Emmanuelle Debever (8 August 1963 – 6 December 2023) was a French actress.

Biography

Debever made her debut in the early 1980s in the series ''Joëlle Mazart'', a sequel to the very popular ''Pause café'', with

Véronique Jannot Véronique Jannot (born 7 May 1957) is a French actress and singer. She was born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie. In 2009, she was a member of the jury at the International Fantastic Film Festival of Gérardmer 2009. In the fall of 2011, she took par ...

. In 1983, she landed the lead role in ''Un jeu brutal'' by

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, in which she starred opposite

Bruno Cremer Bruno Jean Marie Cremer (6 October 1929 – 7 August 2010) was a French actor best known for portraying Jules Maigret on French television, from 1991 to 2005. Origins Bruno Cremer was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, in the eastern suburb ...

. The same year, she starred in

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's ''

Danton Georges Jacques Danton (; ; 26 October 1759 – 5 April 1794) was a leading figure of the French Revolution. A modest and unknown lawyer on the eve of the Revolution, Danton became a famous orator of the Cordeliers Club and was raised to gover ...

'' as Louison Danton, the young wife of revolutionary figure

Georges Jacques Danton Georges Jacques Danton (; ; 26 October 1759 – 5 April 1794) was a leading figure of the French Revolution. A modest and unknown lawyer on the eve of the Revolution, Danton became a famous orator of the Cordeliers Club and was raised to gover ...

, played by

Gérard Depardieu Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor. An icon of French cinema, considered a world star in the same way as Alain Delon or Brigitte Bardot, he has completed over 250 films since 1967, most of which as ...

. She also played a supporting role in the comedy ''

My Other Husband ''My Other Husband'' () is a 1983 French romantic comedy film directed by Georges Lautner. Plot Before the events of the film, Alice unintentionally acquires two husbands: an airplane pilot, Philippe, and a teacher, Vincent. She first married Phi ...

'', by George Lautner, with

Miou-Miou Sylvette Herry (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Miou-Miou (), is a French actress. A ten-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Actress for the 1979 film ''Memoirs of a French Whore''. Her other films inclu ...

, followed by the telefilm thriller ''Quidam'' alongside

Richard Bohringer Richard Bohringer () is a French actor, singer, writer, and film director. He is the father of actresses Romane Bohringer and . Early life Bohringer was born in Moulins, Allier, France, to a French mother, Huguette Foucault and a German fathe ...

. In 1986, she appeared in an episode of the series '' Médecins de nuit''. In 1989, she appeared in her final acting role, an episode of ''Les Enquêtes du commissaire Maigret''. In June 2019, after learning that French prosecutors were dropping their rape investigation against

, Debever posted on Facebook, accusing the actor of having groped her during the filming of ''Danton''. Debever died on 6 December 2023, at the age of 60. Her death was first reported by ''

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'', which initially reported the date as 7 December. The newspaper later issued a correction, citing Debever's sister. Debever died after a week of hospitalization following a suicide attempt in which she jumped off a bridge into the

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. Debever had been reported missing by her partner on 29 November after disappearing from their home and leaving a concerning note. Prosecutors in Paris have opened an investigation to determine the causes of her death.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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