Death of Jane Birkin
Born December 14, 1946 in London, Jane Birkin is dead on July 16, 2023 in Paris according to information from FM TV. A memorable figure of the song, but also an actress with an impressive filmography, Jane Birgin was 76 years old. She was reportedly found in the home by her caregiver.
Serge Gainsbourg’s ex-boyfriend, with a remarkable personality and an accent as fascinating as it is memorable, is leaving his two daughters, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon. Several personalities immediately wanted to pay homage to him. In particular Etienne Daho, who had produced Oh! I’m sorry you were sleeping…Jane Birkin latest album released in 2020.
On his Instagram account, the singer posted an image of a young Jane Birkin, writing in the caption that he is “unimaginable to live in a world without (its) light“.
Between music and cinema
Se obtained his first successes in music with the collaboration with Serge Gainsbourg in the late 60s with the famous song I love you… neither do IJane Birkin had before it started in front of the camera. First in England, appearing with Richard Lester (Talent… and how to get it in 1965) or even Michelangelo Antonioni (Jump in 1966). It was during this period that she married the composer John Barry with whom he has a daughter, Kate Barrydied in 2013.
Jane Birkin then exports herself to French cinema. We can see her alongside Serge Gainsbourg in Slogan (1968), or in The pool (1969) by Jaques Deray. She then chained roles into the 1970s, making more than twenty films in a decade. Roger Vadim, Michel Deville, Claude Zidi and Michel Audiard direct it.
Always close to the music, perpetually alternating between the two mediums, he is at its centre Melody (1971), the TV movie, between clips and psychedelic musical comedy, which takes up the album The Story of Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg.
In addition to film acting, significantly in the 1980s, then less so in the 1990s and 2000s, Jane Birkin also appears in theater and goes behind the camera in 2007 realizing cans. His last appearance will perhaps remain one of the most significant. In 2021, a Charlotte’s Janedocumentary directed by his daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg, evokes his past, his relationship with Serge Gainsbourg, the death of Kate Barry and shows a moving complicity with Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Source: Cine Serie
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