and Violette Nozière (1978), she became mostly associated with haughty bourgeois women roles.
She married French director and screenwriter Claude Chabrol in 1964, after a short marriage to the French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant. Her son by her marriage to Chabrol (which ended in 1980) is the French actor Thomas Chabrol (born in 1963).
Her first major role was in Chabrol's film Les Cousins (1959). She has since appeared in most of Chabrol's films. Some of the more noteworthy of his films Audran has appeared in are Les Bonnes Femmes (1960), La Femme Infidèle (1968), Les Biches (1968) as a rich lesbian who becomes involved in a ménage à trois (she first gained notice in this), Le Boucher (1970) as a school teacher who falls in love with a murderous butcher, Juste Avant La Nuit (1971), and Violette Nozière (1978). She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her role in Les Biches at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival.
She also appeared in the first film of Éric Rohmer (Signe du Lion), and in films by Jean Delannoy (La Peau de Torpedo), Gabriel Axel (Babette's Feast, as the mysterious cook, Babette), Bertrand Tavernier (Coup de Torchon, as the wife of the cop turned serial killer) and Samuel Fuller (The Big Red One). The most celebrated of her non-Chabrol films was Luis Buñuel's Oscar-winning Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972) as Alice Senechal. Also appearing in English-language productions, Audran has appeared in American features like The Black Bird (1975), and in TV serials like Brideshead Revisited (1981), Mistral's Daughter (1984) and The Sun Also Rises (1984).
Audran won a French César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Violette Nozière (1978) and British Film Academy award for Just Before Nightfall (1975).
Known For
TV Shows (17)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Stephanie
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
Brideshead Revisited
1981
as Cara
Mistral's Daughter
1984
as Paula Deslandes
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
as Pauline de la Rochelle
Matin Bonheur
1987
as Self
The Blue Bicycle
2000
as Lisa Montpleynet
Orient Express
1979
as Maria von Pallberg
The Secret Files of Inspector Lavardin
1988
as Catherine
The Sun Also Rises
1984
as Georgette
La Battante
2005
as Edwige Fournier
The Condor Mystery
2005
as Louise Bonnier, ancienne employée de la DDASS
Visages de Cinéma
as Soi-méme
Movies (96)
Maximum Risk
1996
as Chantal
And Then There Were None
1974
as Ilona Morgan
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972
as Alice Sénéchal
Betty
1992
as Laure
Madeline
1998
as Lady Marie Covington
Les Biches
1968
as Frédérique
The Unfaithful Wife
1969
as Hélène Desvallées
Champagne Charlie
1989
as Thérèse
Bluebeard
1963
as Fernande Segret
The Big Red One
1980
as Walloon
Belle Maman
1999
as Brigitte
The Twist
1976
as Claire
Babette's Feast
1987
as Babette
Silver Bears
1977
as Shireen Firdausi
The Other Side of the Wind
2018
as Stéphane Audran
The Butcher
1970
as Hélène Davile, aka 'Mlle Hélène'
The Blood of Others
1984
as Gigi
The Shock
1982
as Jeanne Faulques (uncredited)
Eagle's Wing
1979
as The Widow
Quiet Days in Clichy
1990
as Adrienne
Death of a Corrupt Man
1977
as Christiane Dubaye
The Breach
1970
as Hélène Regnier
Six in Paris
1965
as The Mother (segment "La Muette")
The Champagne Murders
1967
as Jacqueline
Deadly Circuit
1983
as Germaine, the grey lady
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
1970
as Anita Caldwell, ancienne amie de Dany
La Cage aux Folles II
1980
La Cage aux Folles 3
1985
as Matrimonia
Faceless
1988
as Mrs. Sherman
The Devil's Advocate
1977
as Contess Anne Di Sanctis
Coup de Torchon
1981
as Huguette Cordier
Cop au Vin
1985
as Madame Cuno
The Spider Labyrinth
1988
as Mrs. Kuhn
The Girl from Monaco
2008
as Édith Lassalle
Hard Boiled Ones
1964
as Rika Lormond
Violette Nozière
1978
as Germaine Nozière
Wedding in Blood
1973
as Lucienne Delamare
Le Cœur à l'envers
1980
as Jeanne
Elective Affinities
1983
as Charlotte
The Turn of the Screw
1992
as Mrs. Grose
Line of Demarcation
1966
as La femme du Dr. Lafaye / Wife
The Third Lover
1962
as Hélène
The Cousins
1959
as Françoise
The Seasons of Pleasure
1988
as Bernadette
Night Magic
1985
as Janice
J'ai faim !!!
2001
as Gaby
Sons
1990
as Florence Sr.
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
1974
as Catherine, l'ex-femme de Vincent
Just Before Nightfall
1971
as Hélène Masson
The Big Red One: The Reconstruction
2005
as Walloon
The Blue Panther
1965
as Olga
Follow My Gaze
1986
as The wife of the couch potato
Sign of the Lion
1962
as La Patronne de l'Hôtel
Son of Gascogne
1995
as Self
Le Beau Monde
1981
as Ariane
Blood Relatives
1978
as Mme Lowery
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
1974
as Cécile Malempin
Without Apparent Motive
1971
as Hélène Vallée
Sissi, the Rebellious Empress
2004
as Sophie
Paradise for All
1982
as Édith
The Black Bird
1975
as Anna Kemidov
Chi dice donna, dice donna
1976
as Mimì / Chantal
Arlette
1997
as Diane
Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice
1989
as Sister Amanda
The Gypsy
1986
as Brigitte
B. Must Die
1975
as Susana
Mass in C Minor
1990
as Marie-Laure Villegrain
Code Name: Tiger
1964
as La chanteuse d'opéra
Les Bonnes Femmes
1960
as Ginette
Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
1972
as Dr. Bogdanovich
The Winner
1979
as Mme Hélène Dupré-Granval
Boulevard des assassins
1982
as Francine
Au petit Marguery
1995
as Josephine
The Plouffe Family
1981
as Mme Boucher
The Life and Work of Claude Chabrol
2006
as Self
Scarlet Fever
1983
as Minon
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
2019
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Only the Cool
1970
as Dominique
Weep No More, My Lady
1992
as Minna
Thieves After Dark
1984
as Isabelle's mother
Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak
1951
as Charlotte (voice)
Once Upon a Time... 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'
2013
as Self
As Far as Love Can Go
1971
as La femme de Michel
Cry of the Heart
1974
as Claire
Secrets of a French Nurse
1958
as Aline Monnier
Lulu Kreutz's Picnic
2000
as Lulu Kreutz
Corps z'à corps
1988
as Edna Chabert
Saint-Tropez Blues
1961
as Lucie
In Memoriam Bernadette Lafont
2013
as Self
Le Soleil en face
1980
as Geneviève
Petit
1996
as Françoise
Wise Guys
1961
as Xavière, la danseuse
A Murder Is a Murder
1972
as Marie Kastner / Anne
La Muette
1965
Stéphane Audran, la complice de Chabrol
2026
as Self (archive) - actress, subject
Through Babette's Eyes
2012
as Self
About Stéphane Audran
Stéphane Audran (born Colette Suzanne Jeannine Dacheville; November 8, 1932 – March 27, 2018) was a French film and television actress. Best known for her performances in Oscar-winning movies such as The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) and Babette's Feast (1987), and in critically acclaimed films like The Big Red One (1980) and Violette Nozière (1978), she became mostly associated with haughty bourgeois women roles. She married French director and screenwriter Claude Chabrol in 1964, after a short marriage to the French actor Jean-Lou… With 113 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Stéphane Audran has appeared in 96 films and 17 TV shows.
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Most Popular Stéphane Audran Movies
- Maximum Risk (1996) — as Chantal
- And Then There Were None (1974) — as Ilona Morgan
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) — as Alice Sénéchal
- Betty (1992) — as Laure
- Madeline (1998) — as Lady Marie Covington
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