| General info : | | Jane Mallory Birkin (born 14 December 1946, Marylebone, London, England) is an English actress, singer, and songwriter based in France.
She is also known for her relationship and musical partnership with Serge Gainsbourg in the 1970s and being the namesake of the popular Hermès Birkin bag.
In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Myanmar. | |
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| Video | | An Evening with Jane Birkin & Charlotte Gainsbourg | |
| Video | | Serge Gainsbourg et Jane Birkin - entretien | |
| Video | | The origin of the Birkin bag | |
| Video | | TIIC Studios Apprendre le français: interview Serge Gainsbourg et Jane Birkin 1973 RARE RTBF | |
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| Video | | Interview - Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg: Cannabis meets Slogan (1969) | |
| Video | | Interview et portait de Jane Birkin | |
| Video | | Jane Birkin choquée par "Je t'aime moi non plus" | Archive INA | |
| Video | | Jane Birkin interview (English) | |
| Video | | Jane Birkin raconte sa première nuit avec Gainsbourg | |
| Video | | Jane Birkin, sa vie avec Gainsbourg - Vivement Dimanche | |
| General info : | Jane Mallory Birkin (born 14 December 1946, Marylebone, London, England) is an English actress, singer, and songwriter based in France.
She is also known for her relationship and musical partnership with Serge Gainsbourg in the 1970s and being the namesake of the popular Hermès Birkin bag.
In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Myanmar. | Jane Mallory Birkin (born 14 December 1946, Marylebone, London, England) is an English actress, singer, and songwriter based in France.
She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She also had a prolific career as an actress in British and French cinema.
A native of London, Birkin began her career as an actress, appearing in minor roles in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup (1966), and Kaleidoscope (1966). In 1969, she met Serge Gainsbourg while co-starring with him in Slogan, which marked the beginning of a years-long working and personal relationship. The duo released their debut album Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg (1969), and Birkin also appeared in the controversial film Je t'aime moi non plus (1976) under Gainsbourg's direction. Birkin would attain further acting credits in Agatha Christie's films Death on the Nile (1978), and Evil Under the Sun (1982).
After separating from Gainsbourg in 1980, Birkin continued to work as both an actress and a singer, appearing in various independent films and recording numerous solo albums. In 1991, she appeared in the miniseries Red Fox, and in the American drama A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, in 1998. In 2016, she starred in the Academy Award-nominated short film La femme et le TGV, which she said would be her final film role.
Birkin has resided mainly in France since the 1970s. She is the mother of photographer Kate Barry (d. 2013), with her first husband John Barry; actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, with Serge Gainsbourg; and model Lou Doillon, with Jacques Doillon. In addition to her acting and musical credits, she lent her name to the popular Hermès Birkin bag. | |
| Relations : | | Partner (not married) : Jacques Doillon1980 - 1991 | |
| Relations : | | Married to : John Barry (Composer)m. 1965 - div. 1968 | |
| Relations : | | Daughter of : Judy Campbell | |
| Relations : | | Mother of : Kate Barry | |
| Relations : | | Mother of : Lou Doillon | |
| Relations : | | Partner (not married) : Serge Gainsbourg1968 - 1980 | |
| Relations : | | Sister of : Andrew Birkin | |
| Relations : | | Mother of : Charlotte Gainsbourg | |
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| Video | | Jane Birkin: Singer, actor and inspiration behind iconic Birkin bag dies aged 76 | |
| Video | | Décès de Jane BIRKIN à 76 ans - Hommage avec ses apparitions aux Paris Fashion Week de 2015 à 2022 | |
| General info : | Jane Mallory Birkin (born 14 December 1946, Marylebone, London, England) is an English actress, singer, and songwriter based in France.
She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She also had a prolific career as an actress in British and French cinema.
A native of London, Birkin began her career as an actress, appearing in minor roles in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup (1966), and Kaleidoscope (1966). In 1969, she met Serge Gainsbourg while co-starring with him in Slogan, which marked the beginning of a years-long working and personal relationship. The duo released their debut album Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg (1969), and Birkin also appeared in the controversial film Je t'aime moi non plus (1976) under Gainsbourg's direction. Birkin would attain further acting credits in Agatha Christie's films Death on the Nile (1978), and Evil Under the Sun (1982).
After separating from Gainsbourg in 1980, Birkin continued to work as both an actress and a singer, appearing in various independent films and recording numerous solo albums. In 1991, she appeared in the miniseries Red Fox, and in the American drama A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, in 1998. In 2016, she starred in the Academy Award-nominated short film La femme et le TGV, which she said would be her final film role.
Birkin has resided mainly in France since the 1970s. She is the mother of photographer Kate Barry (d. 2013), with her first husband John Barry; actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, with Serge Gainsbourg; and model Lou Doillon, with Jacques Doillon. In addition to her acting and musical credits, she lent her name to the popular Hermès Birkin bag. | Jane Mallory Birkin (born 14 December 1946, Marylebone, London, England - died 16 July 2023, Paris, France (aged 76)) was an English actress, singer, and songwriter based in France.
She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She also had a prolific career as an actress in British and French cinema.
A native of London, Birkin began her career as an actress, appearing in minor roles in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup (1966), and Kaleidoscope (1966). In 1969, she met Serge Gainsbourg while co-starring with him in Slogan, which marked the beginning of a years-long working and personal relationship. The duo released their debut album Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg (1969), and Birkin also appeared in the controversial film Je t'aime moi non plus (1976) under Gainsbourg's direction. Birkin would attain further acting credits in Agatha Christie's films Death on the Nile (1978), and Evil Under the Sun (1982).
After separating from Gainsbourg in 1980, Birkin continued to work as both an actress and a singer, appearing in various independent films and recording numerous solo albums. In 1991, she appeared in the miniseries Red Fox, and in the American drama A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, in 1998. In 2016, she starred in the Academy Award-nominated short film La femme et le TGV, which she said would be her final film role.
Birkin has resided mainly in France since the 1970s. She is the mother of photographer Kate Barry (d. 2013), with her first husband John Barry; actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, with Serge Gainsbourg; and model Lou Doillon, with Jacques Doillon. In addition to her acting and musical credits, she lent her name to the popular Hermès Birkin bag. | |