Chantal Nobel (born Chantal Bonneau, 23 November 1948) is a French

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Life and career

Chantal Nobel is mostly known for having played the lead female role of Florence Berg in the successful French television series '' Châteauvallon''. After having participated at the

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with , her career ended suddenly on 28 April 1985. After the broadcast of an episode of the television program ''Champs-Élysées'', she was victim of a serious automobile accident involving a car driven by the singer

Sacha Distel Alexandre "Sacha" Distel (29 January 1933 – 22 July 2004) was a French musician and singer who had hits with a cover version of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" in 1970, which reached No 10 in the UK Charts, " Scoubidou", and " The Good Lif ...

, during a trip to the village of Maltaverne, a small village outside

Tracy-sur-Loire Tracy-sur-Loire (, literally ''Tracy on Loire'') is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. It is located north of Nevers, on the right bank of the middle Loire river, opposite Sancerre. Tracy-Sancerre station has rail connecti ...

. After six weeks in a

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, with severe facial injuries and disabled for life, she left the media to go to the South of France, the series ''Châteauvallon'' ending at the same time. She filed a lawsuit against Sacha Distel, who was then sentenced to one year in prison for involuntary injuries. During her hospitalization in 1985, three

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entered her hospital room to take pictures of her against her will. The affair was followed with a condemnation of the paparazzi. The jurisprudence of the

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on 17 March 1986, expanded the notion of domicile respect, indicating that the hospital room was considered as the private domicile of the patient during the recovery.

Personal life

Chantal Nobel was born in

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...

in the department of

Seine-Maritime Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inf� ...

, and has an older brother named Jacky. She is married to Jean-Louis Julian, a jeweller at

Saint-Tropez Saint-Tropez ( , ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Var (department), Var departments of France, department and the regions of France, region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southern France. It is west of Nice and east of Marseille, o ...

and

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, with whom she has one daughter named Anne-Charlotte. She also had from a previous relationship with producer Jacques-Henri Marin another daughter named Alexandra, born in 1971.

Filmography

Films

* '' The Black Hand'' (1968) ... Éléonore * ''La Honte de la famille'' (1969) ... Valérie Maspi * ''La Grande Maffia...'' (1971) ... Mademoiselle Ducœurjoli * ''L'Odeur des fauves'' (1972) ... Marie Fulton * ''Le Permis de conduire'' (1974) ... the bank employee * ''Les murs ont des oreilles'' (1974) ... Claudine * ''Opération Lady Marlène'' (1975) ... Madame de Parcy * ''L'Année sainte'' (1976) ... a stewardess * ''Le Jour de gloire'' (1976) ... Mademoiselle Verger * ''Te marre pas ... c'est pour rire !'' (1982) ... Janine Royer, Marcello's assistant * ''Flics de choc'' (1983) ... Wanda Romanoff * ''Les parents ne sont pas simples cette année'' (1984) ... Alexandra Labruyère

Television

* ''Aurore et Victorien'' (1974) ... Aurore's older sister * ''La Lumière des justes'' (1979) ... Sophie de Champlitte / Sophie de Lambrefoux / Sophie Ozareff * ''Salut champion'' (1981) ... Juliette Majoureau * '' Châteauvallon'' (1985) ... Florence Berg

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nobel, Chantal 1948 births Living people 20th-century French actresses Actresses from Rouen French rally co-drivers Dakar Rally co-drivers Sportspeople from Seine-Maritime