Pascale Audret
Encyclopedia
Pascale Audret was a French
actress who was most active during the 1950s through to the 1960s.
. One of her most high profile films came when she starred opposite Orson Welles
in the 1961 film La Fayette
. The following year she starred in Give Me Ten Desperate Men
, which was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival
.
and later to music producer Francis Dreyfus
. It was her second marriage that produced her daughter Julie Dreyfus, now an actress, who co-starred in Quentin Tarantino
's Kill Bill
& Inglourious Basterds. After the birth of her daughter in 1966, she put her career on the back burner.
Audret was born as Pascale Aiguionne Louise Jacqueline Marie Auffray to Henry Auffray, an industrialist, and Amyelle de Caubios d'Andiran, a musician, second cousin
of the French author François Mauriac
(respectively by their maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother). Her brother is singer Hugues Aufray
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
actress who was most active during the 1950s through to the 1960s.
Career
While she starred in over 25 films between 1955 and 1968, her success never crossed over internationally. Her career in film, television, stage and music stayed in FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. One of her most high profile films came when she starred opposite Orson Welles
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles , best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio...
in the 1961 film La Fayette
La Fayette (film)
La Fayette is a 1961 French-Italian biographical film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins and Orson Welles. The film depicts the life of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, in particular his role in the American War of Independence.-Cast:* Pascale Audret -...
. The following year she starred in Give Me Ten Desperate Men
Give Me Ten Desperate Men
Give Me Ten Desperate Men is a 1962 French drama film directed by Pierre Zimmer. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Gila Almagor* Pascale Audret - Sara* Catherine Berg* Philippe Clair* Francis Lax...
, which was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival
12th Berlin International Film Festival
The 12th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 22 to July 3, 1962.-Jury:* King Vidor * André Michel* Emeric Pressburger* Hideo Kikumori* Dolores del Río* Jurgen Schildt* Max Gammeter* Günther Stapenhorst* Bruno E...
.
Personal life
Audret was married twice, first to actor Roger CoggioRoger Coggio
Roger Coggio was a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 40 films between 1954 and 1998...
and later to music producer Francis Dreyfus
Francis Dreyfus
Francis Dreyfus was a French record producer, who focused on jazz and electronic music, publishing Jean-Michel Jarre's first commercially successful work, Oxygène....
. It was her second marriage that produced her daughter Julie Dreyfus, now an actress, who co-starred in Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...
's Kill Bill
Kill Bill
Kill Bill Volume 1 is a 2003 action thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is the first of two volumes that were theatrically released several months apart, the second volume being Kill Bill Volume 2....
& Inglourious Basterds. After the birth of her daughter in 1966, she put her career on the back burner.
Audret was born as Pascale Aiguionne Louise Jacqueline Marie Auffray to Henry Auffray, an industrialist, and Amyelle de Caubios d'Andiran, a musician, second cousin
Cousin
In kinship terminology, a cousin is a relative with whom one shares one or more common ancestors. The term is rarely used when referring to a relative in one's immediate family where there is a more specific term . The term "blood relative" can be used synonymously and establishes the existence of...
of the French author François Mauriac
François Mauriac
François Mauriac was a French author; member of the Académie française ; laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature . He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur .-Biography:...
(respectively by their maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother). Her brother is singer Hugues Aufray
Hugues Aufray
Hugues Aufray is a French singer. He began his career singing in Spanish....
.