The singer had recently canceled concerts and her presence at festivals for health reasons.
Franco-British singer and actress Jane Birkin died at the age of 76, learned franceinfo from a close family member. She had recently canceled for health reasons concerts in Paris scheduled for June as well as her presence at festivals this summer.
>> Singer and actress Jane Birkin, the English ingenue who stole the hearts of the French, died at 76
Jane Birkin was born in 1946, from the union of an actress and a commander of the Royal Navy. First a model, she quickly turned to musicals. His first film in 1965 The Knack or how to get it by Richard Lester, who won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, like two years later Blow-up by Michelangelo Antonioni in which she also appears.
In 1968, she met Serge Gainsbourg on the set of the film Slogan by Pierre Grimblat. Thus began a 12-year love story, until their separation in 1980. A very media-friendly relationship, which would be marked by several musical successes including Ballad of Melody Nelson, ex sixties fan and obviously, the most famous and sulphurous song in 1969: I don’t love you either. There will be 14 solo albums in total, the last one will be released in 2020.
Three César nominations
In parallel with this musical career, there will always be the cinema with many films shot like The swimming pool of Jacques Deray where she seduces Alain Delon and collaborations among others with Jacques Deray, Michel Deville, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Jacques Rivette, Jean-Luc Godard, Bertrand Tavernier, Alain Resnais, or Agnès Varda which will notably earn her three César nominations . The actress will also do theater with Patrice Chéreau or Jean-Loup Dabadie.
Jane Birkin had three daughters: Kate, who died in 2013, with English musician John Barry; Charlotte, born in 1971 from her union with Serge Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon, in 1982 with the director Jacques Doillon.