Jane Birkin

British-French actress and singer (1946–2023)

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Jane Birkin was a British-French actress and singer who lived from 1946 to 2023 and became a cultural icon known for her work in film and music. She matters because she left a significant mark on entertainment and popular culture during her long career spanning multiple decades.

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Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Marylebone
Place of death: Paris
Spouse: John Barry
Child: Lou Doillon
Mother: Judy Campbell
Occupation: model
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Participant in: 2007 Cannes Film Festival
Genre: pop music
Instrument: voice
Record label: Fontana Records
Official website: janebirkin.fr
Image: Jane birkin 1970.jpg
Height: 1.73
Number of children: 3
Work location: Paris
Residence: Paris

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Commons category: Jane Birkin
date of birth: 1946-12-14
nominated for: César Award for Best Actress
start of work period: 1966-00-00
name in native language: Jane Birkin
social media followers: 38400
birth name: Jane Mallory Birkin
date of death: 2023-07-16
end of work period: 2023-00-00
official shop URL: official.shop/jane-birkin
copyright representative: SACEM
manner of death: natural causes
cause of death: leukemia
unmarried partner: Olivier Rolin
related category: Category:Jane Birkin albums
place of burial: Montparnasse Cemetery

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Jane Mallory Birkin (/ˈbɜːrkɪn/ BUR-kin; 14 December 1946 – 16 July 2023) was an English-French actress, singer, and designer. She had a prolific career as an actress, mostly in French cinema.

A native of London, Birkin began her career as an actress, appearing in minor roles in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup (1966) and Kaleidoscope (1966). In 1968 she met Serge Gainsbourg while co-starring with him in Slogan, which marked the beginning of a years-long working and personal relationship. The duo released a debut album, Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg, in 1969, and Birkin appeared in the film Je t'aime moi non plus in 1976 under Gainsbourg's direction. She mostly worked in France, where she had become a major star, and occasionally appeared in English-language films such as the Agatha Christie adaptations Death on the Nile (1978) and Evil Under the Sun (1982), as well as James Ivory's A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998).

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