Olga Georges-Picot

Olga Georges-Picot (6 January 1940 – 19 June 1997) was a French actress. She was a great-niece of François Georges-Picot.

Early life Born in Shanghai, in Japanese-occupied China, she was the daughter of Guillaume Georges-Picot, the French Ambassador to China, and a Russian mother, Anastasia Mironovich. She attended the International School in Geneva in the early fifties with her sister. She also attended the Lycée français de New York (Class of 1958). She studied acting at the Actors Studio in Paris.

Career Her acting career included roles in French and English films, and on television. She was featured in Playboy Magazine'''s "Sex in Cinema" column, and also on the front cover of the periodical Adam.

She appeared in three mainstream films: Denise, the OAS mole, in The Day of the Jackal (1973); Countess Alexandrovna in Woody Allen's Love and Death (1975); and Julie Anderson in Basil Dearden's The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970). Her breakthrough role in the movies was as Catrine in the Alain Resnais’s film Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968). Earlier that year, she had appeared in the French television movie Thibaud the Crusader'' (1968).

Death On Thursday 19 June 1997, she jumped to her death from the 5th floor of an apartment building in Paris, France.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1962 Tales of Paris La secrétaire (segment "Ella") 1967 Two for the Road Joanna's Touring Friend Uncredited 1968 Je t'aime, je t'aime Catrine Farewell, Friend Isabelle Moreau Sleep Is Lovely Elsa Summit Agathe 1969 Catherine 1970 The Man Who Haunted Himself Julie Anderson Connecting Rooms Claudia 1971 La cavale Nadine 1972 The Man Who Quit Smoking Gunhild 1973 La révélation Clarie Un Homme libre Nicole Lefèvre The Day of the Jackal Denise Le feu aux lèvres Christine Benoît Les Confidences érotiques d'un lit trop accueillant Dominique Féminin-féminin Marie-Hélène 1974 Successive slidings of pleasure Nora / lawyer Persecution Monique Kalfon aka Sheba, The Graveyard, The Terror of Sheba Nadine Mercier TV mini-series, 6 episodes 1975 Children of Rage Leylah Saleh Love and Death Countess Alexandrovna 1977 Goodbye Emmanuelle Florence 1978 Brigade mondaine 1984 Rebelote Suzanne Chauveau, la mère