Jacqueline Pagnol

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| birth_name =Jacqueline Andrée Bouvier

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| birth_place = Malakoff, France

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| death_place = Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

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Jacqueline Andrée Pagnol ({{IPA|fr|ʒaklin ɑ̃dʁe paɲɔl}}; née Bouvier {{IPA|fr|buvje|}}; October 6, 1920 – August 22, 2016) was a French actress. She acted in many French films in the 1940s and 1950s. She was the wife of French author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.

Biography

=Early life=

Jacqueline Bouvier was born on 6 October 1920.[http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=37806.html AlloCine] She grew up tending her aunt's goats in Camargue.[http://www.nicematin.com/people/jacqueline-pagnol-manon-des-sources-c%E2%80%99etait-moi.1136872.html Jacqueline Pagnol: "Manon des Sources, c’était moi !"], Nice Matin, 7 February 2013 She studied drama.[http://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2011/05/18/03005-20110518ARTFIG00719-la-gloire-de-pagnol.php La Gloire de Pagnol], Le Figaro, 19 May 2011

=Career=

She acted in many French films, six of which were directed by her husband. She has revealed that the main character in Manon des sources was based on her own childhood. She owned the copyright of Marcel Pagnol's work and approved all film adaptations.

=Personal life=

She met author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol when she was twenty-three years old. They resided at Avenue Foch in Paris.

Filmography

La maison des sept jeunes filles (1942).[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0656526/ IMDB]
White Wings (1943).
Goodbye Leonard (1943).
Night Shift (1944).
Nais (1945).
The Pretty Miller Girl (1949).
The Prize (1950).
Topaze (1951).
Adhémar (1951).
Manon of the Spring (1952).
Carnival (1953).
The Terror with Women (1956).

References

Category:1920 births

Category:2016 deaths

Category:People from Gard

Category:Actresses from Occitania (administrative region)

Category:French film actresses