Brigitte Auber
Born
Marie-Claire Cahen de Labrac

(1925-04-27) 27 April 1925
Paris, France
OccupationActress

Brigitte Auber (French pronunciation: [bʁiʒit obɛʁ]; born Marie-Claire Cahen de Labzac[1] [maʁi klɛʁ kaʔɛn də labzak], 27 April 1925) is a French actress who has worked on stage, film and television in Europe.

Career

Auber was born in Paris on 27 April 1925.[2] She began her film career with the leading role in Jacques Becker's Rendezvous in July (1949), and was known for roles in French films of the 1950s, including Julien Duvivier's romance Under the Sky of Paris (1951). Auber played the role of Danielle Foussard opposite Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief, released in 1955.

In 1957 she was in a relationship with Alain Delon for a few months; they lived together in Paris. On the occasion of the 1957 Cannes Film Festival, she went with him to the French Riviera. In Cannes, Delon became friends with Jean-Claude Brialy and came into contact with the film industry, meeting his future agent George Beaume there, and was spotted by Henry Willson responsible for recruiting new talents on behalf of David O. Selznick.[3]

Nearly a decade and a half later, Auber played the part of the elder Françoise in Claude de Givrays miniseries Mauregard (1969). The young Françoise was played by another French Hitchcock actress, Claude Jade from Topaz. She also had a supporting role in The Man in the Iron Mask, the 1998 film adaptation of the novel The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas. Leonardo DiCaprio played Louis XIV of France and his twin, the Man in the Iron Mask, while Auber played the Queen mother's attendant.

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
1946 Antoine and Antoinette a guest at the wedding Jacques Becker
Gates of the Night Marcel Carné Uncredited
1948 Les amoureux sont seuls au monde Christine Henri Decoin
1949 Rendezvous in July Thérèse Richard Jacques Becker
1950 Vendetta in Camargue Huguette Jean Devaivre
1951 Under the Sky of Paris Denise Lambert Julien Duvivier
Victor Marianne Claude Heymann
1952 L'Amour toujours l'amour Anita Maurice de Canonge
1953 Women of Paris Gisèle Jean Boyer
1955 To Catch a Thief Danielle Foussard Alfred Hitchcock
Les Aristocrates Daisy de Maubrun Denys de La Patellière
1956 Ce soir les jupons volent Blanche Dimitri Kirsanoff
Lorsque l'enfant paraît Annie Fouquet Michel Boisrond
1959 Mon pote le gitan Odette François Gir
1970 Le Cœur fou Cécile Menessier Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
Mauregard Françoise de Mettray Claude de Givray
1982 Mon Curé Chez les Nudistes Charlotte, Antoine's wife Robert Thomas
1997 Le Déménagement Blanche & Rose Colomb Olivier Doran
1998 The Man in the Iron Mask Anne of Austria's lady-in-waiting Randall Wallace

References

  1. ↑ Michel Bracquart (1989). Le Vrai Nom des stars (in French). M.A. éditions. p. 32. ISBN 2866764633.
  2. ↑ Michel Bracquart, Le Vrai Nom des stars, M.A. éditions, 1989, p.32 ISBN 2866764633 (Consulté le 06/09/2020)
  3. ↑ Bernard Violet, Les Mystères Delon, Flammarion, 2000


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