Olga Georges-Picot (6 January 1940 – 19 June 1997) was a French actress. She was a great-niece of François Georges-Picot.[1]

Olga Georges-Picot
Born(1940-01-06)6 January 1940
Shanghai, China
Died19 June 1997(1997-06-19) (aged 57)
Paris, France
Occupationactress
Years active1962–1986
RelativesFrançois Georges-Picot (great-uncle)

Early life

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Born in Shanghai, in Japanese-occupied China, she was the daughter of Guillaume Georges-Picot, the French Ambassador to China, and a Russian mother, Anastasia Mironovich. She attended the International School in Geneva in the early fifties with her sister. She also attended the Lycée français de New York (Class of 1958).[2] She studied acting at the Actors Studio in Paris.

Career

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Her acting career included roles in French and English films, and on television. She was featured in Playboy Magazine's "Sex in Cinema" column, and also on the front cover of the periodical Adam.

She appeared in three mainstream films: Denise, the OAS mole, in The Day of the Jackal (1973); Countess Alexandrovna in Woody Allen's Love and Death (1975); and Julie Anderson in Basil Dearden's The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970). Her break-through role in the movies was as Catrine in the Alain Resnais’s film Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968). Earlier that year, she had appeared in the French television movie Thibaud the Crusader (1968).

Death

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On Thursday 19 June 1997, she jumped to her death from the 5th floor of an apartment building in Paris, France.[3]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1962 Tales of Paris La secrétaire (segment "Ella")
1967 Two for the Road Joanna's Touring Friend Uncredited
1968 Je t'aime, je t'aime Catrine
1968 Farewell, Friend Isabelle Moreau
1968 The Other People Elsa
1968 Summit
1969 Catherine, il suffit d'un amour [fr] Catherine
1970 The Man Who Haunted Himself Julie Anderson
1970 Connecting Rooms Claudia
1971 La cavale Nadine
1972 The Man Who Quit Smoking Gunhild
1973 La révélation Clarie
1973 Un Homme libre Nicole Lefèvre
1973 The Day of the Jackal Denise
1973 Le feu aux lèvres Christine Benoît
1973 Les Confidences érotiques d'un lit trop accueillant Dominique
1973 Féminin-féminin Marie-Hélène
1974 Successive slidings of pleasure Nora / lawyer
1974 Persecution Monique Kalfon aka Sheba, The Graveyard, The Terror of Sheba
1974 Härte 10 [de] Nadine Mercier TV Mini-Series, 6 episodes
1975 Children of Rage Leylah Saleh
1975 Love and Death Countess Alexandrovna
1977 Goodbye Emmanuelle Florence
1978 Brigade mondaine
1984 Rebelote Suzanne Chauveau, la mère

References

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  1. ^ After 100 years, the mess we made of the Middle East is coming full circle Published by The Spectator
  2. ^ Alumni Association of the Lycée français de New York; In memoriam
  3. ^ AlloCine. "Olga Georges-Picot". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-18.
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