Photographer Gabrielle Crawford was a long-time friend of Jane Birkinfor 58 years. She wrote a novel about her friend, “I’m a photographer. Not a writer.
I delivered intimate, personal memories, never immodest, and in the process reestablished some truths.”
she explains in an interview for Madame Figaro.
She spoke openly about Jane Birkin and reestablished certain truths. “Jane never did drugs, she only smoked once. She didn’t need it.”
Jane Birkin was jealous in love
The photographer knew that Jane Birkin was
jealous with his spouses. “There was a kind of paradox to be so jealous, and, at the same time, to leave, to leave the men in her life often alone, in Paris or elsewhere.” nuance the photographer before saying more about this character trait. “This jealousy, which is truly a constant in his character, came from his insecurity, from his childhood.”
Jane Birkin didn’t have much confidence in herself and had a lot of insecurity around men: “She was beautiful but didn’t see itfinding himself full of
defects. In fact, it’s a mixture. She was very proud of this person – herself – whom she didn’t like very much (…) When she was ill, at the end of her life, she said to me ‘My wife. I wish I could marry you.’ As if, after all her men, she had found someone who asked nothing of her, who was faithful to her and who gave her sweetness.”
Her friend has precious memories with Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin is died July 16, 2023at 76 years old. Her friend has wonderful memories with the actress. “Without contesting those in the nightclubs in Paris, London and elsewhere. Jane and I are
complementaryshe extroverted, me introverted. She loved the drames. Elle
exaggerated everything.” The debates between the two friends were lively. “When I pointed this out to her, she replied:
‘But Gabrielle, it’s 70% true.’
Gabrielle Crawford did not want to find herself in the car with Charlotte Gainsbourg’s mother: “She was a real public danger. She was driving her Méhari like a racing car in the dunes, couldn’t find the pedals when it came to a rental car, could do several tours of Brest without finding his way. And when the gendarmes stopped him, they asked him for an autograph ! I think that Serge Gainsbourg bought his license from him.”
