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      1938-79                         Actress

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1938:

Born 13th November in Marshalltown, Iowa, USA

1957:

Beats 18,000 applicants for the lead in Otto Preminger's movie Saint Joan

1958:

Appears in Preminger's Bonjour Tristesse Marries François Moreuil

1959:

Appears as the lead in Jean-Luc Godard's seminal New Wave picture, Breathless, Remains in Europe

1960:

Divorces François Moreuil

1962:

Marries Romain Gary

1963:

Son Alexandre Diego Gary born

1964:

Appears in Lilith

1966:

Appears in Chabrol's La Ligne de démarcation

1969:

Appears in Paint Your Wagon

1970:

Daughter Nina Hart Gary born 23rd August. Baby dies two days later. On every subsequent anniversary of her child's death Jean will attempt suicide. Divorces Romain Gary

1972:

Marries Dennis Berry

1978:

Divorces Dennis Berry. Survives a suicide attempt wherein she throws herself under a train on the Paris Metro. Marries Ahmed Hasmi

1979:

On 8th September her decomposed body is found in a car in a quiet Paris street. She has taken a barbiturate overdose. She is only 40 years old

1980:

Her former husband, Romain Gary, commits suicide (gunshot)

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filmography

1. Légion saute sur Kolwezi, La (1980) (scenes deleted)
   
2. Bleu des origines, Le (1979)
3. Wildente, Die (1976)
4. Bianchi cavalli d'Agosto (1975)
5. Große Ekstase, Die (1975)
6. Ballad for Billy the Kid (1974)
7. Mousey (1974) (TV)
8. Corrupción de Chris Miller, La (1973)
9. Questa specie d'amore (1972)
10. Attentat, L' (1972)
11. Camorra (1972)
12. Kill! (1971)
13. Ondata di calore (1970)
14. Macho Callahan (1970)
15. Airport (1970)
    
16. Paint Your Wagon (1969)
17. Pendulum (1969)
18. Oiseaux vont mourir au Pérou, Les (1968)
19. Route de Corinthe, La (1967)
20. Estouffade à la Caraïbe (1966)
21. Fine Madness, A (1966)
22. Ligne de démarcation, La (1966)
23. Moment to Moment (1965)
24. Diamantenbillard (1965)
25. Lilith (1964)
26. Échappement libre (1964)
27. Plus belles escroqueries du monde, Les (1964)
28. In the French Style (1963)
29. Congo vivo (1962)
30. Grandes personnes, Les (1961)
31. Amant de cinq jours, L' (1961)
32. Récréation, La (1960)
33. Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
34. À bout de souffle (1960)
    
35. Mouse That Roared, The (1959)
36. Bonjour tristesse (1958)
37. Saint Joan (1957)










Where was she buried?:

Montparnasse cemetery, Paris, France


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