Nicole Berger

Nicole Berger (born Nicole Gouspeyre, 12 June 1934 - 13 April 1967) was a French actress.

Biography

Berger was born in Paris. She had a brief theatrical career, particularly in the Compagnie Barrault-Renaud, before starting to film. Claude Autant-Lara gave her her first real chance in 1954, giving her one of the three leading roles in Le Blé en herbe. She went on to perform on film from 1956 to 1963, then had a gap for two years during which she only performed in one full-length film. She then turned to television, playing the protagonist of the leading soap Cecilia.

She was killed in a road accident in Rouen.

Filmography

• 1952 : Jocelyn by Jacques de Casembroot
• 1953 : Julietta by Marc Allégret
• 1954 : Le Blé en herbe by Claude Autant-Lara
• 1955 : Le Printemps, l'automne et l'amour by Gilles Grangier
• 1956 : Une fille de Flandres (Ein Mâchen aus Flandern) by Helmut Käutner
• 1956 : Les Indiscrètes by Raoul André
• 1956 : Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle, by Joris Ivens and Gérard Philipe
• 1957 : Celui qui doit mourir by Jules Dassin
• 1958 : Livets vår by Arne Mattsson
• 1958 : Premier mai or Le Père et l'Enfant by Luis Saslavsky
• 1958 : En cas de malheur, by Claude Autant-Lara
• 1958 : Véronique et son cancre short film by Eric Rohmer
• 1959 : Les Filles de nuit by Maurice Cloche
• 1959 : Les Dragueurs by Jean-Pierre Mocky
• 1959 : Charlotte et Véronique, ou Tous les garçons s'appellent Patrick short film by Jean-Luc Godard
• 1959 : L'Ambitieuse by Yves Allégret
• 1960 : Tirez sur le pianiste by François Truffaut
• 1960 : The Siege of Sidney Street or The Siege of Hell Street by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman
• 1961 : La Machine à parler d'amour short film by Sébastien Japrisot
• 1962 : La Dénonciation by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
• 1963 : Chair de poule by Julien Duvivier
• 1963 : À propos d'un meurtre short film by Christian Ledieu
• 1964 : Douchka short film by Marco de Gastyne
• 1965 : Mademoiselle de la Ferte, made-for-TV film (called "drama" at the time) - soap
• 1966 : Cécilia, médecin de campagne – soap
• 1968 : La Permission (The Story of a Three-Day Pass), by Melvin Van Peebles

Theatre

• 1959 : La Folie by and directed by Louis Ducreux, Théâtre de la Madeleine