Nicole Stéphane

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Nicole Stéphane
Born
Nicole de Rothschild

(1923-05-27)27 May 1923

Nicole Stéphane (born Baroness Nicole de Rothschild, 27 May 1923 – 13 March 2007) was a French actress, producer and director.

Biography

The elder of the two daughters of Baron James-Henri de Rothschild and his first wife, Claude Dupont, Nicole Stéphane was a member of the

Théâtre Antoine and Théâtre Pigalle. Her first cousin Philippine de Rothschild was an actress with the Comédie-Française, using the name Philippine Pascal. And her father's brother, the vintner Philippe de Rothschild, wrote plays, owned theatres and produced films.[1]

Stéphane joined the army during the

Les Enfants terribles (1950). In 1950, Stéphane introduced her cousin (by marriage), Francine Weisweiller, to Jean Cocteau, whom she'd met while acting in Les Enfants terribles. Weisweiller would become a primary patron and close friend of Cocteau's.[2][3]

Her final film as an actress was

Remembrance of Things Past, which starred Jeremy Irons and Ornella Muti. She was also honoured as a member of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the government of France.[4]

In the 1970s, Stéphane was the lover of the American writer and critic Susan Sontag. Sontag dedicated her 1977 book On Photography to her.[5] She also had an affair with Colette de Jouvenel, daughter of the renowned author Colette.

Selected filmography

Actress
Producer
Director

Awards

  • 1953 – Nominated BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actress — Les Enfants terribles (1950)

References

  1. ^ "Stephane, Nicole". Les Gens du Cinema (in French). Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  2. ^ Bergan, Ronald, Obituary, Francine Weisweiller. The Guardian, Wed 17 Dec 2003.
  3. ^ Whatley, Sheree. The House Where Jean Lived, viewfromtheback.com, 04/27/22.
  4. ^ Bergan, Ronald (23 March 2007). "Nicole Stéphane". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
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