Versatile French actor whose work ranged from popular comedy to melodrama
Annie Girardot, who has died aged 79 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease, was an extremely versatile performer whose distinguished career stretched from the Comédie-Française, through popular comedies and melodramas to the French New Wave and beyond. Jean Cocteau, in whose play La Machine à Ecrire (The Typewriter) she starred, called her "the finest dramatic temperament of the postwar period". Hardly ever considered a sex goddess like her near contemporaries Jeanne Moreau and Brigitte Bardot, the petite Girardot, with her strongly etched features, often set off by short hair, and a warm deep voice was, nevertheless, able to create an erotic charge when needed.
Ironically, following her screen debut in 1956, and after nine French films in four years, she came to international prominence when her voice was dubbed into Italian in Luchino Visconti's Rocco e i Suoi Fratelli (Rocco and His Brothers,...
Annie Girardot, who has died aged 79 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease, was an extremely versatile performer whose distinguished career stretched from the Comédie-Française, through popular comedies and melodramas to the French New Wave and beyond. Jean Cocteau, in whose play La Machine à Ecrire (The Typewriter) she starred, called her "the finest dramatic temperament of the postwar period". Hardly ever considered a sex goddess like her near contemporaries Jeanne Moreau and Brigitte Bardot, the petite Girardot, with her strongly etched features, often set off by short hair, and a warm deep voice was, nevertheless, able to create an erotic charge when needed.
Ironically, following her screen debut in 1956, and after nine French films in four years, she came to international prominence when her voice was dubbed into Italian in Luchino Visconti's Rocco e i Suoi Fratelli (Rocco and His Brothers,...
- 3/2/2011
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
I'm a home inspector, and I'm looking for ideas on how to generate more business and outflank my competitor who has copied me (flattered?) in so many ways. Two of my competitors (partners) promote themselves like this: "Why hire one home inspector when you can have two for the price of one?" Meanwhile, the real estate agents think I am too picky. How can I get to the buyer before the agent does?
- Inspector General
Dear Inspector, when you say you're an inspector who's "too picky," I hear beautiful music. It's like having a stockbroker who's "too lucky," or a teacher who's "too inspiring," or a dentist who uses "too much laughing gas." Speaking on behalf of the home buyers of the world, we treasure your pickiness.
It struck me, actually, that "Real estate agents won't recommend me because I'm too picky" would be a Fantastic tagline for your business.
- Inspector General
Dear Inspector, when you say you're an inspector who's "too picky," I hear beautiful music. It's like having a stockbroker who's "too lucky," or a teacher who's "too inspiring," or a dentist who uses "too much laughing gas." Speaking on behalf of the home buyers of the world, we treasure your pickiness.
It struck me, actually, that "Real estate agents won't recommend me because I'm too picky" would be a Fantastic tagline for your business.
- 12/15/2009
- by Dan Heath
- Fast Company
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