Alexandra Stewart

Last updated
Alexandra Stewart
Alexandra Stewart.JPG
Alexandra Stewart on Les Grosses Têtes radio program in 2014
Born (1939-06-10) June 10, 1939 (age 84)
OccupationActress
Years active1956–present
Partner Louis Malle
Children1

Alexandra Stewart (born June 10, 1939) is a Canadian actress. [1]

Contents

Biography

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Stewart left for Paris, France, in 1958, to study art. Within a year, she made her film debut in Les Motards , and has since then enjoyed a steady career in both French- and English-language films.

Besides her cinema career, Stewart regularly appeared on television in shows such as Les Jeux de 20 heures and L'Académie des neuf . She has also appeared in the 1981 cartoon Space Stars and had cameos in Highlander: The Series , The Saint and Danger Man (TV Series) .

In 1966 Stewart appeared in The Saint (S5,E9 'The Better Mousetrap') as Natalie Sheridan a love interest for Simon Templar (The Saint), who is solving a jewel theft in Cannes.

Notably, she is also the English-language narrator of Chris Marker's 1983 documentary, Sans Soleil . She was part of the jury of the 2004 Chicago International Film Festival.

Personal life

Stewart had a daughter, Justine, with the French director Louis Malle. [2]

Selected filmography

Recognition

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claude Chabrol</span> French film director (1930–2010)

Claude Henri Jean Chabrol was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues and contemporaries Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Éric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette, Chabrol was a critic for the influential film magazine Cahiers du cinéma before beginning his career as a film maker.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marie-José Nat</span> French actress (1940–2019)

Marie-José Benhalassa, known professionally as Marie-José Nat, was a French actress. Among her notable works in cinema were the sequel films Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc and Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise (1963), directed by André Cayatte. In 1974, she received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Violins at the Ball.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jean-Pierre Cassel</span> French actor and dancer (1932-2007)

Jean-Pierre Cassel was a French actor and dancer. A popular star of French cinema, he was initially known for his comedy film appearances, though he also proved a gifted dramatic actor, and accrued over 200 film and television credits in a career spanning over 50 years.

Daniel Boulanger was a French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter. He has also played secondary roles in films and was a member of the Académie Goncourt from 1983 until his death. He was born in Compiègne, Oise.

Henri Decaë gained fame as a cinematographer entering the film industry as a sound engineer and sound editor. He was a photojournalist in the French army during World War II. After the war he began making documentary shorts, directing and photographing industrial and commercial films. In 1947 he made his first feature film.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maurice Ronet</span> French actor (1927–1983)

Maurice Ronet was a French film actor, director, and writer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">François Périer</span> French actor

François Périer was a French actor renowned for his expressiveness and diversity of roles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marie Dubois</span> French actress

Marie Dubois was a Parisian-born French actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Guy Marchand</span> French actor, musician and singer (1937–2023)

Guy Marchand was a French actor, musician, and singer. He appeared in over 100 films in over 30 years, but was best known for his role as the fictional television private detective Nestor Burma.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Françoise Prévost (actress)</span> French actress

Françoise Prévost was a French actress, journalist and author. She was the daughter of writer Marcelle Auclair. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1949 and 1985.

Véronique Silver was a French actress.

Pierre Kast was a French screenwriter, film and television director, and freedom fighter.

Pierre Vaneck was a French actor. During his career, he won a Molière Award in 1988 and received a César Award nomination in 2009.

Paulette Dubost was a French actress who began her career at the age of 7 at the Paris Opera.

Annick Alane was a French film, television, and theatre actress from Carnac.

Jean-Louis Richard was a French actor, film director and scriptwriter.

Yvette Etiévant (1922–2003) was a French actress. She starred in Yves Robert's War of the Buttons in 1962.

Pascal Jardin was a French screenwriter.

The Roger Nimier Prize is a French literature award. It is supposed to go to "a young author whose spirit is in line with the literary works of Roger Nimier". Nimier (1925–1962) was a novelist and a leading member of the Hussards movement. The prize was established in 1963 at the initiative of André Parinaud and Denis Huisman and is handed out annually during the second half of May. It comes with a sum of 5000 euro.

Françoise Dorner is a French actress, screenwriter, author of plays and novels.

References

  1. "Heatwave melts Carson ratings". Times Colonist. 8 August 1975. p. 45. Retrieved 15 June 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. Severo, Richard (25 November 1995). "Louis Malle, Film Director Equally at Home in France and America, Is Dead at 63". New York Times. p. 12. Retrieved 18 May 2009.