Jacques Charrier
French actor and artist (1936–2025)
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::summary French actor and artist (1936–2025) ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Jacques Charrier |
| image | Jacques Charrier 1961.jpg |
| caption | Charrier in Tiro al piccione (1961) |
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| birth_place | Metz, Moselle, France |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Saint-Malo, France |
| occupation | |
| children | 4 |
| spouse | {{plainlist |
| * {{marriage | Brigitte Bardot |
| * {{marriage | France Louis-Dreyfus |
| * {{marriage | Linda Charrier |
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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 () Charrier.
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.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Gérard_Oury,_Jacques_Charrier,_Franca_Bettoja.jpg" caption="Director [[Gérard Oury]] and the actors Charrier (middle) and [[Franca Bettoia]], during the filming of his film ''La Main chaude'' in Italy, 1959"] ::
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.
Personal life and death
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In 1959, he married Brigitte Bardot; they had a son before divorcing in 1962. In 1964, he married France Louis-Dreyfus, of the Louis-Dreyfus family, with whom he had two daughters before divorcing in 1967. In 1982, he met his third wife Linda with whom he had one daughter. From 2009 until his death, he was married to Japanese artist Makiko Kumano.
Charrier died on 3 September 2025, at the age of 88, in Saint-Malo, near where he had lived for 13 years.
Selected filmography
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Young Sinners | Bob | |
| 1959 | Les Dragueurs | Freddy | |
| Babette Goes to War | Lt. Gérard de Crécy-Lozère | ||
| 1960 | ** | 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 | ** | Axel | |
| Living It Up | Jean-Loup Costa | ||
| 1967 | The Oldest Profession | Nick / John Demetrius | |
| 1967 | An Evening in Paris | French man | Hindi Movie |
| :: |
References
References
- (8 September 2025). "Jacques Charrier, Movie Star Who Wed Brigitte Bardot, Dies at 88". [[New York Times]].
- "[https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/showing-her-claws-1.131870 Showing Her Claws]". ''The Irish Times''. 4 February 1998.
- Jacques Bouzerand. (28 May 2012). "Jacques Charrier s'Expose". Monoeilsurlart blog.
- L.R.. (29 October 2009). "Jacques Charrier, le père du fils unique de Brigitte Bardot... vient de se remarier !". [[PurePeople]].
- (4 September 2025). "Mort du l’ex-mari de Brigitte Bardot, l’acteur Jacques Charrier et père de son fils Nicolas". Le Parisien.
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