Marie Trintignant

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Marie Trintignant
Marie Trintignant 1962-2003.JPG
Born(1962-01-21)21 January 1962
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Died1 August 2003(2003-08-01) (aged 41)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
OccupationActress
Years active1967–2003
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1998)​
Children4
Parent(s)

Marie Trintignant (French pronunciation: [maʁi tʁɛ̃tiɲɑ̃] (About this soundlisten); 21 January 1962 – 1 August 2003) was a French actress.[1]

Early life[]

Trintignant was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, the daughter of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant and his second wife, French film director, producer, and screenwriter Nadine Marquand. She first appeared on screen aged four in her mother's film My Love, My Love. When Marie's baby sister Pauline died when Marie was eight, she became withdrawn and virtually stopped speaking. Her parents divorced in 1976. Throughout her early life, she was afflicted by severe shyness, but by her mid-teens, she decided to become an actress. She had a strong affection for animals and considered becoming a veterinarian, but in the end pursued a career in acting.[2]

Family[]

Trintignant was the mother of four sons: Roman with drummer , Paul with actor François Cluzet, Léon with and Jules with her husband, director Samuel Benchetrit.[1]

Death[]

Marie Trintignant's grave

Marie Trintignant was severely injured in a beating on 26 July 2003 in Vilnius, Lithuania by her then-boyfriend Bertrand Cantat, lead singer with the French rock group Noir Désir. Cantat repeatedly punched Marie Trintignant in the head, leading to her death six days later in a clinic in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France by cerebral edema. She was 41.[3] Cantat was convicted of murder ("murder with indirect intent" - dolus eventualis) and served four years in prison.[1]

Awards[]

Though she never received France's most prestigious acting honor, the César Award, Trintignant was nominated for it five times for her roles in:

  • Comme elle respire - 1999 (best actress)
  • Le Cousin - 1998 (best supporting actress)
  • - 1997 (best actress)
  • - 1994 (best supporting actress)
  • Une affaire de femmes - 1989 (best supporting actress)

Partial filmography[]

  • Mon Amour, Mon Amour (1967)
  • It Only Happens to Others (1971)
  • Défense de savoir (1973) - La petite fille Marie
  • Le voyage de noces (1976) - La jeune fille au marriage
  • Série noire (1979) - Mona
  • La terrazza (1980) - Isabella
  • Premier voyage (1980) - Marie Lambert
  • Un matin rouge (1982) - Marie
  • Les îles (1983) - Nathalie
  • Next Summer (1985) - Sidonie
  • Noyade interdite (1987) - Isabelle
  • La maison de Jeanne (1988) - Martine
  • Story of Women (1988) - Lulu / Lucie
  • Wings of Fame (1990) - Bianca
  •  [fr] (1990) - Emilie / Woman
  • Alberto Express (1990) - Clara
  • Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991) - (voice)
  • Contre l'oubli (1991) - Herself (segment "Pour José Ramón Garciá Gómez, Mexique")
  • Betty (1992) - Betty Etamble
  • L'instinct de l'ange (1993) - La jeune veuve
  • Cible émouvante [fr] (1993) - Renée Dandrieux
  • Les marmottes (1993) - Lucie
  • Hoffman's honger (1993) - Irena Nova
  • Fugueuses (1995) - Marina
  • Les apprentis (1995) - Lorette
  • Des nouvelles du bon Dieu (1996) - Evangile
  • Le cri de la soie (1996) - Marie Benjamin
  • Ponette (1996) - La mère
  • Portraits chinois (1996) - Nina
  • Les démons de Jésus (1997) - Levrette
  • Le cousin (1997) - Juge Lambert
  • White Lies (1998) - Jeanne
  • Deep in the Woods (2000) - La mère
  • Harrison's Flowers (2000) - Cathy
  • Le prince du Pacifique (2000) - Moeata
  • Una lunga lunga lunga notte d'amore (2001) - Irene
  • Petites Misères (2002) - Nicole
  • Total Kheops (2002) - Lole
  • Corto Maltese, la cour secrète des arcanes (2002) - La Duchesse Marina Seminova (voice)
  • Corto Maltese - Sous le signe du capricorne (2002) - Bouche Dorée
  • Les Marins perdus (2003) - Mariette
  • (2003) - Brigitte Sterni
  • Ce qu'ils imaginent (2004) - Juliette
  • Colette, une femme libre (2004, TV mini-series, also writer) - Colette (final appearance)

Other information[]

She also appeared in the film noir Série noire of 1979. Not long before her death she sang a duet in the song "Pièce montée des grands jours" on an album with the same title by French folksinger Thomas Fersen in 2003.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Moore, Suzanne (2012-04-06). "Suzanne Moore, "No beautiful Malian music will make Marie Trintignant's death go away"". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  2. ^ Paris Match No. 2828, 6 August 2003.
  3. ^ Hugh Schofield (19 November 2013). "French killer Bertrand Cantat's controversial comeback". BBC News. Retrieved 20 November 2013.

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