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Brigitte Auber

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Brigitte Auber in Rendezvous in July (1949)
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Glamorous, shapely Parisienne Brigitte Auber briefly flirted with international fame as Danielle Foussard in Alfred Hitchcock's romantic thriller To Catch a Thief (1955). As a member of a gang of jewel thieves, she vied with heroine Grace Kelly for the affections of debonair cat burglar Cary Grant. The story goes, that, while filming a particularly perilous rooftop scene which had Brigitte fearing an accidental fall and possible death, she spotted a quartet of Catholic priests and was said to have quipped "Mon Dieu! You Americans think of everything!"

Brigitte (born Marie-Claire Cahen de Labzac) was the daughter of a man of letters and expert on the writings of Balzac, Robert Cahen, who had adopted the nom-de-plume Robert Cahen de Labzac ('Labzac', of course, being an anagram of Balzac). Initially wanting to become a dancer, young Brigitte instead turned to dramatics and began acting on screen from the age of 21. After early bit parts, her first leading role was opposite Daniel Gélin and Nicole Courcel in Jacques Becker's charming comedy Rendezvous in July (1949), set in post-war Paris. After that, she had back-to-back starring turns in Vendetta en Camargue (1950) (a rural comedy about a girl inheriting a farm house and facing larceny from some of the locals and resentment from others), Julien Duvivier's episodic melodrama Under the Paris Sky (1951),L'amour toujours l'amour (1952) (which was made for teen consumption) and Femmes de Paris (1953), a musical comedy. Hitch then picked her for the coveted role of Danielle in To Catch a Thief. In appearance, she certainly fitted the director's known predilection for cool blondes. However, Hitch thought Brigitte's French accent as too pronounced to cast her in his next picture, The Trouble with Harry (1955).

By the mid-60s, Brigitte worked intermittently on both the big and the small screen, mostly in comedies or crime dramas. She had one more supporting role in an English-language production, appearing as an attendant to Queen Anne (played by Anne Parillaud) in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role.
BornApril 27, 1925
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    Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief (1955)
    To Catch a Thief
    7.4
    • Danielle Foussard
    • 1955
    Leonardo DiCaprio, Gabriel Byrne, Gérard Depardieu, Jeremy Irons, and John Malkovich in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
    The Man in the Iron Mask
    6.5
    • Queen Anne's Attendant
    • 1998
    Under the Paris Sky (1951)
    Under the Paris Sky
    7.2
    • Denise Lambert
    • 1951
    Ce soir les jupons volent... (1956)
    Ce soir les jupons volent...
    5.2
    • Blanche
    • 1956

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    • Forever
      • Helen Wilcox
      • 2025
    • Elisa Perrot, Jean-Luc Jacquot, Océane Pivoteau, Allan Mac Horn, and Aytl Jensen in Les aventures d'Aytl Jensen (2021)
      Les aventures d'Aytl Jensen
      TV Series
      • Suzette
      • 2023
    • Brigitte Auber, Jérôme Beaujour, Didier Creste, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Léa Drucker, Jean-René Duveau, Laura Favali, Henri Garcin, Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus, Marthe Keller, Manuel Le Lièvre, Olivier Perrier, Manali Blain, Sarah Horoks, Agnès Pinardel, Marc Pinardel, Christian Schoettl, Luis Galvis, Ricardo Martinez, Laura Smet, Marion Monnier, Thierry Godard, Gaëlle Bayssière, Stéphanie Bataille, William Mordos, Billie Blain, Frank Williams, Alexandre Tanguy, Pamina de Hauteclocque, Inna Modja, Jeanne La Fonta, Yves-Noël Genod, Romain Allender, Lila Desiles, Sébastien Pruneta, Marc Leyval, and Alexandra d'Herouville in The Holy Family (2019)
      The Holy Family
      5.0
      • Amélie dite Bonne
      • 2019
    • Une douce jeunesse (2005)
      Une douce jeunesse
      Short
      • Chloé
      • 2005
    • Oncle Paul (2000)
      Oncle Paul
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • La mère de Mireille
      • 2000
    • L'histoire du samedi (1995)
      L'histoire du samedi
      5.5
      TV Series
      • Hortense
      • 1999
    • Meurtres sans risque (1998)
      Meurtres sans risque
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • Grand-mère Gallais
      • 1998
    • Leonardo DiCaprio, Gabriel Byrne, Gérard Depardieu, Jeremy Irons, and John Malkovich in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
      The Man in the Iron Mask
      6.5
      • Queen Anne's Attendant
      • 1998
    • Le déménagement (1997)
      Le déménagement
      4.7
      • Blanche & Rose Colomb
      • 1997
    • Julie Lescaut (1992)
      Julie Lescaut
      4.8
      TV Series
      • Madame Soulier
      • 1996
    • Raymond Pellegrin in Rocca (1993)
      Rocca
      TV Series
      • Hélène Avranche
      • 1994
    • Omnibus (1992)
      Omnibus
      7.2
      Short
      • La dame
      • 1992
    • Quiproquos! (1991)
      Quiproquos!
      TV Movie
      • Madame Pasquet
      • 1991
    • Navarro (1989)
      Navarro
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Justine Dalray
      • 1991
    • Tantie (1989)
      Tantie
      TV Series
      • 1989

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    • Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief (1955)
      To Catch a Thief
      7.4
      • french voice dubbing: Brigitte Auber (uncredited)
      • 1955

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      • 5′ 3½″ (1.61 m)
    • Born
      • April 27, 1925
      • Paris, France
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      She recommended Alain Delon to director Yves Allégret who gave Delon his first film role.
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      I started out to be a dancer, but at school I became so interested in dramatics I decided to became an actress instead. I still love to dance, it's my favourite exercise.

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