Line Renaud is definitely a force of nature. At 96 years old, the artist still displays impressive form, time has no influence on her except to bring her ever more experience and wisdom. She also put this experience down on paper through the book Thank you lifea work published by Robert Laffont and written in collaboration with David Lelait-Helo. With naturalness and tenderness, for others as for herself, the living legend of the French artistic scene addresses all subjects without taboo and in particular that of cosmetic surgery.
In her profession, Line Renaud has always known that appearance plays a fundamental role. She could boast of a very advantageous physique but as time passes, there are few people, however spoiled they may be by nature, who are not affected by the way others look at their body. Except that she really started her acting career late and ultimately says she is happy to have played mature women without having gone through the box of young firsts or femme fatalesthe transition was not brutal and did not give in to the sirens of cosmetic surgery, or almost.
And “the race for youth is a lost bet in advance“for Line Renaud, it is an operation that she authorized herself in the 1970s, very successful and imperceptible: “Eyelids ! Slightly drooping, they no longer supported the false eyelashes that I wore during the Parisline review at the Casino de Paris.” As for the rest, she claims to have “let the law of gravity take over” : “To hell with wrinkles and those little spots that we poetically call 'cemetery flowers'. I'm very flowery! As for the crow's feet, they are even more joyful since they say how much I laughed.“
Line Renaud, a determined and committed woman
Line Renaud took life as it was and accepted the passage of time and its trials as best as possible. To face it, she was able to count for a long time on the love of her life, Loulou Gasté with whom she married in 1950 and whose wife she remained until his death in 1995. A fantastic couple but not perfect, since she had an extramarital affair for 18 years! “My husband found out… But my husband was 20 years older than me, and he was very tired. My husband understood that I had this affair which lasted a long time”notably assured the star at the microphone of Europe 1.
Frank and determined, Line Renaud also uses this strength to work for issues that are close to her heart, whether the fight against AIDS, she who is co-founder and vice-president of the Sidaction association which was created in 1994 or the right to die with dignity in France.
