Michèle Girardon (1938-1975), sometimes credited as Michele Girardon, was a French actress. She became an international star after she taught herself English while on the set of Howard Hawks’s ‘Hatari!’. In 1975 she committed suicide via an overdose of sleeping pills at the age of 36.

Michèle Girardon

Acting Born August 9, 1938 – Died March 25, 1975 Lyon, France

Michèle Girardon (1938-1975), sometimes credited as Michele Girardon, was a French actress. She became an international star after she taught herself English while on the set of Howard Hawks’s ‘Hatari!’. In 1975 she committed suicide via an overdose of sleeping pills at the age of 36.

Known For

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Gina

Tender Scoundrel

L'étrangère du Ritz

Hatari!

Brandy de la Court

The Adventures of Scaramouche

Diana - Souchil's ward

Mésentente cordiale

Julie Wells

You Have Nothing to Declare?

Paulette Dupont

Pyramid of the Sun God

Josefa

The Slave Merchants

Princess Soraya

Death in the Garden

María Castin

The Seven Deadly Sins

Héloïse - la Maîtresse (segment "L'orgueuil")

The Magnificent Cuckold

Cristiana

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande

Josefa