Roger Vadim
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| Roger Vadim | |
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 Roger Vadim with second wife Jane Fonda in 1969
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| Born | January 26, 1928 Paris  |
| Died | February 11, 2000 Paris |
| Occupation | Film Director |
| Spouse | Brigitte Bardot 1952-57 Annette Stroyberg 1958-60 Jane Fonda 1965-73 Catherine Schneider 1975-77 Marie-Christine Barrault 1990-2000 |
| Parents | Igor Plemiannikov Marie-Antoinette Ardilouse |
| Children | Vanessa (Fonda) Christian (Deneuve) Nathalie (Stroyberg) Vania (Schneider) |
Roger Vadim, born Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov (January 26, 1928 – February 11, 2000) was a French journalist, author, actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who launched Brigitte Bardot's career in the film And God Created Woman. The scene of Bardot dancing barefoot on a table remains one of the most erotic scenes in French cinema.
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[edit] Biography
Vadim was born in Paris, France. His White Russian father, Igor Plemiannikov, had immigrated from Ukraine and become a naturalized French citizen, and was a vice consul of France to Egypt.
Vadim became a stage actor at the age of 16.
In 1947 he became assistant writer to film director Marc Allégret.
As well as his movie achievements, Roger Vadim was celebrated for his romances/marriages to such beautiful women as actresses Brigitte Bardot and Jane Fonda. He also lived with Catherine Deneuve, with whom he had a child Christian Vadim, prior to his marriage to Fonda. The transsexual Warhol Superstar Candy Darling wrote of an alleged affair with Vadim in her diaries, My Face for the World to See. She claims that the relationship took place during his marriage to Jane Fonda. In addition to his theater and movie work, he wrote several books including his autobiography D'une étoile à l'autre (From One Star to the Next).
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 four children: Vanessa, born to Fonda; Christian with Deneuve; Nathalie, born to actress Annette Stroyberg; and Vania, his child with heiress Catherine Schneider.
[edit] Marriages
- Brigitte Bardot 12/20/52 - 12/06/57 (divorced)
- Annette Vadim 1958 - 1960 (divorced) 1 child (Nathalie)
- Jane Fonda 08/14/65 - 01/16/73 (divorced) 1 child (Vanessa)
- Catherine Schneider 1975 - 1977 (divorced) 1 child (Vania)
- Marie-Christine Barrault 1990 - his death
[edit] Filmography
- Un coup de baguette magique (1997, TV movie)
- Mon père avait raison (1996, TV movie)
- La Nouvelle tribu (1996, TV mini-series)
- Amour fou (1993, TV movie)
- Safari (1991 TV movie)
- And God Created Woman (1988)
- The Hitchhiker (1986 TV, segment "Dead Man's Curve")
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1984 TV, segment "Beauty and the Beast")
- Surprise Party (1983)
- Hot Touch (1981)
- Night Games (1980)
- Game of Seduction (1976)
- The Murdered Young Girl (1974)
- Don Juan 73 (1973)
- Hellé (1972)
- Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
- Barbarella, Queen of the Galaxy (1968)
- Spirits of the Dead (1968)
- The Game is Over (1966)
- Circle of Love (1964)
- Vice and Virtue (1963)
- Dragées au Poivre (1963)
- Castle in Sweden (1963)
- Love on a Pillow (1962)
- Beds and Broads aka Tales of Paris (1962)
- Warrior's Rest (1962)
- Seven Capital Sins (1962)
- Please Not Now! (1961)
- Blood and Roses (1960)
- Dangerous Liaisons (1959)
- The Night Heaven Fell (1958) starring Brigitte Bardot
- Be Beautiful but Shut up (1957) starring Brigitte Bardot
- Does One Ever Know (1957) starring Brigitte Bardot
- And God Created Woman (1956) starring Brigitte Bardot
- Mademoiselle Striptease (1956)
- Blackmailed (1951)
- The Naked Heart (1950)
