# Stéphane Audran

Stéphane Audran (born Colette Suzanne Jeannine Dacheville; 8 November 1932 – 27 March 2018) was a French film actress. She was known for her performances in the films of her husband Claude Chabrol, including Les Biches (1968) and Le Boucher (1970), Luis Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), and Gabriel Axel's Babette's Feast (1987). The role she was mostly associated with was that of the haughty bourgeois woman.

## Biography

Audran was born in Versailles and raised by her mother after her father, a doctor, died when she was six years old. A graduate of the Lycée Lamartine, she studied drama at the Ecole de théâtre Charles Dullin in Paris. She first appeared on stage, though with little success, and gave her film debut in the 1957 short film Le jeu de la nuit. Her first collaboration with director Chabrol was the 1959 Les Cousins, with whom she would make a total of 25 films. Having previously been married to actor Jean-Louis Trintignant, she married Chabrol in 1964. The couple had one son, actor Thomas Chabrol.
Audran's major films with Chabrol include Les Biches, which earned her the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival, Le Boucher, Just Before Nightfall (1971), and Violette Nozière (1978), for which she won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also starred in Eric Rohmer's 1959 debut film Le Signe du Lion (released in 1962), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, for which she received the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (together with Just Before Nightfall), Bertrand Tavernier's 1981 Coup de Torchon, and her internationally best known film, Babette's Feast. In addition, Audran had supporting roles in three films of director Samuel Fuller. On TV, she appeared in productions like Brideshead Revisited (1981) and The Sun Also Rises (1984).
Audran and Chabrol divorced in 1980, although she continued to act in small parts in his films. She died on 27 March 2018, aged 85, following a long illness. Her son Thomas reported that his mother had been in hospital for ten days before she returned home, where she died.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes / English title |
| 1957 | Le jeu de la nuit | | short film |
| 1958 | La bonne tisane | Aline Monnier | |
| 1958 | Montparnasse 19 | Girl on the terrace | uncredited |
| 1959 | Les Cousins | Françoise | |
| 1960 | Les Bonnes Femmes | Ginette | |
| 1960 | Présentation ou Charlotte et son steak | Charlotte | short film |
| 1961 | Wise Guys | Xavière, the dancer | |
| 1961 | Saint Tropez Blues | Lucie | short film |
| 1962 | Le Signe du lion | Landlady | The Sign of Leo |
| 1962 | The Third Lover | Hélène | also titled The Eye of Evil |
| 1963 | Landru | Fernande Segret | Bluebeard |
| 1964 | Les Durs à cuire ou Comment supprimer son prochain sans perdre l'appétit | Rika Lormond | |
| 1964 | Le Tigre aime la chair fraîche | Opera singer | Code Name: Tiger, uncredited |
| 1965 | Six in Paris | Mother | segment "La Muette" |
| 1965 | Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha | Olga | Blue Panther |
| 1966 | Line of Demarcation | Wife of Dr. Lafaye | |
| 1967 | The Champagne Murders | Jacqueline Belling / Lydia | |
| 1968 | Les Biches | Frédérique | The Does |
| 1969 | The Unfaithful Wife | Hélène Desvallées | |
| 1970 | Le Boucher | Hélène | The Butcher |
| 1970 | Children of Mata Hari | Dominique Krestowitz | |
| 1970 | The Breach | Hélène Régnier | |
| 1970 | The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun | Anita Caldwell | |
| 1971 | Just Before Nightfall | Hélène Masson | |
| 1971 | Sans mobile apparent | Hélène Vallée | |
| 1971 | Aussi loin que l'amour | Michel's wife | |
| 1972 | Un meurtre est un meurtre | Marie Kastner / Anne | |
| 1972 | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Alice Sénéchal | |
| 1973 | Wedding in Blood | Lucienne Delamare | |
| 1974 | Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard | Cécile Malempin | |
| 1974 | Le Cri du cœur | Claire, Alexandre's mother | |
| 1974 | And Then There Were None | Ilona Morgan | |
| 1974 | Vincent, François, Paul... et les autres | Catherine, Vincent's wife | |
| 1975 | Hay que matar a B. | Susana | |
| 1975 | The Black Bird | Anna Kemidov | |
| 1976 | Chi dice donna, dice donna | Mimì / Chantal | segment "Donne d'affari" |
| 1976 | The Twist | Claire Brandels | |
| 1977 | Silver Bears | Shireen Firdausi | |
| 1977 | The Devil's Advocate | Anne, Contessa di Sanctis | |
| 1977 | Mort d'un pourri | Christiane | |
| 1978 | Blood Relatives | Mrs. Lowery | |
| 1978 | Violette Nozière | Germaine Nozière | |
| 1979 | Eagle's Wing | Widow | |
| 1979 | Le Gagnant | Hélène Dupré-Granval | |
| 1980 | Le Soleil en face | Geneviève | |
| 1980 | The Big Red One | Underground Walloon Fighter at Asylum | |
| 1980 | Le Cœur à l'envers | Jeanne | |
| 1980 | La Cage aux folles 2 | | |
| 1981 | The Plouffe Family | Mme Boucher | |
| 1981 | Coup de torchon | Huguette Cordier | |
| 1982 | Boulevard des assassins | Francine | |
| 1982 | Le Choc | Jeanne Faulques | The Shock, uncredited |
| 1982 | Paradis pour tous | Edith | |
| 1983 | Mortelle randonnée | Grey lady | Deadly Circuit |
| 1983 | La Scarlatine | Minon Palazzi | |
| 1984 | Thieves After Dark | Isabelle's mother | |
| 1984 | The Blood of Others | Gigi | |
| 1984 | The Bay Boy | Blanche | uncredited |
| 1985 | Chicken with Vinegar | Madame Cuno | |
| 1985 | Night Magic | Janice | |
| 1985 | La Cage aux folles 3: Elles se marient | Matrimonia | |
| 1986 | La Gitane | Brigitte | |
| 1986 | Suivez mon regard | Wife of TV addict | |
| 1987 | Babette's Feast | Babette Hersant | |
| 1987 | Faceless | Madame Sherman | |
| 1987 | The Cry of the Owl | | |
| 1987 | Cinématon episode #926 | | short film |
| 1988 | Les Saisons du plaisir | Bernadette | |
| 1988 | Corps z'a corps | Edna Chabert | |
| 1988 | Il Nido del ragno | Mrs. Kuhn | |
| 1989 | Manika, une vie plus tard | Sister Ananda | |
| 1990 | La Messe en si mineur | Marie-Laure Villegrain | |
| 1990 | Quiet Days in Clichy | Adrienne | |
| 1990 | Sons | Florence | |
| 1992 | Betty | Laure | |
| 1992 | The Turn of the Screw | Mrs. Grose | |
| 1995 | Le Fils de Gascogne | Herself | Gascogne's Son |
| 1995 | Au petit Marguery | Joséphine | |
| 1996 | Maximum Risk | Chantal Moreau | |
| 1997 | Arlette | Diane | |
| 1998 | Madeline | Lady Covington | |
| 1999 | Belle maman | Brigitte | |
| 2000 | Le Pique-nique de Lulu Kreutz | Lulu Kreutz | |
| 2001 | J'ai faim !!! | Gaby, Lily's mother | I'm Hungry |
| 2002 | Ma femme s'appelle Maurice | Jacqueline Boisdain | My Wife's Name Is Maurice |
| 2008 | The Girl from Monaco | Édith Lassalle | |
| 2018 | The Other Side of the Wind | as herself | filmed 1970–1976 |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1973 | Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street | Dr. Bogdanovich | episode of Tatort series |
| 1979 | Orient-Express | Baroness Maria von Pallberg | segment "Maria" |
| 1981 | Le Marteau piqueur | Marianne Bernejoul | |
| 1981 | Le Beau monde | Ariane | TV movie |
| 1981 | Brideshead Revisited | Cara | |
| 1982 | Elective Affinities [fr] | Charlotte | TV movie |
| 1982 | La Marseillaise | Juliette Poussin | TV movie |
| 1984 | Mistral's Daughter | Paula Deslandes | |
| 1984 | The Sun Also Rises | Georgette | |
| 1986 | Isola, Un | Signora Lecoq | |
| 1987 | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story | Pauline de la Rochelle | TV movie |
| 1989 | Champagne Charlie | Thérèse | TV movie |
| 1990 | TECX | Isabelle Souverain | |
| 1992 | Weep No More, My Lady | Minna | TV movie |
| 1992 | Le Droit à l'oubli | | TV movie |
| 1994 | L'Évanouie | Claire | TV movie |
| 1996 | Petit | Françoise | TV movie |
| 1997 | Un printemps de chien | Geneviève | TV movie |
| 2000 | La Bicyclette bleue | | |
| 2004 | Sissi, l'impératrice rebelle | Sophie | |
| 2005 | La Battante | Edwige Fournier | |
| 2005 | Trois femmes… un soir d'été | Louise Bonnier | |