Stéphane Audran, who would have been 92 years old this Friday, November 8 but left us in 2018, was an emblematic figure of French cinema in the 1970s. His meeting with the famous director Claude Chabrol in 1958 was decisive, because she became both his wife and his favorite actress. He first hires him to The Cousinsfor a single line, before collaborating with her on more than 20 films. She became his almost exclusive muse, and married him for a second time in 1964, after giving him a son, Thomas.
Before that, in the 1950s, she met an apprentice actor during the Dullin course, who was none other than Jean-Louis Trintignant. They married on November 18, 1954 in Vincennes, but divorced only two years later, in 1956.after the actor began a romantic affair with Brigitte Bardot, on the set of the film And God created woman.
A jewel signed Roger Vadim, who was in a relationship with Brigitte Bardot. “By being natural in my love scenes with Jean-Louis, I quite naturally ended up loving him. I felt a devouring passion for him“, wrote the latter in her memoirs, about this affair with Jean-Louis Trintignant. “He wanted proof of love, a sacrifice, and threatened not to see Brigitte again if she didn't leave me immediately.“, had for his part revealed Roger Vadim, as reported Marie-Claire.
Stéphane Audran betrayed by Jean-Louis Trintignant but not resentful
Brigitte Bardot and Jean-Louis Trintignant, star in the making, then leave their respective spouses to live their romance. Not holding a grudge, Stéphane Audran will respond to him three times subsequently: in 1968 in The Hindsin 1971 in Sans mobile apparent and in 1982 in Boulevard of assassins. The first film allowed her to win the Silver Bear for best actress in Berlin.
It was not until 1979 that the actress received a César for best actress for her role in Violette Nozière by… Claude Chabrol (as a reminder, he is also deceased). In 1980, this couple decided to separate, after more than fifteen years of love.
