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3 | Jane Mallory Birkin [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (December 14, 1946 - July 16, 2023) was an English-French SingerSongwriter, actress, model and director. |
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5 | She was most famous for her decade-long musical and romantic [[CreatorCouple partnership]] with Music/SergeGainsbourg, being his most famous [[TheMuse muse]]. In 1969 they released what is perhaps their most famous duet, "Je t'aime... moi non plus" ("I love you ... me neither"), which Gainsbourg originally had written for Creator/BrigitteBardot. The song caused a scandal for its sexual explicitness, and was banned in some countries. Birkin has also had a long acting career in British and French cinema, and was something of a sex symbol in the [[TheSixties '60s]] and [[TheSeventies '70s]]. In 2007 she made her feature film directing debut with ''Boxes'' (and starred in it). |
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7 | Birkin lived in UsefulNotes/{{France}} for most of her life and acquired French citizenship. She was the mother of the late photographer Kate Barry (from her 1965–68 marriage to Music/JohnBarry), as well as actress and singer Creator/CharlotteGainsbourg (from her 1968–80 relation with Serge) and actress and singer Creator/LouDoillon (from her 1980–91 relation with director Jacques Doillon). |
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9 | She was found dead at her home in Paris on July 16, 2023, at the age of 76. She had been recovering from a stroke in the previous years. |
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11 | Actress Lucy Gordon portrayed her in the 2010 biopic ''[[Film/{{Gainsbourg}} Gainsbourg (Vie Héroïque)]]''. Charlotte Gainsbourg released a documentary about her mother in 2021, ''Jane by Charlotte''. |
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13 | !!Works on TV Tropes: |
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15 | * ''Film/TheKnackAndHowToGetIt'' (1965) as Girl on a Motorbike ({{uncredited|role}}) |
16 | * ''Film/{{Blowup}}'' (1966) as The Blonde |
17 | * ''Film/{{Kaleidoscope}}'' (1966) as Exquisite Thing |
18 | * ''Film/{{Wonderwall}}'' (1968) as Penny Lane |
19 | * ''Film/LaPiscine'' (1969) as Penelope |
20 | * ''Film/DonJuanOrIfDonJuanWereAWoman'' (1973) as Clara |
21 | * ''Film/{{Death on the Nile|1978}}'' (1978) as Louise Bourget |
22 | * ''Literature/EvilUnderTheSun'' (1982) as Christine Redfern |
23 | * ''[[Film/KungFuMaster1988 Kung-fu Master]]'' (1988) as Mary-Jane |
24 | * ''Film/LaBelleNoiseuse'' (1991) as Liz |
25 | * ''Boxes'' (2007) as Anna (also directed) |
26 | * ''Film/LaFemmeEtLeTGV'' (2016) as Elise |
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28 | !!Tropes & Trivia in her works: |
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30 | * DirectedByCastMember: She directed and starred in 2007's ''Boxes''. |
31 | * TheImmodestOrgasm: Most of the lyrics in "Je t'aime... moi non plus" are not so much sung as they are moaned orgasmically by Jane. |
32 | * IntercourseWithYou: Her songs with Serge Gainsbourg were loaded with this, which caused some scandals and censorships. |
33 | * MsFanservice: A number of her French movie appearances in TheSeventies owed more to her gorgeous physique than anything else. As an actress she grew beyond that later on, however. |
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