Ysabelle Lacamp (7 November 1954 – 26 June 2023) was a French novelist, singer and actress.

Biography

Early life and education

Ysabelle Lacamp was born in

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; 'Neuilly-on-Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is an urban Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department just west of Paris in France. Immediately adjacent to the city, north of the ...

on 7 November 1954. She was the daughter of French journalist and writer Max Olivier-Lacamp (

prix Renaudot The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or () is a French literary award. History The prize was created in 1926 by ten art critics awaiting the results of deliberation of the jury of the Prix Goncourt. While not officially related to the Prix Goncour ...

1969) and Pyong-You Hyun of Korean origin. Lacamp received a degree in Chinese and Korean from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and in Oriental languages from Paris.

Career

Lacamp started as an actress in 1975, first appearing in the cinema in the second part of the film ''

Emmanuelle Emmanuelle is the lead character in a series of French erotic films based on the protagonist in the novel of the same name, by Emmanuelle Arsan, written in 1959 and published in 1967. Emmanuelle originated as the pen name ''Emmanuelle Arsan' ...

''. She played notably in 1983 in ''

Le Marginal ''Le Marginal'' is a 1983 French crime film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. The music for the film was composed by Ennio Morricone. Plot Policeman Philippe Jordan works in Marseille. He intercepts the delivery of a sh ...

'' by

Jacques Deray Jacques Deray (born Jacques Desrayaud, 19 February 1929 – 9 August 2003) was a French film director and screenwriter. Deray is prominently known for directing many crime films, crime and thriller films. Biography Born Jacques Desrayaud in Lyon, ...

with

Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (; 9 April 19336 September 2021) was a French actor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward, frequently portraying police officer ...

and ''Le Joli Cœur'' with Francis Perrin. On television, she appeared in episodes of the series ''Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret'', ''

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes ''Les Cinq Dernières Minutes'' (; ) is a French crime television series created and written by Claude Loursais, broadcast from 1 January 1958 till 20 December 1996. The show was aired in four series on several channels. The first series was br ...

'' and in 2002 in ''Fabio Montale'', with

Alain Delon Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; 8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of ...

. Throughout her roles, she was credited as Isabelle Olivier Lacamp, Isabelle Lacamp, Isabelle Olivier-Lacamp, and Isa Lacamp. She also practised in the dubbing of television series. In 1987, she released a 45 rpm entitled ''Baby Bop.'' Lacamp presented the cultural program ''Hors la ville'' on France 3 Limousin Poitou-Charentes for three years and for seven years co-organized the literary meetings of Ajaccio “Racines du ciel”. Lacamp is best known as a writer, publishing bestselling novels. She released her first novel in 1986, ''Le Baiser du dragon''. Lacamp was a member of the jury for the Jean-Jacques-Rousseau Prize for autobiography.

Death

Lacamp died from cancer in Paris, on 26 June 2023, at the age of 68..

Prizes

In 2003, she won the Cabri d'or from the Académie cévenole.

Publications

* ''The Kiss of the Dragon'', Lattes, 1986 * ''The Girl from Heaven'', Albin Michel, 1988 * ''Spring Snow'', co-written with Jean-Marie Galliand Albin Michel, 1988 * ''The Blue Elephant'', Albin Michel, 1990 * ''Prunus flower in the land of magic gourds'', co-written with Jean-Marie Galliand, Albin Michel, 1990 * ''A well-behaved young girl'', Albin Michel, 1991 * ''Distant Paradises'', co-written with Jean-Marie Galliand, LGF, 1993 * ''Kimono Nights'', co-written with Jean-Marie Galliand, LGF, 1996 * ''Mambo Mambo'', Ramsay, 1997 * ''Kensington Square'', Ramsay, 1999 * ''The Man Without a Gun'', Seuil, 2002 and Points, 2003 * ''Cévennes, colors of the world'' - photographs by Jean du Boisberranger -, Rouergue editions, 2003 * ''The Jealousy of Flowers'', Seuil, 2004 and Points, 2005 * prefaced ''Scarecrows: Guardians of the Eternal'' by Sergio Cozzi, Equinoxe, 2006 * prefaced ''La Table d'ardoise, Sylvalonia 1959'', by Yves Portier, Regain de lecture, 2008 * ''The Cloud Juggler'', Flammarion, 2008 * ''Passport to Cheju'', Elytis, 2010 * prefaced ''Living and Dying on the Banks of the Ganges'', a photo book by Jean-François Lixon, L'Esprit du Monde, 2012 * ''

Marie Durand Marie Durand (1711–1776), was a French Protestantism, Protestant. She was famously imprisoned in the Tour de Constance (Aigues-Mortes) from 25 August 1730 for attending a Huguenot assembly with her mother, or perhaps because her brother, Pierre ...

: No to religious intolerance'', Actes Sud, 2012 * ''Shadow Among Shadows'', ed. Bruno Doucey, 2018 (about the last hours of the poet

Robert Desnos Robert Desnos (; 4 July 1900 – 8 June 1945) was a French poet who played a key role in the Surrealist movement. Early life Robert Desnos was born in Paris on 4 July 1900, the son of a licensed dealer in game and poultry at the '' Halles'' ma ...

Filmography

Film

Television

Television films

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

: '' Bonne chance Monsieur Pic !'' de

Maurice Failevic Maurice Failevic (14 August 1933 – 27 December 2016) was a French film director. A communist, he directed 50+ films about class struggles, depicting the lives of members of the French working class, from peasants during the French Revolution to ...

: la recruteuse *

1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State ...

: ''Un Cœur de marbre'' de Stéphane Kurc : Ghislaine

Television series

Dubbing

* 1990 : ''

Twin Peaks ''Twin Peaks'' is an American Surrealist cinema, surrealist Mystery film, mystery-Horror film, horror Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It Pilot (Twin Peaks), premiered on American Broad ...

'' : Jocelyn « Josie » Packard - (actress :

Joan Chen Joan Chen (simplified Chinese; 陈冲; born April 26, 1961) is an American actress and film director. She made her film debut in the Chinese film ''Youth'' (1977) before starring in the film (1979). She came to the attention of American audien ...

) * 1981-1989 : '' Dynastie'' : Amanda Belford Carrington of Moldavia - (actresses :

Catherine Oxenberg Catherine Oxenberg (born September 22, 1961) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Amanda Carrington on the 1980s prime-time soap opera ''Dynasty (1981 TV series), Dynasty''. Oxenberg is the daughter of Princess Elizabeth of ...

puis

Karen Cellini Karen Cellini (born May 13, 1958, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), is an American multidisciplinary live performance artist, producer, writer, and activist. As an actress, she is known for portraying Amanda Carrington in season seven of the 1980s ...

) * 1991 : '' Capitaine Planète'' (série d'animation)'' : Gi''

References

Bibliography

* * Patrick Cabanel, « Lacamp Ysabelle », dans Patrick Cabanel et André Encrevé (dir.), Dictionnaire biographique des Protestants français de 1787 à nos jours : H-L, t. III, Paris-Max Chaleil, 2022 (), p. 547–548.

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lacamp, Ysabelle 1954 births 2023 deaths French people of Korean descent French film actresses French television actresses 21st-century French actresses 21st-century French women writers French voice actresses Alumni of SOAS University of London Writers from Neuilly-sur-Seine Actresses from Neuilly-sur-Seine Deaths from cancer in France 20th-century French women writers 21st-century French novelists 20th-century French actresses