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Stéphane Audran

Stéphane Audran, French actress (died 2018)

Born
November 8, 1932
Died
March 27, 2018
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1932

About Stéphane Audran

Stéphane Audran was a French film actress. She was known for her performances in the films of her husband Claude Chabrol, including Les Biches (1968) and Le Boucher (1970), Luis Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), and Gabriel Axel's Babette's Feast (1987). The role she was mostly associated with was that of the haughty bourgeois woman. Her first collaboration with director Chabrol was the 1959 Les Cousins, with whom she would make a total of 25 films. She first appeared on stage, though with little success, and gave her film debut in the 1957 short film Le jeu de la nuit.

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Stéphane Audran timeline

  1. She first appeared on stage, though with little success, and gave her film debut in the 1957 short film Le jeu de la nuit.
  2. Her first collaboration with director Chabrol was the 1959 Les Cousins, with whom she would make a total of 25 films.

The world when Stéphane Audran was born

Stéphane Audran was born in 1932. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1932

  • #1 song"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
  • Top movieGrand Hotel
  • Best-selling bookBrave New World – Aldous Huxley

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBabe Ruth's "called shot" in the World Series
  • Top headlineFDR elected in a landslide during the Great Depression
  • Technology milestoneAmelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
  • Defining fadMonopoly board game (unofficial versions)
  • Notable inventionPolaroid filters
  • World population2.14 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population124.8M

1932 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Stéphane Audran's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19322026
Gas$0.18$3.45/gal
Average home$5,000$435,000
Average income$2,600$67,500
Movie ticket$0.20$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population124.8M341 million

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