Michèle Girardon
Date of birth: 1938-08-09
Place of birth: Lyon, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Michelle Girardon, Michele Girardon
Biography
Michèle Girardon (1938-1975), sometimes credited as Michele Girardon, was a French actress. She became an international star after she taught herself English while on the set of Howard Hawks’s ‘Hatari!’. In 1975 she committed suicide via an overdose of sleeping pills at the age of 36.
Movie Credits
The Lovers
1958-11-05
A shallow, provincial wife finds her relationship with her preoccupied husband strained by romantic
Hatari!
1962-06-19
A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild
The Adventures of Scaramouche
1963-09-23
Robert Lafleur (Scaramouche) is an actor in 18th century France who spends most of his time, includi
Mais qui donc m'a fait ce bébé ?
1971-10-27
Three weeks before his wedding to Virginie, Vincent receives a letter from Magasins Réunis telling h
The Granddaughter's Model
1971-05-05
Four young women embark on a journey of sexual awakening.
Sign of the Lion
1962-05-03
An American in Paris lives by sponging off his working friends, and throws a party using borrowed mo
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
1965-03-04
Dr. Karl Sternau, the personal physician of the count Bismarck, who spent much of his youth in Mexic
Pyramid of the Sun God
1965-04-17
Mexico, 1864. The country is divided by the struggle against the French occupation and emperor Maxim
The Bakery Girl of Monceau
1963-01-01
Early new wave effort from Rohmer, which was the first of his six moral tales. It concerns a young m
The Slave Merchants
1964-06-27
The daughter of a noble man is sold into slavery, only to be later rescued by the film's hero. Repa
Alyse et Chloé
1970-09-30
Alyse, a successful cover girl, has had an affair with Luc Bordier, an advertising photographer, for
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962-03-07
Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic
Pride
1962-03-07
A woman leaves her lover to return to her husband who cheats on her, something that his pride can no
The Magnificent Cuckold
1964-10-19
Andrea Artusi is a successful businessman with a beautiful wife, Maria, and a happy marriage - until
I'll Sell My Skin Dearly
1968-05-16
Shane’s a man come home to settle something he’d tried to forget, but has kept eating at him. His mo
You Have Nothing to Declare?
1959-08-29
Married against her will to the Comte de Trivelin, Paulette Dupont shares her anxieties with her chi
Shadows of Adultery
1961-04-13
Anna, twenty-seven, married to building contractor Eric, refuses to live in his wake. Craving indepe
Tender Scoundrel
1966-12-12
Tony Maréchal is a professional seducer. Having conquered countless women, proclaims that there is n
White Slave Ship
1961-12-01
The Albatross travels from England to the New World in 1675, with a number of passengers, a couple o
Vive les vacances
1958-12-24
Roger and Jeannot, two jolly good fellows, are workers in a car factory. When the summer holidays co
Death in the Garden
1956-09-21
In a remote Amazon jungle village, a group of angry diamond prospectors revolt when the local govern
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
1964-01-31
The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a man, Jean-Marc
The Hour of Truth
1965-04-28
At the end of World War 2, a Nazi escapes arrest by assuming the identity of concentration camp vict
The Invincible
1966-05-20
In addition to his passion for red roses, Count Henri de Verlaine adores wooing all the women he mee
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
1964-01-31
The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a woman, Francoi
Virginie
1962-10-17
Two friends, a journalist and a scientist, plan to sail to Argentina for an expedition of discovery,
Il principe fusto
1960-03-26
Portuguese Vacation
1963-10-09
Françoise and her husband Jean-Pierre invite some friend couples to spend a weekend in their large v
There Is No Plane to Zagreb
2012-11-20
A retrospective of events in director Louis van Gasteren’s life from 1964 to 1969, filmed by him in
Strange Game
1968-04-05
In 1944, in Paris, the leader of a resistance network is looking for the traitor who gave away a rad