What happened between Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg?
The decades passed, the couple split, Gainsbourg's drinking and smoking caught up with him, and he died, but in her adopted homeland Birkin, now 72, will always be remembered as his muse and as a star in her own right. Today she has released the second volume of her memoirs, covering life after Gainsbourg.
Was Jane Birkin married to Serge Gainsbourg?
Jane Birkin is a living, breathing 1960s icon. Her marriage to Serge Gainsbourg may have ended a lifetime ago in the early 1980s, but her name remains irrevocably linked to his. The British Parisienne reflects on her extraordinary life, from the making of the “Je t'aime” song to navigating the feminist revolution.
How long were Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg together?
She had a passionate and creative relationship with her mentor Serge Gainsbourg, whom she met on the set of Slogan in 1968, a relationship that lasted 12 years. They never married, despite rumours and misreporting to the contrary. In 1971, they had a daughter, actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg.
How much older was Serge Gainsbourg than Jane Birkin?
Serge Gainsbourg was 18 years older than Jane Birkin and could go for months without a bath… but she loved him so passionately, she once threw herself into the Seine just to get his attention. For those of a certain age, Jane Birkin will forever be associated with Je T'Aime . . .
What happened to Serge Gainsbourg?
Gainsbourg, who smoked five packs of unfiltered Gitane cigarettes a day, died on 2 March 1991 of a heart attack, a month shy of his 63rd birthday. He was buried in the Jewish section of the Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris.
Is Jane Birkin ill?
British actress and singer Jane Birkin has cancelled her appearance at the American Film Festival in Deauville, France, as she recovers from a stroke. The former partner and muse of French crooner Serge Gainsbourg "suffered a minor form of stroke a few days ago," the family said in a statement to AFP.
Who is Charlotte Gainsbourg married to?
Personal life. Gainsbourg's longtime partner is French-Israeli actor/director Yvan Attal whom she met on the set of the 1991 film Aux yeux du monde. Gainsbourg and Attal are not married, and Gainsbourg has attributed her reluctance to do so to the fact that her parents never married.