The French actress and singer Jane Birkin is dead. This was reported by several French media on Sunday. Accordingly, she was found lifeless in her Paris apartment on Sunday. Birkin has recently been struggling with health problems. She was 76 years old.
Jane Birkin was born in London on December 14, 1946 to actress Judy Campbell and naval commander David Birkin. She is best known for her roles in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up (1966) and Jacques Deray’s The Swimming Pool (1969). With her longtime partner, the musician Serge Gainsbourg, she sang “Je t’aime, … moi non plus” in 1969, the song became a big hit also because of its vulgarity. The artistic and private partnership lasted until 1980. Directed by Jacques Doillon, Birkin made a name for herself as a character actress, she was in front of the camera until 2013. After temporarily stopping recording music, Birkin released several albums in the ’00s, collaborating with Beth Gibbons and Rufus Wainwright, among others. She is the mother of photographer Kate Barry (1967-2013) and actresses Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon. (jW)
2023-07-16 17:36:21
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