Jacques Charrier
Jacques Charrier | |
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Charrier in Tiro al piccione (1961) | |
| Born | 6 November 1936 |
| Died | 3 September 2025 (aged 88) Saint-Malo, France |
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| Spouses | France Louis-Dreyfus
(m. 1964; div. 1967)Linda Charrier
(m. 1982, divorced)Makiko Kumano (m. 2009) |
| Children | 4 |
Jacques Charrier (6 November 1936 – 3 September 2025) was a French actor, film producer, painter and ceramist.
Early life and career
Charrier was born in Metz in 1936. His father, Joseph Jules Léon Charrier, was a career military officer. His mother was Marie Marguerite (née Vullaume) Charrier.[1]
He first studied pottery at the École supérieure des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg. After several years, he moved to Paris to study at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique.[1]
In 1980 he returned to the School of Fine Arts, and went back to painting that was full of references to his two passions, travel and antiquity. His art work has been regularly exhibited in Paris, Geneva and San Francisco. With the publication of the memoirs of Brigitte Bardot, he found himself in the media spotlight. He sued for "violation of privacy", and was successful.[2]
Personal life and death
In 1959, he married Brigitte Bardot; they had one son, Nicolas-Jacques Charrier, before divorcing in 1962.[3] In 1964, he married France Louis-Dreyfus, of the Louis-Dreyfus family, with whom he had two daughters, Sophie and Marie, before divorcing in 1967.[4] In 1982, he met his third wife Linda with whom he had one daughter, Rosalie.[4] From 2009 until his death, he was married to Japanese artist Makiko Kumano.[4]
Charrier died on 3 September 2025, at the age of 88, in Saint-Malo, near where he had lived for 13 years.[5]
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Young Sinners | Bob | |
| 1959 | Les Dragueurs | Freddy | |
| Babette Goes to War | Lt. Gérard de Crécy-Lozère | ||
| 1960 | La Main chaude | Michel | |
| 1961 | Tiro al piccione | Marco Laudato | |
| 1962 | The Eye of Evil | Albin Mercier | |
| Carmen di Trastevere | Antonio Lizzani | ||
| 1963 | À cause, à cause d'une femme | Remy Fertet | |
| 1964 | Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise | Jean-Marc Dubreuil | |
| Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc | Jean-Marc Dubreuil | ||
| 1966 | Marie Soleil | Axel | |
| Living It Up | Jean-Loup Costa | ||
| 1967 | The Oldest Profession | Nick / John Demetrius | |
| 1967 | An Evening in Paris | French man | Hindi Movie |
References
- ^ a b Nossiter, Adam (8 September 2025). "Jacques Charrier, Movie Star Who Wed Brigitte Bardot, Dies at 88". New York Times. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ^ "Showing Her Claws". The Irish Times. 4 February 1998.
- ^ Jacques Bouzerand (28 May 2012). "Jacques Charrier s'Expose". Monoeilsurlart blog (in French).
- ^ a b c L.R. (29 October 2009). "Jacques Charrier, le père du fils unique de Brigitte Bardot... vient de se remarier !". PurePeople (in French). Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "Mort du l'ex-mari de Brigitte Bardot, l'acteur Jacques Charrier et père de son fils Nicolas". Le Parisien (in French). 4 September 2025.
External links
- Jacques Charrier at IMDb
- Jacques Charrier discography at Discogs