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Aug 1, 2013 · Bernadette Lafont, a French actress whose sensuality and ebullience made her a muse of the iconoclastic New Wave that overtook France’s film industry in the late 1950s and early ’60s, died on...
Jul 26, 2013 · Bernadette Lafont, who has died aged 74, could have claimed to be the first female star of the Nouvelle Vague. François Truffaut chose the sensual, dark-haired, 18-year-old Lafont and her new...
Biography: life and films. T he most emblematic actress of the French New Wave, Bernadette Lafont infused French cinema with her lively personality and sensual charm for over half a century, appearing in more than 130 films whilst pursuing an active career on stage and television.
Bernadette Lafont was one of the most enduring female stars to emerge from the French New Wave. A feisty, dark-haired sensual beauty, she emerged into cinematic consciousness in François Truffaut’s first (short) film Les Mistons in 1957 when she was 19. It was also her first film, and proved momentous for both actress and director.
Aug 6, 2013 · Bernadette Lafont, actress: born Nîmes 28 October 1938; married 1957 Gérard Blain (divorced 1959), 1960 Diourka Medveczky (one son, one daughter, and one daughter deceased); died Nîmes 25 July...
The Good Girls. A Cat in Paris. An Impudent Girl. Acting. Directing. Bernadette Lafont was a French actress who appeared in more than 150 feature films. She has been considered "the face of French New Wave".
Bernadette Lafont. Actress. 28 October 1938 to 24 July 2013. A French actress closely identified with the Nouvelle Vague, Lafont appeared in such hits as Truffaut’s Les Mistons (1957) and Chabrol’s Le Beau Serge (1958).
