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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJane Birkin, actor and singer, dies aged 76
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The British-born actor and singer Jane Birkin has been found dead at her home in Paris, the French culture ministry said on Sunday.
Birkin, 76, was best known overseas for her 1969 hit in which she and her lover, the late French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, sang the sexually explicit Je taime moi non plus. Birkin found fame in her adopted France, catapulted into the public eye by her turbulent relationship with Gainsbourg. Her heavily accented French became her personal style signifier. She crossed the channel in 1968 at the age of 22 to star in a film alongside Gainsbourg, who was 18 years her senior. It was the start of a 13-year relationship that made them Frances most famous couple, in the spotlight as much for their bohemian and hedonistic lifestyle as for their work.
The doe-eyed Birkin, with her soft voice and androgynous silhouette, quickly became a sex symbol, recording the steamy Je taime moi non plus with a growling Gainsbourg. Banned on radio in several countries and condemned by the Vatican, the song was a worldwide success.
He and I became the most famous of couples in that strange way because of Je taime and because we stuck together for 13 years and he went on being my friend until the day he died. Who could ask for more? Birkin told CNN in 2006. So Paris became my home. Ive been adopted here. They like my accent.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jul/16/jane-birkin-actor-and-singer-dies-aged-76?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Birkin, 76, was best known overseas for her 1969 hit in which she and her lover, the late French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, sang the sexually explicit Je taime moi non plus. Birkin found fame in her adopted France, catapulted into the public eye by her turbulent relationship with Gainsbourg. Her heavily accented French became her personal style signifier. She crossed the channel in 1968 at the age of 22 to star in a film alongside Gainsbourg, who was 18 years her senior. It was the start of a 13-year relationship that made them Frances most famous couple, in the spotlight as much for their bohemian and hedonistic lifestyle as for their work.
The doe-eyed Birkin, with her soft voice and androgynous silhouette, quickly became a sex symbol, recording the steamy Je taime moi non plus with a growling Gainsbourg. Banned on radio in several countries and condemned by the Vatican, the song was a worldwide success.
He and I became the most famous of couples in that strange way because of Je taime and because we stuck together for 13 years and he went on being my friend until the day he died. Who could ask for more? Birkin told CNN in 2006. So Paris became my home. Ive been adopted here. They like my accent.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jul/16/jane-birkin-actor-and-singer-dies-aged-76?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Jane Birkin, actor and singer, dies aged 76 (Original Post)
BeyondGeography
Jul 2023
OP
Before the famous Meg Ryan lunch scene there was Birkin-Gainsburg song
question everything
Jul 2023
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nocoincidences
(2,229 posts)1. This is what she is most famous for.
She inspired this:
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bamagal62
(3,269 posts)3. I liked her.
But, Ive always thought those bags were hideous.
H2O Man
(73,605 posts)2. I liked her.
My first memory of her was in "Wonderwall," a movie that George Harrison composed the soundtrack for in 1968.
question everything
(47,535 posts)4. Before the famous Meg Ryan lunch scene there was Birkin-Gainsburg song