Stéphane Audran Net Worth

Stéphane Audran Net Worth is
$500,000

Stéphane Audran Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Stéphane Audran (born Colette Suzanne Dacheville 8 November 1932) is a French film and television actress, known for her performances in award-winning movies such as Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972) and Babette's Feast (1987) and in critically acclaimed films like The Big Red One (1980) and Violette Nozière (1978).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 has 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). She starred in the 1974 film version of Agatha Christie's mystery, And Then There Were None.Audran won a French César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Violette Nozière (1978) and British Film Academy award for Just Before Nightfall (1975).

Date Of BirthNovember 8, 1932
Place Of BirthVersailles, Yvelines, France
Height5' 6½" (1.69 m)
ProfessionActress, Soundtrack
SpouseClaude Chabrol (m. 1964–1980)
ChildrenThomas Chabrol
AwardsCésar Award for Best Supporting Actress
TV ShowsBrideshead Revisited, 3 femmes... un soir d'été
Star SignScorpio
#Trademark
1Often plays bourgeois ladies
2Frequently cast by Claude Chabrol and Samuel Fuller
3Mole on cheek
4Drawled vowels; frequent aahing and oohing between sentences
5Often the screen wife or lover of Jean-Pierre Cassel
6Often plays adulterous women
7Icy, unemotional acting style
8Often plays characters named Hélène
#Quote
1[on shooting Les liens de sang (1978) in Canada] If you're going to make a film outside of France, it might as well be in English. The book is in English and the scene is a large American city and, besides, the film market these days is English. We tried making movies before that were shot in two languages, but it doesn't really work. So this one will be shot in English and then a French-dubbed print made later. Actually, it's not my first English-language film. Several years ago I made The Black Bird (1975) in Hollywood with George Segal- it was a remake of the The Maltese Falcon (1941)- and more recently I made "The Twist" [The Twist (1976)] with Bruce Dern, who cannot and does not want to speak a word for French.
2[on working in Canada, 1978 interview] On one hand, it's America. The buildings, the streets, the cars, the stones, the sirens, the way the telephones ring. Yet the people are not so American. They're more European somehow than the people in New York and Hollywood. You know, being French, I had no idea what to expect here. People in France know nothing of Canada, except the Olympics, lately a bit of politics and, of course, the baby seals. I was surprised to see so many Chinese and Portuguese here. I expected only, well, Canadians.
3If you don't suffer, you don't understand the suffering of others. That is my secret garden.
4[on Claude Chabrol] Chabrol helped me to understand life.
5[on Karl Lagerfeld] He inspires me a lot.
6[on France] We are a very sensuous country. With fashion, we speak to sight; with cuisine, we speak to taste; with perfume, we appeal to the smell. I go for it!
7[making a comparison between Claude Chabrol and Luis Buñuel] Both of them know exactly where to put the camera, which is rare in directors. They are different in their work, however. Buñuel is much more demanding. He knows exactly what he wants and he gets it. He doesn't like actors, though he does like people. As long as you do your job well, he approves of you. Chabrol likes actors too much. He is not demanding enough and we have fights over this. Other actors enjoy working with him more than I do; he is nicer to them than he is to me. He wins of course. He is gifted and he is my husband.
8[on the failure of The Black Bird (1975)] I didn't understand what happened on the picture. Everyone was fighting: George [Segal], the director and writer, Davie [David] Giler, the producer, Ray Stark. It's so difficult to do a good film even if the people are getting along well. If you have fights every day, it can't help.
9[1978 interview] The French people used to be able to enjoy life. But in the last few years they have become so depressed and complaining. It is sad. They complain about the government and they keep the same government. Usually when people complain enough, they insist on change. But the French seem to enjoy their misery.
10[on her relationship with Luis Buñuel] If I could have met him during the war, and if I were 18 or 20, he could have made me turn my family into the Nazis. He could do whatever he wanted. I was fascinated by him, I would have done anything he told me to. It was scary.
11[on Luis Buñuel] Buñuel was a child. A naughty child, a rascal.
12[on Gabriel Axel] Gabriel's enthusiastic, like an enchanted child, and that is very stimulating. There is no fear. He eases you into a state of total confidence. Actors, we're like children, you know. And he had such a love for this subject, there was necessarily a great joy in working with him to make Babette come alive.
13[reflecting on her career] I have not made a career; I have not given that much thought. When I first started, I just wanted to be a good actress. My voice was wrong; I could not move around, I tried to improve with lessons. Then I was lucky enough to meet [Claude] Chabrol.
14[on her approach to characters] Until I have the clothing, I don't know who the character is.
#Fact
1Husband Claude Chabrol once stated that the bus scene in The Breach (1970) where Stéphane's character Hélène tells her family's story to her lawyer was the occasion when he finally thought that she had become an actress.
2Friends with Jean Carmet and Alexandra Stewart.
3She's the first of only three French actresses to win the Best Actress BAFTA since the integration of Best British Actress and Best Foreign Actress to one category: the other two are Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose (2007) (in 2008) and Emmanuelle Riva in Amour (2012) (in 2013).
4She's a knight of the French Legion of Honor and an Officer of the National Order of Merit.
5Her theatrical studies include René Simon's dramatic course.
6She and Charlotte Gainsbourg are the only two French actresses to win the Robert award in Denmark.
7She had a strong input in Pauline Lafont getting cast in Poulet au vinaigre (1985). She did this as a friendly favor to Pauline's mother, Bernadette Lafont.
8She personally wanted Jean Yanne as her co-star in Le Boucher (1970) after seeing him act on the set of This Man Must Die (1969) under the direction of her husband, Claude Chabrol. She advised Chabrol to write a new screenplay including a male character that would have showcased Yanne's animal side.
9She and Marie Laforêt were the female winners of Raymond Rouleau's radio competition 'Naissance d'une étoile", meant to create the acting stars of tomorrow. The male winners were Claude Berri and Bernard Tiphaine.
10Before starting to shoot The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), she was scared by the thought of having to work with Delphine Seyrig (her fellow student at Tania Balachova's theatre classes) because she thought her pretentious. They got along perfectly in the end.
11On 6 December 2013, she took part in "Bernadette Lafont l'exposition hommage", a public exhibition dedicated to the memory of her late friend Bernadette Lafont. Along with actors Guillaume Gouix and Alexandra Stewart, she read some extracts of Bernard Bastide's new biography "Bernadette Lafont, une vie de cinéma", including some original letters written by Bernadette. The event was filmed by Gérard Courant and aired as an episode of "Carnets filmés", "In Memoriam Bernadette Lafont".
12Her 24th and final film collaboration with ex-husband Claude Chabrol was Betty (1992), a rare instance where her character died at the end. As she read the script, Audran immediately got the feeling that this was going to be the last time she and Chabrol would work together, taking his choice of killing her character off as his way of ending their long partnership.
13She was never able to replicate her European success in the US, as American audiences found her too cold.
14At one point in her life, as she divorced Claude Chabrol and her acting career began its rapid decline, Audran started to experience psychosomatic problems such as sudden and unexpected fainting fits, memory losses, inability to concentrate and chronic tiredness. After unsuccessfully trying remedies such as vitamins and tonics, she eventually turned to Chinese medicine to 'go after her lost energy'. All her research has been documented in her book 'Une autre façon de vivre', which focuses on the evolution of culture, medicine and cooking.
15Her relationship with Claude Chabrol ended when he fell in love with his frequent collaborator Aurore Chabrol (nee Aurore Pajot). Chabrol always liked to claim that it was Stéphane who threw him into Aurore's arms as, during the shooting of Ten Days Wonder (1971), she couldn't attend his birthday dinner and jokingly suggested that he should jump on the script-girl instead. The script-girl was Aurore and the friendship between her and Claude developed into a love affection. Audran always claimed that the story isn't true.
16She's very fond of gastronomy. She credits first husband Jean-Louis Trintignant for having introduced her to Provençal cooking.
17In 1971, she signed the Manifesto of the 343 to support the legalization of abortion in France. After her conversion to Chinese medicine, she went on to regret her choice, stating that she wouldn't sign the petition anymore.
18On the set of The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), Luis Buñuel enjoyed embarrassing Audran by calling her Mrs. Chabrol in front of the cast and crew. Delphine Seyrig used to cheer up Stéphane, telling her that she had already worked with Buñuel and that he was doing this without malice.
19Jesús Franco stated that she agreed to appear in Faceless (1987) because she's a major fan of horror movies.
20Bulle Ogier recalls that, on the set of The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), Stéphane (wearing Lagerfeld) and Delphine Seyrig (wearing Chanel) were engaged in an elegance contest. They asked Luis Buñuel if he could give a close-up to the back décolletages of their dresses, a wish he was happy to grant in exchange for one bottle of champagne and one of whiskey.
21Friends with Karl Lagerfeld, who often designed her clothes.
22She played the role of Charlotte in Les affinités électives (1982), a Claude Chabrol adaptation of Goethe's novel. In Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani's film adaptation, Elective Affinities (1996) , the role was played by Isabelle Huppert. Huppert had played Audran's daughter in Chabrol's Violette (1978) and replaced her as the director's muse.
23Having taken some lessons, she started to act on the stage in the 50's, appearing in theatrical productions of "La Tragédie des Albigeois" (1955), "La Maison Carrée" (1955) and "La Nuit Romaine" (1957), but failed to build a noteworthy stage career as several of her classmates had already done. After playing a few tiny roles on film, she asked emerging French New Wave star Gérard Blain (whom she knew from acting courses) if he could introduce her to director Claude Chabrol, with whom he had already done the successful Le beau Serge (1958) and was going to team up again in Les cousins (1959). Blain granted her wish and introduced her to Chabrol, who gave her a role in "Les Cousins" and started to date her shortly after. The movie won the Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival, but, with his immediately subsequent features- which often starred Audran- Chabrol used up most of the credit he had enjoyed with reviewers to the moment and Stéphane's performances were never greeted with critical enthusiasm. Only with Les Biches (1968), the director began to enjoy a second wave and started to cast Audran in roles of glacial bourgeois ladies better suited to her acting. This led the two of them to a successful cycle of thrillers in the late 60's-early 70's. Audran frequently stated she owed everything to Chabrol.
24To cast the role of Babette Hersant in Babette's Feast (1987), director Gabriel Axel had made a list of 50 actresses, one of them being Audran. He eventually started to strongly consider her because he felt she possessed a natural Parisian way of doing things - such as walking or opening doors- that would have created the right contrast between Babette and the Danish characters. With Catherine Deneuve being his other dream pick, Axel eventually cast Audran thanks to the advice of her ex-husband, Claude Chabrol.
25Married Jean-Louis Trintignant in 1953. Their relationship ended when he fell in love with Brigitte Bardot on the set of ...And God Created Woman (1956).
26She attended the stage acting courses of Charles Dullin, René Simon, Michel Vitold and Tania Balachova. Some of her fellow students at the Balachova classes included Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Laurent Terzieff, Bernard Fresson, Antoine Vitez, Daniel Emilfork and her first husband, Jean-Louis Trintignant.
27She was initially reluctant to play the role of Isabelle Huppert's working class mother in Violette (1978), as she knew it wasn't a right fit for her. Her performance in the film was actually what led Gabriel Axel to consider her for the title role in Babette's Feast (1987), which became her signature movie.
28Her mother never approved of her dream of becoming an actress and wasn't happy when she caught her playing with clothes to pretend to be other people. Her father, a doctor, died when she was only age 6.
29She had a difficult childhood. From the age of 6 to the age of 15, she suffered from renal colic pain and colibacillosis. Her mother, having lost her first daughter, was very much obsessed with Stéphane's health and rigorously treated her with hot water packs and thermal baths.
30During the shooting of Bluebeard (1963), producer Carlo Ponti was so appalled by her performance that he asked 'who's that slut who's playing Fernande?' Claude Chabrol (who was already engaged to Audran) slapped Ponti in the face and screamed 'that's my woman!' Claude and Stéphane married one year later.
31While she was shooting The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), her husband Claude Chabrol (a great gourmet) used to prepare some delicious dishes that she would bring on the set and share with members of the cast and crew.
32She befriended Bernadette Lafont on the set of Les Bonnes Femmes (1960).
33She appeared in two movies that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) and Babette's Feast (1987).
34She appeared in 3 movies with ex-husband Jean-Louis Trintignant: Les Biches (1968), Sans mobile apparent (1971) and Boulevard des assassins (1982). They never worked together while they were married.
35Jean-Louis Trintignant stated that he was a bit embarrassed when he had to film his erotic scenes with ex-wife Audran in Les Biches (1968) right under the eyes of Stéphane's new husband, Claude Chabrol.
36Husband Claude Chabrol directed her in 24 movies, 1 TV movie and 1 tv episode.
37Mother of actor Thomas Chabrol.

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Other Side of the Wind2018post-productionStéphane
La fille de Monaco2008Édith Lassalle
La battante2005TV Mini-SeriesEdwige Fournier
3 femmes... un soir d'été2005TV Mini-SeriesLouise Bonnier
Sissi, l'impératrice rebelle2004TV MovieSophie
Ma femme... s'appelle Maurice2002Jacqueline Boisdain
J'ai faim!!!2001Gaby, la mère de Lily
Le pique-nique de Lulu Kreutz2000Lulu Kreutz
The Blue Bicycle2000TV Mini-SeriesLisa Montpleynet
Belle maman1999Brigitte
Madeline1998Lady Covington
Arlette1997Diane
Un printemps de chien1997TV MovieGeneviève
Petit1996TV MovieFrançoise
Maximum Risk1996Chantal Moreau
Au petit Marguery1995Joséphine
L'évanouie1994TV MovieClaire
Weep No More, My Lady1992TV MovieMinna
The Turn of the Screw1992Mrs. Grose
Betty1992Laure
Le droit à l'oubli1992TV Movie
Sons1990Florence
TECX1990TV SeriesIsabelle Souverain
Jours tranquilles à Clichy1990Adrienne
La messe en si mineur1990Marie-Laure Villegrain
David e David1989TV Movie
Manika, une vie plus tard1989Soeur Amanda
Champagne Charlie1989TV MovieThérèse
Les dossiers secrets de l'inspecteur Lavardin1988TV SeriesCatherine
Il nido del ragno1988Mrs. Kuhn
Corps z'a corps1988Edna Chabert
Les saisons du plaisir1988Bernadette
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story1987TV MoviePauline de la Rochelle
Le cri du hibou1987
Faceless1987Mme Sherman (as Stephane Audran)
Babette's Feast1987Babette Hersant (as Stephane Audran)
Un'isola1986TV Mini-SeriesSignora Lecoq
Suivez mon regard1986La femme du téléphage
La gitane1986Brigitte
La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding1985Matrimonia
Night Magic1985Janice
Poulet au vinaigre1985Madame Cuno
The Sun Also Rises1984TV Mini-SeriesGeorgette
Mistral's Daughter1984TV Mini-SeriesPaula Deslandes
The Bay Boy1984Blanche (uncredited)
The Blood of Others1984Gigi
Les voleurs de la nuit1984Isabelle's mother (as Stephane Audran)
La scarlatine1983Minon Palazzi
Deadly Circuit1983The grey lady
La marseillaise1982TV MovieJuliette Poussin
Paradis pour tous1982Edith
Le choc1982Jeanne Faulques (uncredited)
Les affinités électives1982TV MovieCharlotte
Boulevard des assassins1982Francine
Brideshead Revisited1981TV Mini-SeriesCara
Coup de torchon1981Huguette Cordier
Le beau monde1981TV MovieAriane
Cinéma 161981TV SeriesMarianne Bernejoul
Les Plouffe1981Mme Boucher
La cage aux folles II1980
Le coeur à l'envers1980Jeanne
The Big Red One1980Underground Walloon Fighter at Asylum (as Stephane Audran)
Le soleil en face1980Geneviève
Orient-Express1980TV Mini-SeriesLa baronne Maria von Pallberg
Le gagnant1979Hélène Dupré-Granval
Eagle's Wing1979The Widow (as Stephane Audran)
Violette1978Germaine Nozière
Les liens de sang1978Mrs. Lowery
Mort d'un pourri1977Christiane
Des Teufels Advokat1977Anne - Contessa di Sanctis
Silver Bears1977Shireen Firdausi
The Twist1976Claire Brandels
Chi dice donna dice donna1976Mimì / Chantal (segment "Donne d'affari")
The Black Bird1975Anna Kemidov
Vincent, François, Paul and the Others1974Catherine, Vincent's Wife
Ein Unbekannter rechnet ab1974Ilona Morgan
Le cri du coeur1974Claire, la mère d'Alexandre
Comment réussir... quand on est con et pleurnichard1974Cécile Malempin
Hay que matar a B.1974Susana (as Stephane Audran)
Les noces rouges1973Lucienne Delamare
Tatort1973TV SeriesDr. Bogdanovich
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie1972Alice Sénéchal (as Stephane Audran)
Murder Is a Murder1972Marie Kastner / Anne
Aussi loin que l'amour1971La femme de Michel
Sans mobile apparent1971Hélène Vallée
Just Before Nightfall1971Hélène Masson
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun1970Anita Caldwell
The Breach1970Hélène Régnier
Only the Cool1970Dominique Krestowitz
Le Boucher1970Hélène
La femme infidèle1969Hélène Desvallées
Les Biches1968Frédérique
The Champagne Murders1967Jacqueline Belling / Lydia
La ligne de démarcation1966La femme du Dr. Lafaye / Wife
Blue Panther1965Olga
Paris vu par...1965The mother (segment "La Muette")
Code Name: Tiger1964La chanteuse d'opéra (uncredited)
Les durs à cuire ou Comment supprimer son prochain sans perdre l'appétit1964Rika Lormond
Bluebeard1963Fernande Segret
The Third Lover1962Hélène
Le signe du lion1962La patronne de l'hôtel
Saint-Tropez Blues1961Lucie
Les godelureaux1961Xavière, la danseuse / Xavière, the dancer
Les Bonnes Femmes1960Ginette
Présentation ou Charlotte et son steak1960ShortCharlotte (recorded 1961) (voice)
Les cousins1959Françoise
Modigliani of Montparnasse1958Une fille à la terrasse (uncredited)
Secrets of a French Nurse1958Aline
Le jeu de la nuit1957

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Belle maman1999performer: "Marcia Baila"

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
C'est la VieDocumentary filmingHerself
In Memoriam Bernadette Lafont2014Documentary Herself
Il était une fois...2013TV Series documentaryHerself
Cinema 32012TV SeriesHerself
Días de cine2012TV SeriesHerself
On n'est pas couché2009TV SeriesHerself
Grand manège: Qu'est-ce qui fait tourner Claude Chabrol?2006TV Movie documentaryHerself
Regarding Buñuel2000DocumentaryElla misma
Le fils de Gascogne1995Herself / En personne
Alexandra David-Néel1992Documentary voice
Mardi cinéma1982-1988TV Series documentaryHerself
Cinématon1984DocumentaryParticipant
La nuit des Césars1979-1980TV Series documentaryHerself / Herself - César de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle
Les rendez-vous du dimanche1980TV SeriesHerself
Monsieur Cinéma1976-1979TV SeriesHerself
Top à...1973TV SeriesHerself
Gala de l'union1973TV SeriesHerself
Midi Trente1973TV SeriesHerself
Sacha show1970TV SeriesHerself
47 rue Vieille-du-Temple1960Documentary shortHerself (uncredited)

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Le monde en face2012TV Series documentaryHerself
Les 13 vies du chat Lelouch2002TV Movie documentaryHerself / Elle-même, actrice dans 'Le jeu de la nuit' (1957)
Eddie Constantine: Cet homme est un sentimental...1999TV Movie documentaryHerself (uncredited)
La Cérémonie1995Lucienne Delamare in 'Les Noces Rouges' (uncredited)

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1989ALFS AwardLondon Critics Circle Film AwardsActor of the YearBabettes gæstebud (1987)
1988Silver RibbonItalian National Syndicate of Film JournalistsBest Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera)Babettes gæstebud (1987)
1988RobertRobert FestivalBest Actress (Årets kvindelige hovedrolle)Babettes gæstebud (1987)
1979CésarCésar Awards, FranceBest Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle)Violette Nozière (1978)
1974BAFTA Film AwardBAFTA AwardsBest ActressJuste avant la nuit (1971)
1970Prize San SebastiánSan Sebastián International Film FestivalBest ActressLe boucher (1970)
1968Silver Berlin BearBerlin International Film FestivalBest ActressLes biches (1968)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1989BAFTA Film AwardBAFTA AwardsBest ActressBabettes gæstebud (1987)
1984CésarCésar Awards, FranceBest Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle)Mortelle randonnée (1983)
1983CésarCésar Awards, FranceBest Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle)Paradis pour tous (1982)
1982CésarCésar Awards, FranceBest Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle)Coup de torchon (1981)
1973BAFTA Film AwardBAFTA AwardsBest ActressLe boucher (1970)

Known for movies

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