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Jacqueline Bisset (born September 13, 1944) is a British actress, born in Surrey, England. Her French mother taught her fluent French which prompted many to erroneously believe she was born in France. When Bisset was a teenager, her mother was diagnosed with disseminating sclerosis. After her parents divorced, she moved in to help her mother. She had taken ballet lessons as a young child, and now began taking acting lessons, and fashion modelling to pay for those lessons. After playing in a few small roles, in 1967 Bisset was cast for the movie Two for the Road, which became a critically acclaimed effort for her. Next, she participated in the James Bond spoof Casino Royale, playing the character of "Miss Goodthighs".
In 1968, Mia Farrow, who was having personal problems, dropped out of a movie named The Detective, and her job was given to Bisset instead. Then, she was cast opposite Steve McQueen in Bullit.
In 1973, she participated in Francois Truffaut's movie Day for Night, where she earned the respect of European critics and movie goers as a serious actress. In 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar, Bisset made great strides towards becoming a better known entertainer in North AmericaNorth America is the third largest continent in area and the fourth ranked in population. It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocea with her movie The Deep, co-starring Robert ShawThe following discusses the actor, for the individual who is a musical conductor, see Robert Shaw (conductor) or Robert Gould Shaw for the US Civil War commander Robert Shaw ( August 9, 1927 August 28, 1978) was an English actor and writer. His best-known, where her appearance swimming underwater wearing only a t-shirtA T-shirt is a shirt with short sleeves, a round neck, put on over the head, without pockets. It was originally used as undershirt. This is still done, but it is also often worn as the only clothing on the upper part of the body (except that women often w made many to credit her with beginning a world wide revolution that led to a " wet T-shirt contest craze". At the time, NewsweekNewsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States. It is the second-largest weekly magazine in the U. having played second fiddle to TIME during its entire career except for brief moments when its a magazine declared her to be "the most beautiful film actress of all time".
Soon thereafter she played in the movies Rich and Famous with Candice BergenCandice Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress best known for her starring role on the television sitcom Murphy Brown''. She was born in Beverly Hills, California, the daughter of radio ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and Frances Westerman. As a chil, and Under The Volcano with Albert FinneyAlbert Finney (born 9 May 1936) is a British actor. He has received five Academy Awards nominations. His most famous role was as Agatha Christie's master detective Hercule Poirot in the 1974 film "Murder On The Orient Express. Finney was so effective in t, which was made in 1984 and gave her a Golden Globe award nomination. In 1978 she had already earned her first nomination for Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?. In 1996, she was nominated for a Cesar Award, France's version of the Oscars, for her role in La Ceremonie.
During her career, Bisset has been in movies directed by such stars as François Truffaut, John Huston, George Cukor and Roman Polanski, among others. Several of her movies are French or Italian productions. Besides in movies, Bisset has played in many TV films, especially during the last 10 years, some of these films having been quite successful. A role she has become familiar with, first in TV and most recently in cinema movies, is the character of Jacqueline Kennedy. The movie, a biographical story about Robert Kennedy, will be released shortly.
Bisset, who is known as a good autograph signer who even personalises her signature if fans ask her to, has never been married, but she has had a number of well publicized relationships with men.
