Jane Birkin
Born: 1946-12-14 in London, England, UK
Died: 2023-07-16
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE (December 14, 1946 – July 16, 2023) was a British-French actress, singer, and designer. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. In addition to her prolific career in French cinema, she appeared in several English-language films including Blowup (1966), Death on the Nile (1978), Evil Under the Sun (1982), and A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998). She was the mother of photographer Kate Barry with her first husband composer John Barry; of actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg with Serge Gainsbourg; and of musician Lou Doillon with Jacques Doillon.
Filmography
2024
- Jane Birkin by Friends
- Pierre Koralnik, cinéaste et visionnaire as Elle-même (archives)
2023
- L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
- Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
2022
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
- Jane by Charlotte as Self
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président as Self (archive footage)
- Unis pour l'Ukraine as Self
- Alain Souchon - One Day, One Fate as Self
- Jane Birkin et nous as Self
- Jane Birkin « Oh ! Pardon tu dormais... », le concert as Self : Singer
2021
- Pretend It's a City ... (Songs)
- Abers Road as Self
- Gainsbourg, toute une vie
- Undressing a Legacy as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Numéro un - Demis Roussos as Self
- Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me as Self
- Agnes V. by Jane B. as Self
- Le festival des festivals as Self
- Les Secrets de la belle endormie as Self
- Live @ Echoes with Jehnny Beth as Self
2019
- Bonsoir bonsoir! as Self
- Fifty Years Later as Self
- Jane Birkin: Simply an Icon as Self - Singer (archive footage)
- Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau as Self (archive footage)
2018
- La hora musa as Self
- Bonsoir ! as Self - Guest
2017
- Jane Birkin - Alcaline le Concert as Self
- À la recherche de... Pierre Richard as Self - Actress, singer (archive footage)
- Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au Zénith as Self
2016
- Vadim Mister Cool as Self (archive footage)
- Whoever Was Using This Bed as The Caller (voice)
- The Railroad Lady as Élise
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Musical Guest
- Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
- Bleu Catacombes as Lili Rousseau
2013
- Nobody's Daughter Haewon as Self
- The French Minister as Molly Hutchinson
- The Gillian Hills Trilogy
- Du sang sur la neige as Self
2012
- Twice Born as Psicologa
- Les Saisons meurtrières as Lily Rousseau
2011
- George Harrison: Living in the Material World as Self
- Souvenirs of Serge as Narrator / Self (archive footage)
- If You Die, I'll Kill You as Louise
2010
- Thelma, Louise et Chantal as Nelly
- Gainsbourg and His Girls as Self - Singer (voice)
2009
- Around a Small Mountain as Kate
2008
- The Beaches of Agnès as Self/La croupière
- Bunker
2007
- Boxes as Anna
- In Mom's Head as Jane
- Valkirias ... (Music)
- Turn Me On as Self - Host
2006
- On n'est pas couché as Self - Guest
- Les Aventuriers des mers du Sud as Fanny Stevenson
2005
- French Beauty as Self
- Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre as Self
2003
- Thank You, Doctor Rey as Pénélope
- The Very Merry Widows as Renée
- Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes as Self
2002
- Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère as Self
- Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes as Self (archive footage)
- Jane Birkin - Arabesque as Self
2001
- Star Academy as Self
- This Is My Body as Louise Vernet
- A Hell of a Day as Jane
2000
- The Last September as Francie Montmorency
- Cinderella as Mab
- Beck: @NPA Paris as Self
- De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre 1958-1991 as Self
1999
- Le Grand Tralala as Self
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
- Vivement dimanche prochain as Self
- So Graham Norton as Self
- A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries as Mrs. Fortescue
1997
- Leute heute as Self
- Same Old Song as Jane
- Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
1995
- One Hundred and One Nights as The Woman Who Says Stingy
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea as Nikos' Former Love (voice)
- Black for Remembrance as Caroline
1994
1993
- Taratata as Self
1992
- La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento as Liz
- Oh pardon ! Tu dormais... ... (Director)
1991
- La Belle Noiseuse as Liz
- Lest We Forget as Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")
- Red Fox as Violet Harrison
- Jane Birkin au Casino de Paris as Self
1990
- Stars 90 as Self
- Daddy Nostalgia as Caroline
1989
- The 15 Year Old Girl ... (Assistant Director)
- L'Ex-femme de ma vie as Frankie
1988
- Kung-Fu Master! as Mary-Jane
- Jane B. by Agnès V. as Self / Calamity Jane / Claude Jade / Joan Arc
- Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire as Joy
1987
- Sacrée soirée as Self
- Le monde est à vous as Self
- Téléthon as Self
- Comédie ! as Elle
- Keep Your Right Up as Cicada
- Jane Birkin au Bataclan as Self - Chant
1986
- The Woman of My Life as Laura
1985
- Victoires de la musique as Self
- Cinecittà Cinecittà as Jane Birkin
- Leave All Fair as Marie Taylor, Katherine Mansfield
- Beethoven's Nephew as Johanna
- Dust as Magda
1984
- La Pirate as Alma
- The Bodyguard as Barbara Penning
- Love on the Ground as Emily
1983
- A Friend of Vincent as Marie-Pierre
- Dorothée : Le Show as Jane
- Move Along, There Is Nothing to See! as Hélène Duvernet
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- Na sowas! as Self
- Evil Under the Sun as Christine Redfern
- Nestor Burma, détective de choc as Hélène Chatelain
- Famous T & A as archive footage
- The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' as Self / Christine Redfern
1981
- The Prodigal Daughter as Anne
- Electric Blue 006 as Self (archive footage)
1980
- Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment as Wally Neuziel
1979
- Melancoly Baby as Olga
- Death on the Tagus as Self
- Honey as Inés
- Make Room for Tomorrow as Peggy
1978
- Death on the Nile as Louise Bourget
1977
- Animal as La vedette féminine
1976
- 30 millions d'amis as Self
- Cérémonie des César as Self - Host
- I Love You, I Don't as Johnny
- Burnt By A Scalding Passion as Virginia Vismara
- The Devil in the Heart as Linda
1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Midi Première as Self
- Numéro un as Self
- Système 2 as Self
- Seven Deaths by Prescription as Mme Jane Berg
- Serious as Pleasure as Ariane Berg
- The Wild Goose Chase as Janet
- Catherine & Co. as Catherine
1974
- Love at the Top as Marie-Paule Allard
- Bons baisers de... Tarzan as Jeanne / Jane
- I'm Losing My Temper as Jackie Logan
- How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby as Jane
1973
- Private Screening as Kate / Hélène
- Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman as Clara
- Dark Places as Alta
- Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye as Corringa
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- Midi trente as Self
- Seduction Squad as Christine
1971
- Samedi soir as Self
- Film '72 as Self
- Cadet Rousselle as Self
- Melody as Melody Nelson
- Romance of a Horsethief as Naomi
- The Rage of War as Milja
- Too Small My Friend as Christine Mars / Christine Devone
1970
- Cannabis as Jane Swenson
- May Morning as Flora Finlake
- Sex-Power as Jane
1969
- The Swimming Pool as Penelope
- Katmandu as Jane
- Slogan as Evelyne Nicholson
- Wonderwall as Penny Lane
1968
- À bout portant as Self
1967
- Poor Cherry as Judy
1966
- Blow-Up as The Blonde
- Kaleidoscope as Exquisite Thing
- The Idol as Art Student
1965
- Dim Dam Dom as Self
- The Knack... and How to Get It as Girl on Motorbike (uncredited)
1964
- Die Drehscheibe as Self
1960
- Armchair Mystery Theatre as Anthea Langridge
1959
- Discorama as Self
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Judy