Anny Duperey (born Annie Legras; 28 June 1947) is a

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, published photographer and best-selling author with a career spanning almost six decades as of 2021 and more than eighty

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or television credits, around thirty

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s and 15 books. She is a five-time

Molière Award for Best Actress Molière Award for Best Actress. Superlatives Winners and nominees * 1987 : Suzanne Flon in '' Léopold le bien aimé'' ** Nicole Garcia in ''Two for the Seesaw'' (''Deux sur la balançoire'') ** Denise Grey in ''Harold and Maude'' (''Harol ...

nominee (known as the French Tony Awards), was awarded two

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(equivalent to the

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) and was nominated for the

César Award for Best Supporting Actress The César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (French: ''César de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle'') is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the ''Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma'' to recognize the outsta ...

(known as the French Oscars) for Yves Robert's ''

Pardon Mon Affaire ''Pardon Mon Affaire'' (French title: Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, in English literally ''An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive''), is a 1976 French comedy film co-written and directed by Yves Robert. It was remade as the 1984 American ...

'' (1976). In 1977, she received the awarded by the

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. She is more commercially known for her

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as Catherine Beaumont in the TF1 hit

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'' which ran for 15 seasons (1992-2018) regularly topping national

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viewership numbers and also broadcast throughout

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europe peaking at 11 millions viewers in France alone. Some of her most notable feature films include Jean-Luc Godard's ''

Two or Three Things I Know About Her ''Two or Three Things I Know About Her'' (french: Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle) is a 1967 French New Wave film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, one of three features he completed that year. As with the other two ('' La Chinois ...

'' (1967);

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's '' Spirits of the Dead'' (1968);

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's '' The Return of Monte Cristo'' (1968);

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' ''

Stavisky ''Stavisky...'' is a 1974 French biographical drama film based on the life of the financier and embezzler Alexandre Stavisky and the circumstances leading to his mysterious death in 1934. This gave rise to a political scandal known as the Stavisk ...

'' (1974); Umberto Lenzi's ''

From Hell to Victory ''From Hell to Victory'' (Italian: ''Contro 4 bandiere'', French: ''De l'enfer à la victoire'', Spanish: ''De Dunkerke a la victoria'') is a 1979 Euro War film directed by Umberto Lenzi and produced by Edmondo Amati. The international cast stars ...

'' (1979);

Henri Verneuil Henri Verneuil (; born Ashot Malakian; 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno Internationa ...

's ''

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'' (1982),

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's ''Germinal'' (1993) or

' ''You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet'' (2012). Her trapeze number for the with Francis Perrin as well as her 'red dress scene' with

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swaying her hips as a nod to Marilyn Monroe on Vladimir Cosma's original score both became cult in

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. She was made a Chevalier (

: ''Knight'') of the

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as part of the

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's 2012 New Year decoration class also honouring

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and Salma Hayek. She has been a supporter of the charity SOS Children's Villages since 1993.

Early life

Duperey's family is from La Neuville-Chant-d'Oisel in Normandy. She lost her parents, Lucien and Ginette Legras who were both photographers, at the age of 8 as they accidentally died on November 6, 1955 in

Sotteville-lès-Rouen Sotteville-lès-Rouen (, literally ''Sotteville near Rouen'') is a commune and railway town in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography It is the largest suburb of the city of Rouen and adjacent to it, so ...

poisoned by

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in their bathroom due to a faulty gas water heater and insufficient ventilation. Following this incident, she was raised by her paternal grandmother. After attending her local theatre conservatory courses, she moved to Paris to attend those of

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. She started out as a model and took her first steps on stage in 1965, playing in ''La Mamma'' by

André Roussin André Roussin, (22 January 1911 – 3 November 1987), was a French playwright. Born in Marseille, he was elected to the Académie française on 12 April 1973. Bibliography *1933 ''Patiences et impatiences'' *1944 ''Am Stram Gram'' *1945 ''U ...

and made her screen debut in Jean-Luc Godard's ''

''(1967).

Career

She co-starred in two French horror films, '' Spirits of the Dead'' (1968) and '' The Blood Rose'' (1970).In the 1974

film ''

'', she portrayed Arlette, the beautiful real-life wife of flamboyant

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Alexandre Stavisky Serge Alexandre Stavisky (20 November 1886 – 8 January 1934) was a French financier and embezzler whose actions created a political scandal that became known as the Stavisky Affair. Early life Alexandre Stavisky was a Polish Jew born in moder ...

played by

Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (; 9 April 19336 September 2021) was a French actor and producer. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward. His best known credits ...

. Anny Duperey was nominated for the 1977

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for her performance in "''Un éléphant ça trompe énormément''" (''An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive''). For her work in television, she has won two

Best Actress awards. In English-language film, Anny Duperey appeared with

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in the 1977 Sydney Pollack film ''

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''. Other notable appearances include ''

Les Compères ''Les Compères'' (; English title: ComDads) is a 1983 French comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber, and starring Gérard Depardieu, Pierre Richard and Anny Duperey. The film had 4,847,229 admissions in France. In 1997, this movie w ...

'' and TV series since 1992 ''

''. In fall of 2006, she led in an adaption of '' Oscar and the Lady in Pink'' (2002,

: ''Oscar et la dame rose''), a novel written by

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; she performed at the ''L'Avant- Seine'' Theater in

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Personal life

Her younger sister Patricia died in 2009 of a heart problem. She lived with actor

Bernard Giraudeau Bernard René Giraudeau (18 June 1947 – 17 July 2010) was a French actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer. Early life He was born on 18 June 1947 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime. In 1963 he enlisted in the French navy as a tra ...

for eighteen years, they had two children, Gael in 1982 and

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in 1985. They separated in 1991, and Duperay married Cris Campion in 1993, but they also separated after some ten years. She has called Giraudeau “the man of my life” and Campion “the love of my life”. She is the grandmother of four: Mona (2011) and Bonnie (2016), daughters of Sara, and Romy (2015) and Susanne (2018), daughters of Gael.

Charity Work

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, Anny Duperey has volunteered for causes such as the international child welfare organisation SOS Children's Villages and SOS-PAPA an international organization to help ensure children of divorce have full participation by both parents.SOS Villages d'Enfants
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Filmography

Feature films

Television

Theater

Author

In addition to her talents as an actress, Duperey is a successful author of a number of bestselling books including '' L'admiroir'' (1976), '' Le Nez de Mazarin'' (''Mazarin's Nose'') (1986), ''Le voile noir'' (''The Black Veil'') (1992), ''Je vous écris'' (''I'm Writing To You'') (1993), ''Les chats de hasard'' (''The fortune cats'') (1999), ''Allons plus loin, veux-tu?'' (''Let's go further, will you?'') (2002) ''Les chats mots'' (''The cats words'') (2003) and ''Une soirée'' (''An evening'') (2005).

Awards and nominations

Molière Award The Molière Award recognises achievement in live French theatre and is the national theatre award of France. The awards are presented and decided by the ''Association professionnelle et artistique du théâtre'' (APAT) and supported by the Mi ...

César Award Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt * César Award, a French film award Places * Cesar, Portugal * Ces ...
s

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Duperey, Anny 1947 births Living people Writers from Rouen French stage actresses French film actresses French television actresses 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists French activists French women activists Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni 20th-century French women writers 21st-century French women writers Actors from Rouen