Born: November 02, 1932

In film from 1958, French actress Stephane Audran has most often been seen in the films directed by her second husband, Claude_Chabrol. Conveying an icy sensuality in her screen appearances, Audran won France's Cesar Award for her against-type portrayal of a drab, unhappy woman in Chabrol's Violette_Noziere (1978); three years earlier, she was honored with the British Film Academy award for Just_Before_Nightfall (1975). She has also appeared in the works of Eric_Rohmer (Signe du Lion), Jean_Delannoy (La Peau de Torpedo), Gabriel_Axel (Babette's_Feast), and Bertrand_Tavernier (Coup de Touchon). The most celebrated of her non-Chabrol films was Luis Bunuel's Oscar-winning The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972). Also active in English-language productions, Audran seemed a bit lost in such American misfires as The Black Bird (1975), but was poise personified in the made-for-TV projects Brideshead_Revisited (1982), Mistral's_Daughter (1984) and The Sun Also Rises (1984). Prior to her 1964 marriage to Chabrol, Stephane Audran had been the wife of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant. Hal Erickson, Rovi

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