Biography
Jane Birkin (1946–2023) was a British-French actress and singer. She appeared as The Blonde in Blow-Up (1966) and as Liz in La Belle Noiseuse (1991).
She was also credited in The Swimming Pool (1969), Death on the Nile (1978), Evil Under the Sun (1982), Animal (1977), Same Old Song (1997), The Beaches of Agnès (2008), Twice Born (2012) and The French Minister (2013). Birkin had a decade-long partnership with Serge Gainsbourg and was appointed OBE.
She was the mother of photographer Kate Barry with composer John Barry, of actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg with Serge Gainsbourg, and of musician Lou Doillon with Jacques Doillon.
