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Jane Birkin

1946 - 2023

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Jane Mallory Birkin ( BUR-kin; 14 December 1946 – 16 July 2023) was a British-French actress, singer, and designer. She had a prolific career as an actress, mostly in French cinema. A native of London, Birkin began her career as an actress, appearing in minor roles in Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup (1966) and Kaleidoscope (1966). In 1968 she met Serge Gainsbourg while co-starring with him in Slogan, which marked the beginning of a years-long working and personal relationship. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jane Birkin is the 130th most popular actor (down from 88th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 146th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Actor.

Jane Birkin is most famous for being the muse of the French fashion designer, Yves Saint Laurent.

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Among actors, Jane Birkin ranks 130 out of 13,578. Before her are Leslie Howard, Yves Montand, Christopher Plummer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Raul Julia, and Helen Mirren. After her are Orson Welles, Tommy Lee Jones, Paulette Goddard, Klaus Kinski, Judi Dench, and Roberto Benigni.

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Among people born in 1946, Jane Birkin ranks 30. Before her are Diane Keaton, Charlotte Rampling, Elfriede Jelinek, Fabio Capello, Mireille Mathieu, and Benny Andersson. After her are Tommy Lee Jones, David Gilmour, George Best, Susan Sarandon, Rivellino, and Guus Hiddink. Among people deceased in 2023, Jane Birkin ranks 14. Before her are Constantine II of Greece, Toto Cutugno, Luis Suárez, Martti Ahtisaari, Bobby Charlton, and Kenzaburō Ōe. After her are Giorgio Napolitano, Michael Gambon, Sinéad O'Connor, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Just Fontaine, and Robert Lucas Jr..

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jane Birkin ranks 272 out of 8,785. Before her are Mary Mallon (1869), Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843), Helen Mirren (1945), Æthelberht, King of Wessex (836), Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), and William Henry Bragg (1862). After her are William Adams (1564), Robert the Bruce (1274), Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), Owain Glyndŵr (1359), and Gladwyn Jebb (1900).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Jane Birkin ranks 19. Before her are James Mason (1909), Charlotte Rampling (1946), Roger Moore (1927), Cary Grant (1904), Leslie Howard (1893), and Helen Mirren (1945). After her are Judi Dench (1934), Jason Statham (1967), Michael York (1942), Robert Shaw (1927), Ben Kingsley (1943), and Jeremy Irons (1948).

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