Nicole Berger

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

Biography Berger was born Nicole Gouspeyre on 12 June 1934 in Paris. She had a brief theatrical career, particularly in the Compagnie Barrault-Renaud, before starring in feature films. Claude Autant-Lara gave her her first actual opportunity in 1954, offering 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 two-year gap during which she only appeared in one full-length film. She then turned to television, playing the protagonist of the leading soap Cecilia.

Death Berger died of injuries six days after a vehicular accident in Eure when she was thrown from a car that she was driving. Her passenger, French singer and actress Dany Dauberson, survived but never fully recovered emotionally or physically from the crash, which ended her career as a singer. Berger's tomb is in the Père-Lachaise Cemetery in the 20th arrondissement of Paris.

Partial filmography

1952: Jocelyn (by Jacques de Casembroot) - Julie, la soeur de Jocelyn 1953: Julietta (by Marc Allégret) - Martine Valendor 1954: Le Blé en herbe (by Claude Autant-Lara) - Vinca 1955: Spring, Autumn and Love (by Gilles Grangier) - Cécilia 1956: The Girl from Flanders (by Helmut Käutner) - Angeline Meunier / Engele 1956: Les Indiscrètes (by Raoul André) - Elisabeth Langeac 1956: Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (by Joris Ivens and Gérard Philipe) - Nèle 1957: He Who Must Die (by Jules Dassin) - Mariori 1957: Spring of Life (by Arne Mattsson) - Elisa Fernandez 1958: First of May (Le Père et l'Enfant) (by Luis Saslavsky) - Annie Chapois 1958: Girls of the Night (by Maurice Cloche) - Néda 1958: En cas de malheur (by Claude Autant-Lara) - Janine - la bonne d'Yvette 1958: Véronique et son cancre (Short, by Eric Rohmer) - Véronique 1959: Les Dragueurs (by Jean-Pierre Mocky) - Françoise 1959: All the Boys Are Called Patrick (Short, by Jean-Luc Godard) - Véronique 1959: The Restless and the Damned (by Yves Allégret) - Claire Rancourt 1960: The Siege of Sidney Street (The Siege of Hell Street) (by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman) - Sara 1960: Tirez sur le pianiste (by François Truffaut) - Thérèse Saroyan 1961: The Seven Deadly Sins (by various directors) - (segment "Luxure, La") (uncredited) 1962: La Dénonciation (by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze) - Eléonore Germain 1963: La Machine à parler d'amour (Short, by Sébastien Japrisot) - La jeune fille 1963: Chair de poule (by Julien Duvivier) - Simone 1963: À propos d'un meurtre (Short, by Christian Ledieu) 1964: Douchka (Short, by Marco de Gastyne) - Récitante / Narrator (voice) 1965: Mademoiselle de la Ferte (TV Movie, called "drama" at the time, soap) - Diana 1966: Cécilia, médecin de campagne (TV Series) - Cécilia Beaudouin 1968: The Story of a Three-Day Pass (by Melvin Van Peebles) - Miriam (final film role)

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