Born 1931 in Paris, French actress Annie Girardot often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to women undergoing similar daily struggles.
Over the course of a five-decade career, Girardot starred in nearly 150 films. She was a three-time César Award winner (1977, 1996, 2002), a two-time Molière Award winner (2002), a David di Donatello Award winner (1977), a BAFTA nominee (1962), and a recipient of several international prizes including the Volpi Cup (Best actress) at the 1965 Venice Film Festival for Three Rooms in Manhattan.
After going public in the 21 September 2006 issue of Paris Match with the news that she was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, Girardot became a symbol of the illness in France. She died in a hospital in 2011 in Paris, aged 79. Take a look at these fabulous photos to see portraits of young Annie Girardot in the 1950s and 1960s.
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