Jane Birkin

Jane Birkin

Known for
Acting
Born
December 14, 1946
Died
July 16, 2023 (aged 76)
Birthplace
London, England, UK

Biography

Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE (December 14, 1946 – July 16, 2023) was a British-French actress, singer, and designer. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. In addition to her prolific career in French cinema, she appeared in several English-language films including Blowup (1966), Death on the Nile (1978), Evil Under the Sun (1982), and A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998). She was the mother of photographer Kate Barry with her first husband composer John Barry; of actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg with Serge Gainsbourg; and of musician Lou Doillon with Jacques Doillon.

Known For

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Filmography

2024
Jane Birkin by Friends poster

Jane Birkin by Friends

Movie

2024
Pierre Koralnik : cinéaste et visionnaire poster

Pierre Koralnik : cinéaste et visionnaire

Movie · as Elle-même (archives)

2023
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours poster

Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours

Movie

2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub poster

L'Âge d'or de la pub

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Alain Souchon - One Day, One Fate poster

Alain Souchon - One Day, One Fate

Movie · as Self

2022
Unis pour l'Ukraine poster

Unis pour l'Ukraine

Movie · as Self

2022
Jane Birkin « Oh ! Pardon tu dormais... », le concert poster

Jane Birkin « Oh ! Pardon tu dormais... », le concert

Movie · as Self : Singer

2022
Jane Birkin et nous poster

Jane Birkin et nous

Movie · as Self

2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président poster

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Jane by Charlotte poster

Jane by Charlotte

Movie · as Self

2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées poster

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2021
Undressing a Legacy poster

Undressing a Legacy

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Gainsbourg, toute une vie poster

Gainsbourg, toute une vie

Movie

2021
Abers Road poster

Abers Road

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me poster

Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me

Movie · as Self

2020
Numéro un - Demis Roussos poster

Numéro un - Demis Roussos

Movie · as Self

2020
Le festival des festivals poster

Le festival des festivals

Movie · as Self

2020
Les Secrets de la belle endormie poster

Les Secrets de la belle endormie

Movie · as Self

2020
Live @ Echoes with Jehnny Beth poster

Live @ Echoes with Jehnny Beth

Movie · as Self

2020
Agnes V. by Jane B. poster

Agnes V. by Jane B.

Movie · as Self

2019
Fifty Years Later poster

Fifty Years Later

Movie · as Self

2019
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau poster

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Jane Birkin: Simply an Icon poster

Jane Birkin: Simply an Icon

Movie · as Self - Singer (archive footage)

2019
Les années Bouvard : le rire et l’impertinence poster

Les années Bouvard : le rire et l’impertinence

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Bonsoir bonsoir! poster

Bonsoir bonsoir!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
La hora musa poster

La hora musa

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Bonsoir ! poster

Bonsoir !

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2017
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard poster

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

Movie · as Self - Actress, singer (archive footage)

2017
Jane Birkin - Alcaline le Concert poster

Jane Birkin - Alcaline le Concert

Movie · as Self

2017
Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au Zénith poster

Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au Zénith

Movie · as Self

2017
Birkin, Hardy, Sanson, une vie à aimer

Birkin, Hardy, Sanson, une vie à aimer

Movie · as Self

2016
The Railroad Lady poster

The Railroad Lady

Movie · as Élise

2016
Vadim Mister Cool poster

Vadim Mister Cool

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
Whoever Was Using This Bed poster

Whoever Was Using This Bed

Movie · as The Caller (voice)

2014
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui poster

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Movie

2014
Bleu Catacombes poster

Bleu Catacombes

Movie · as Lili Rousseau

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

2013
Nobody's Daughter Haewon poster

Nobody's Daughter Haewon

Movie · as Self

2013
The French Minister poster

The French Minister

Movie · as Molly Hutchinson

2013
Du sang sur la neige poster

Du sang sur la neige

Movie · as Self

2013
The Gillian Hills Trilogy

The Gillian Hills Trilogy

Movie

2012
Twice Born poster

Twice Born

Movie · as Psicologa

2012
Les Saisons meurtrières poster

Les Saisons meurtrières

TV · as Lily Rousseau · 4 eps

2011
If You Die, I'll Kill You poster

If You Die, I'll Kill You

Movie · as Louise

2011
Souvenirs of Serge poster

Souvenirs of Serge

Movie · as Narrator / Self (archive footage)

2011
George Harrison: Living in the Material World poster

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2010
Thelma, Louise et Chantal poster

Thelma, Louise et Chantal

Movie · as Nelly

2010
Gainsbourg and His Girls poster

Gainsbourg and His Girls

Movie · as Self - Singer (voice)

2009
Around a Small Mountain poster

Around a Small Mountain

Movie · as Kate

2008
Bunker poster

Bunker

Movie

2008
The Beaches of Agnès poster

The Beaches of Agnès

Movie · as Self/La croupière

2007
In Mom's Head poster

In Mom's Head

Movie · as Jane

2007
Boxes poster

Boxes

Movie · as Anna

2007
Turn Me On poster

Turn Me On

Movie · as Self - Host

2006
Les Aventuriers des mers du Sud poster

Les Aventuriers des mers du Sud

TV · as Fanny Stevenson · 2 eps

2006
On n'est pas couché poster

On n'est pas couché

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2005
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre poster

Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre

Movie · as Self

2005
French Beauty poster

French Beauty

Movie · as Self

2003
The Very Merry Widows poster

The Very Merry Widows

Movie · as Renée

2003
Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes poster

Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes

Movie · as Self

2003
Thank You, Doctor Rey poster

Thank You, Doctor Rey

Movie · as Pénélope

2002
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère poster

Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère

Movie · as Self

2002
Jane Birkin - Arabesque poster

Jane Birkin - Arabesque

Movie · as Self

2002
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes poster

Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2001
A Hell of a Day poster

A Hell of a Day

Movie · as Jane

2001
This Is My Body poster

This Is My Body

Movie · as Louise Vernet

2001
Star Academy poster

Star Academy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
Cinderella poster

Cinderella

Movie · as Mab

2000
De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre 1958-1991 poster

De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre 1958-1991

Movie · as Self

2000
The Last September poster

The Last September

Movie · as Francie Montmorency

2000
Beck: @NPA Paris poster

Beck: @NPA Paris

Movie · as Self

1999
Le Grand Tralala

Le Grand Tralala

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries poster

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

Movie · as Mrs. Fortescue

1998
So Graham Norton poster

So Graham Norton

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Vivement dimanche prochain poster

Vivement dimanche prochain

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Vivement dimanche poster

Vivement dimanche

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1997
Same Old Song poster

Same Old Song

Movie · as Jane

1997
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés poster

Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés

Movie

1997
Leute heute poster

Leute heute

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés poster

Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés

Movie

1995
Black for Remembrance poster

Black for Remembrance

Movie · as Caroline

1995
One Hundred and One Nights poster

One Hundred and One Nights

Movie · as The Woman Who Says Stingy

1995
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea poster

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Movie · as Nikos' Former Love (voice)

1994
Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex poster

Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex

Movie

1993
Taratata poster

Taratata

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento poster

La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento

Movie · as Liz

1992
Later... with Jools Holland poster

Later... with Jools Holland

TV · 1 ep

1991
La Belle Noiseuse poster

La Belle Noiseuse

Movie · as Liz

1991
Lest We Forget poster

Lest We Forget

Movie · as Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")

1991
Red Fox poster

Red Fox

Movie · as Violet Harrison

1991
Jane Birkin au Casino de Paris poster

Jane Birkin au Casino de Paris

Movie · as Self

1990
Daddy Nostalgia poster

Daddy Nostalgia

Movie · as Caroline

1990
L'Ex-femme de ma vie poster

L'Ex-femme de ma vie

Movie · as Frankie

1990
Stars 90 poster

Stars 90

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
Kung-Fu Master! poster

Kung-Fu Master!

Movie · as Mary-Jane

1988
Jane B. by Agnès V. poster

Jane B. by Agnès V.

Movie · as Self / Calamity Jane / Claude Jade / Joan Arc

1988
Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire poster

Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire

Movie · as Joy

1987
Comédie ! poster

Comédie !

Movie · as Elle

1987
Keep Your Right Up poster

Keep Your Right Up

Movie · as Cicada

1987
Jane Birkin au Bataclan poster

Jane Birkin au Bataclan

Movie · as Self - Chant

1987
Téléthon poster

Téléthon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1987
Le monde est à vous poster

Le monde est à vous

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1987
Sacrée soirée poster

Sacrée soirée

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1986
The Woman of My Life poster

The Woman of My Life

Movie · as Laura

1985
Dust poster

Dust

Movie · as Magda

1985
Beethoven's Nephew poster

Beethoven's Nephew

Movie · as Johanna

1985
Leave All Fair poster

Leave All Fair

Movie · as Marie Taylor, Katherine Mansfield

1985
Victoires de la musique poster

Victoires de la musique

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1985
Cinecittà Cinecittà poster

Cinecittà Cinecittà

TV · as Jane Birkin · 5 eps

1984
La Pirate poster

La Pirate

Movie · as Alma

1984
Love on the Ground poster

Love on the Ground

Movie · as Emily

1984
The Bodyguard poster

The Bodyguard

Movie · as Barbara Penning

1983
A Friend of Vincent poster

A Friend of Vincent

Movie · as Marie-Pierre

1983
Move Along, There Is Nothing to See! poster

Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!

Movie · as Hélène Duvernet

1983
Dorothée : Le Show poster

Dorothée : Le Show

Movie · as Jane

1982
Evil Under the Sun poster

Evil Under the Sun

Movie · as Christine Redfern

1982
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' poster

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

Movie · as Self / Christine Redfern

1982
Nestor Burma, détective de choc poster

Nestor Burma, détective de choc

Movie · as Hélène Chatelain

1982
Famous T & A poster

Famous T & A

Movie · as archive footage

1982
Na sowas!

Na sowas!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1982
Champs-Elysées poster

Champs-Elysées

TV · as Self · 11 eps

1981
The Prodigal Daughter poster

The Prodigal Daughter

Movie · as Anne

1981
Electric Blue 006 poster

Electric Blue 006

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1980
Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment poster

Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment

Movie · as Wally Neuziel

1979
Honey poster

Honey

Movie · as Inés

1979
Death on the Tagus poster

Death on the Tagus

Movie · as Self

1979
Make Room for Tomorrow poster

Make Room for Tomorrow

Movie · as Peggy

1979
Melancoly Baby poster

Melancoly Baby

Movie · as Olga

1978
Death on the Nile poster

Death on the Nile

Movie · as Louise Bourget

1977
Animal poster

Animal

Movie · as La vedette féminine

1976
I Love You, I Don't poster

I Love You, I Don't

Movie · as Johnny

1976
Burnt By A Scalding Passion poster

Burnt By A Scalding Passion

Movie · as Virginia Vismara

1976
The Devil in the Heart poster

The Devil in the Heart

Movie · as Linda

1976
30 millions d'amis poster

30 millions d'amis

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1976
Cérémonie des César poster

Cérémonie des César

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1975
Catherine & Co. poster

Catherine & Co.

Movie · as Catherine

1975
The Wild Goose Chase poster

The Wild Goose Chase

Movie · as Janet

1975
Seven Deaths by Prescription poster

Seven Deaths by Prescription

Movie · as Mme Jane Berg

1975
Serious as Pleasure poster

Serious as Pleasure

Movie · as Ariane Berg

1975
Numéro un poster

Numéro un

TV · as Self, Self - Host, Self (archive footage) · 14 eps

1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche poster

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1975
Système 2

Système 2

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Midi Première poster

Midi Première

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1974
Love at the Top poster

Love at the Top

Movie · as Marie-Paule Allard

1974
I'm Losing My Temper poster

I'm Losing My Temper

Movie · as Jackie Logan

1974
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby poster

How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby

Movie · as Jane

1974
Bons baisers de... Tarzan

Bons baisers de... Tarzan

TV · as Jeanne / Jane · 3 eps

1973
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman poster

Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman

Movie · as Clara

1973
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye poster

Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye

Movie · as Corringa

1973
Dark Places poster

Dark Places

Movie · as Alta

1973
Private Screening poster

Private Screening

Movie · as Kate / Hélène

1972
Seduction Squad poster

Seduction Squad

Movie · as Christine

1972
Le Grand Échiquier poster

Le Grand Échiquier

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1972
Midi trente poster

Midi trente

TV · as Self · 9 eps

1971
Too Small My Friend poster

Too Small My Friend

Movie · as Christine Mars / Christine Devone

1971
The Rage of War poster

The Rage of War

Movie · as Milja

1971
Romance of a Horsethief poster

Romance of a Horsethief

Movie · as Naomi

1971
Melody poster

Melody

Movie · as Melody Nelson

1971
Cadet Rousselle poster

Cadet Rousselle

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
Samedi soir

Samedi soir

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Sex-Power poster

Sex-Power

Movie · as Jane

1970
Cannabis poster

Cannabis

Movie · as Jane Swenson

1970
May Morning poster

May Morning

Movie · as Flora Finlake

1969
The Swimming Pool poster

The Swimming Pool

Movie · as Penelope

1969
Wonderwall poster

Wonderwall

Movie · as Penny Lane

1969
Katmandu poster

Katmandu

Movie · as Jane

1969
Slogan poster

Slogan

Movie · as Evelyne Nicholson

1968
À bout portant poster

À bout portant

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1967
Poor Cherry poster

Poor Cherry

Movie · as Judy

1966
Blow-Up poster

Blow-Up

Movie · as The Blonde

1966
Kaleidoscope poster

Kaleidoscope

Movie · as Exquisite Thing

1966
The Idol poster

The Idol

Movie · as Art Student

1965
The Knack... and How to Get It poster

The Knack... and How to Get It

Movie · as Girl on Motorbike (uncredited)

1965
Dim Dam Dom poster

Dim Dam Dom

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1964
Die Drehscheibe

Die Drehscheibe

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1960
Armchair Mystery Theatre

Armchair Mystery Theatre

TV · as Anthea Langridge · 1 ep

1959
Discorama poster

Discorama

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Judy, Babs · 1 ep