Christine Pascal

Christine Pascal
Born	November 29, 1953(1953-11-29) Lyon, Rhône
Died	August 30, 1996(1996-08-30) (aged 42) Garches, Hauts-de-Seine
Occupation	Actress, screenwriter, director
Spouse	Robert Boner (1982-1996)

Christine Pascal (November 29, 1953 – August 30, 1996) was a French actress, writer and director.

Biography

Born in Lyon, Rhône, Pascal made her film debut at 21 in Michel Mitrani's Les Guichets du Louvre (1974), and began an association with Bertrand Tavernier with her next film, L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (1974). Other films with Tavernier include Que la fête commence (1975), for which she received a César nomination for Best Supporting Actress, The Judge and the Assassin (1976), Des enfants gatés (1977), which she co-scripted, and Round Midnight. Other film appearances include Black Thursday (1974), La Meilleure façon de marcher (1976), The Maids of Wilko (1979), Entre Nous (1983) and Le Grand Chemin (1987). She made her directorial debut with Félicité, and also directed La Garce, Zanzibar, Le Petit prince a dit (which won the Louis Delluc Prize) and Adultère, mode d'emploi.^[1]

Pascal had contemplated suicide at various times in her life, and the opening scene in the first film which she directed - Felicite - opened with a suicide scene. In 1984 when asked how she would like to die she replied, "En me suicidant, le moment venu." ("By killing myself, when the time comes"). She proved to be true to her word when she threw herself from a window of a clinic in Garches in the suburbs of Paris ( source: Times newspaper obituary ).

While staying in a Paris psychiatric hospital, Pascal committed suicide.^[2]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Biography portal

• Christine Pascal at the Internet Movie Database
• Christine Pascal at Allmovie
• Christine Pascal at Find a Grave

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