Roger Vadim
| Roger Vadim | |
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| Born | Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov 26 January 1928 Paris, France |
| Died | 11 February 2000 (aged 72) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1950–1997 |
| Spouse | Brigitte Bardot (1952–1957) Annette Strøyberg (1958–1960) Jane Fonda (1965–1973) Catherine Schneider (1975–1977) Marie-Christine Barrault (1990–2000) |
Roger Vadim (26 January 1928 – 11 February 2000) was a French screenwriter, director, and producer as well as a journalist, author and sometime actor.
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[edit] Early life
Vadim was born as Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov in Paris. His Russian father, Igor Nikolaevich Plemiannikov (Russian: И́горь Никола́евич Племя́нников), had immigrated from Ukraine and became a naturalized French citizen, and was a vice consul of France to Egypt. His mother, Marie-Antoinette Ardilouze, was a French actress.[1][2] Although Vadim lived in luxury in his early youth, the death of his father, in front of Vadim when he was nine, caused the family to return to France, where his mother found work running a hostel in the French Alps which served as a way-station for Jews and other fugitives fleeing Nazi Germany.[2]
Vadim became a stage actor at the age of sixteen, after studying journalism and writing at the University of Paris, from which he did not graduate. In 1947, he became assistant to film director Marc Allégret, whom he met while working at the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt, and for whom he worked on several screenplays. Vadim then raised the funds to produce and direct his first film, And God Created Woman, starring Bardot, the profits from which made him wealthy. They went on to make two more films together, both of which featured Bardot as a sexpot.[2]
[edit] Personal life
In 1950, Vadim discovered Bardot when she was only 15 and he was 22. Two years later they were married,[3] but by 1957 they were divorced.
Shortly after, Vadim was involved with Annette Strøyberg, a Danish actress who was 21 years old. In 1958 they had daughter together, Nathalie, and married that same year. They separated in 1960.[2]
In 1961, he began a relationship with underage actress Catherine Deneuve, who at 17 was nearly half his age.[4] They had a son together named Christian, and broke up one month later.
In late 1963 he moved in with 26-year-old American film star Jane Fonda. They married in 1965[5] and divorced in 1973.[2] They had one child together, daughter Vanessa Vadim.
Eight months after divorcing Fonda, Vadim and 27-year-old heiress Catherine Schneider[6] had a son together named Vania, born in September 1973. They eventually married in 1975, but divorced two years later.
During the 1980s, Vadim lived with screenwriter Ann Biderman, to whom he was engaged at one point in 1984.[7]
Candy Darling, wrote of an affair with Vadim in her book, My Face for the World to See.
In 1987, Vadim fell in love with 43-year-old actress Marie-Christine Barrault. They married in 1990 and remained together until his death in 2000.
After Vadim's death, his eldest daughter Nathalie stated "Jane [Fonda] was the love of my father's life."[8]
- Marriages
- Brigitte Bardot, 20 December 1952 – 6 December 1957 (divorced)
- Annette Strøyberg, 1958–1960 (divorced); 1 child (Nathalie)
- Jane Fonda, 14 August 1965 – 16 January 1973 (divorced); 1 child (Vanessa)
- Catherine Schneider, 1975–1977 (divorced); 1 child (Vania)
- Marie-Christine Barrault, 1990 - his death
[edit] Later career
In addition to Vadim's theater and film work, he also wrote several books, including his autobiography, D'une étoile à l'autre (From One Star to the Next).
[edit] Death
Vadim died at age 72 of lymphoma and is buried in the St. Tropez Cemetery, Saint Tropez, France. He was survived by his wife, French actress Marie-Christine Barrault and his four children (Nathalie, Vanessa, Christian and Vania).
[edit] Writing
- Vadim, Roger. Bardot, Deneuve, Fonda: My Life With The Three Most Beautiful Women In The World (1986), published by Simon & Schuster (ISBN 0671530070/ISBN 9780671530075)
[edit] References
- Notes
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/72/Roger-Vadim.html
- ^ a b c d e [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/196161%7C134189/Roger-Vadim/biography.html "Biography for Roger Vadim" on TCM.com
- ^ Introduction, Turner Classic Movie showing of And God Created Woman (November 21, 2011)
- ^ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/relationships/news/article.cfm?c_id=41&objectid=10735745
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K7gyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AOsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4338,4161089&dq=roger+vadim&hl=en
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZHEUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_wEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4802,606924&dq=roger+vadim+heiress+schneider&hl=en
- ^ http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20087495,00.html
- ^ Bosworth, Patricia (2011). Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 237. ISBN 0547504470.
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