Isabelle Weingarten (18 April 1950 – 3 August 2020) was a French actress, model, and photographer.[1]

Isabelle Weingarten
Born(1950-04-18)18 April 1950
Paris, France
Died3 August 2020(2020-08-03) (aged 70)
OccupationActress

Biography

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Weingarten was born on 18 April 1950 in Paris[2] into a family of artists. She was the granddaughter of Silvia Loeb-Luzzatto and art dealer Pierre Loeb on her maternal side. On her paternal side, her grandparents were the Polish painter Joachim Weingart and the sculptor Muriel Marquet-Pontrémoli.

Discovered in 1971 by Robert Bresson, who offered her the main role in Four Nights of a Dreamer. Subsequently, she starred in The Mother and the Whore in 1973, directed by Jean Eustache. A longtime photographer, she began working for Cahiers du Cinéma in 1986 as a portrait painter, and photography became her main activity. In 2008, she began studying the works of her father, Romain Weingarten, poet and playwright.

Weingarten was married to Benjamin Baltimore from 1968 to 1978. She then married Wim Wenders, who she divorced in 1983. Lastly, she was married to Olivier Assayas until their divorce in 1996.[3] Weingarten died on 3 August 2020.[4]

Filmography

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Theatre

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  • Les Cuisines du château (1971)[6]
  • Graal-théâtre (1978)
  • Tête d'or (1980)
  • Allez hop! (1984)
  • Les Parisiens (1986)

Photography

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Adaptations and Staging

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  • Maame fait ce qu'elle dit (2008)
  • Avez-vous déjà rencontré Bonaparte (2014)

References

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  1. ^ "Isabelle Weingarten". Ciné-Ressources (in French).
  2. ^ Mandelbaum, Jacques (7 August 2020). "Isabelle Weingarten, modèle, actrice et photographe, est morte". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Benjamin Baltimore, l'homme à la tête d'affiches". Ouest-France (in French). 25 January 2013.
  4. ^ "L'actrice et photographe Isabelle Weingarten est décédée". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). 6 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Robert Maurice". IMBb.
  6. ^ "Claude Cyriaque". BnF Data.
  7. ^ "Isabelle Weingarten – Camera and Electrical Department". IMBb.