{{Short description|French actress (1956–2024)}} {{Sources|date=October 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Christine Boisson | image = | birth_date = {{birth date|1956|4|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Salon-de-Provence]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]], [[French Fourth Republic|France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|10|21|1956|4|8|df=y}} | death_place = Paris, France | occupation = Actress | children = 1 }}
'''Christine Boisson''' (8 April 1956 – 21 October 2024) was a French actress.
==Biography== Boisson was born in [[Salon-de-Provence]] on 8 April 1956; her mother was French and her father was from the West Indies.<ref name = NYT>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/us/christine-boisson-dead.html|title = Christine Boisson, French Actress, Dies at 68|last1 = Moses|first1 = Claire|last2 = Ruberg|first2 = Sarah|date = 22 October 2024|accessdate = 22 October 2024|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|url-access = limited}}</ref> After she registered in a model agency, [[Just Jaeckin]] liked her photo, and she got a part in the film ''[[Emmanuelle (1974 film)|Emmanuelle]]'' starring [[Sylvia Kristel]], in which she played a [[lollipop]]-sucking teenager who [[masturbates]] over a picture of [[Paul Newman]]. Then she got some more film roles, but she also continued to study acting.
In 1977, she made her stage debut in [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov]]'s ''[[The Seagull]]'' directed by [[Bruno Bayen]].
In 1984, she received the [[Prix Romy Schneider]] (most promising actress awards) for ''Rue Barbare''.<ref name = NYT/>
In 2005, she was starring in the stage play ''Viol'' by [[Botho Strauß]] (based on ''[[Titus Andronicus]]''), directed by [[Luc Bondy]].
In 2010, it was widely reported that she had attempted suicide after she climbed over the parapet of her 5th floor apartment and was stopped by firefighters. In a later interview, she said she had done this after an argument with her boyfriend at the time as an act of psychological manipulation, an action she was not proud of. She also described growing up with an abusive mother who constantly reminded her that she had almost died giving birth to her, and sexually abused both her and her brother.<ref>[https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/christine_boisson_parle_de_sa_tentative_de_suicide_279673 ''Christine Boisson parle de sa « tentative de suicide »'' (Christine Boisson talks about her "suicide attempt"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413005040/https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/christine_boisson_parle_de_sa_tentative_de_suicide_279673 |date=13 April 2021 }}, ''[[Gala (magazine)|Gala]]'', 16 January 2013</ref>
Boisson died from lung disease at a care home in Paris on 21 October 2024, at the age of 68.<ref name = NYT/><ref>[https://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/mort-de-l-actrice-christine-boisson-qui-a-fait-ses-debuts-dans-emmanuelle-20241021 Mort de l’actrice Christine Boisson qui a fait ses débuts dans Emmanuelle] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> She had a daughter.<ref name = NYT/>
==Filmography== {{Div col}} *1973: ''[[The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob]]'' - Une invitée au mariage (uncredited) *1974: ''[[Love at the Top]]'' (directed by [[Michel Deville]]) - Jeune fille nue chez Flora (uncredited) *1974: ''La Bonne Nouvelle'' (Short, directed by [[André Weinfeld]]) - Florence / The Sister *1974: ''[[Emmanuelle (1974 film)|Emmanuelle]]'' (1974, directed by [[Just Jaeckin]]) - Marie-Ange *1975: ''[[Le jeu avec le feu|Playing with Fire]]'' (directed by [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]]) - Christina, la fille dans la malle / Desdémone *1975: ''Thomas'' - Sophie *1975: ''[[Divine (1975 film)|Divine]]'' *1975: ''[[Flic Story]]'' (directed by [[Jacques Deray]]) - Jocelyne *1976: ''[[Born for Hell|Naked Massacre]]'' (directed by [[Denis Héroux]]) - Christine *1977: ''Adom ou Le sang d'Abel'' - La femme de Caïn *1980: ''{{Interlanguage link|Extérieur, nuit|fr}}'' (directed by [[Jacques Bral]]) - Cora *1981: ''[[Seuls]]'' (directed by [[Francis Reusser]]) - Carole *1981: ''La chanson du mal aimé'' *1982: ''[[Identification of a Woman|Identificazione di una donna]]'' (directed by [[Michelangelo Antonioni]]) - Ida *1982: ''Wings of Night'' (directed by [[Hans Noever]]) - Rosa *1984: ''{{Interlanguage link|Rue barbare|fr}}'' (directed by [[Gilles Béhat]]) - Emma-la-Rouge, dit 'Manu', membre de la bande à Manu *1984: ''[[Liberté la nuit]]'' (directed by [[Philippe Garrel]]) - Gémina *1984: ''[[Paris vu par... 20 ans après]]'' (directed by [[Philippe Garrel]]) - Genie (segment 3) *1986: ''[[L'aube]]'' (directed by [[Miklós Jancsó]]) - Iliana *1986: ''[[Rue du Départ]]'' (directed by [[Tony Gatlif]]) - Mimi *1986: ''[[Le Passage (film)|Le passage]]'' (directed by [[René Manzor]]) - Catherine Diaz *1987: ''[[Jenatsch (film)|Jenatsch]]'' (directed by [[Daniel Schmid]]) - Nina *1987: ''[[Le moine et la sorcière]]'' (directed by [[Suzanne Shiffman]]) - Elda *1987: ''[[Unsettled Land]]'' (directed by [[Uri Barbash]]) - Sima *1988: ''[[La maison de jeanne]]'' (directed by [[Magali Clément]]) - Jeanne *1989: ''[[Radio corbeau]]'' (directed by [[Yves Boisset]]) - Agnès Deluca - journaliste à France Hebdo *1989: ''Un amour de trop'' - Sandra *1990: ''[[Il y a des jours... et des lunes]]'' (directed by [[Claude Lelouch]]) - La femme au petit caillou / The innkeeper's wife *1991: ''[[Caldo soffocante]]'' (directed by [[Giovanna Gagliardo]]) - Marie Christine *1992: ''[[Les amies de ma femme|My Wife's Girlfriends]]'' (directed by [[Didier Van Cauwelaert]]) - Victoire Jollin *1992: ''[[Oh pardon ! Tu dormais...]]'' (TV Movie, directed by [[Jane Birkin]]) - Elle *1993: ''[[Une nouvelle vie]]'' (directed by [[Olivier Assayas]]) - Laurence *1993: ''[[Les marmottes]]'' (directed by [[Élie Chouraqui]]) - Marie-Claire *1994: ''[[Pas très catholique]]'' (directed by [[Tonie Marshall]]) - Florence *1997: ''[[L'Homme idéal]]'' (directed by [[Xavier Gélin]]) - Nicole *2000: ''[[En face]]'' (directed by [[Mathias Ledoux]]) - Clémence / Housekeeper *2000: ''[[Only you (1999 film)|Only you]]'' (directed by [[Laetitia Masson]]) - The home's head mistress *2000: ''[[La mécanique des femmes]]'' (directed by [[Jérôme de Missolz]]) *2000: ''[[In extremis (film)|In extremis]]'' - Caroline *2000: ''[[La manipulation]]'' (directed by [[Nicolao Opritescu]]) *2002: ''[[The Truth About Charlie]]'' (directed by [[Jonathan Demme]]) - Commandant Dominique *2004: ''[[Maigret et L’Ombre Chinoise—The shadow Puppet]]'' (TV Series) - Germaine Martin *2004: ''[[La manipulation]]'' (directed by [[Marius Theodor Barna]]) *2008: ''[[J'ai rêvé sous l'eau]]'' - Fabienne *2009: ''[[All About Actresses]]'' - La prof de théâtre *2009: ''Une affaire d'état'' - Mado {{div col end}}
==Stage== *1977–1978: ''[[The Seagull|La mouette]]'' by [[Anton Chekhov]] (directed by Bruno Bayen) *1978: ''[[The Seagull|La mouette]]'' reprise at Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers *1978: ''Etre vidé'' (directed by Remo Girones) *1978: ''Et pourtant ce silence ne pouvait'' by Magnan *1978: ''[[Antony and Cleopatra|Antoine et Cléopâtre]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]] *1978: ''[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre|Périples, prince de Tyr]]'' by [[Shakespeare]] (directed by [[Roger Planchon]]) - T.N.P. Villeurbanne *1979: ''[[Lorenzaccio]]'' by [[Alfred de Musset]] (directed by [[Otomar Krejča]]) *1980–1981: ''La trilogie du revoir'' by [[Botho Strauss]] (directed by [[Claude Régy]]) - [[Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers]] *1981–1982: ''Grand et petit'' by [[Botho Strauss]] (directed by [[Claude Régy]]) - T.N.P. Villeurbanne *1984: ''Par les villages'' by [[Peter Handke]] (directed by [[Claude Régy]]) - [[Théâtre national de Chaillot]] *1988: ''Des sentiments soudains'' by [[Jean-Louis Livi]] (directed by [[Jean Bouchaud (director)|Jean Bouchaud]]) - [[Théâtre de la Renaissance]] *1989: ''[[Andromaque]]'' by [[Jean Racine|Racine]] (directed by [[Roger Planchon]]) - T.N.P. Villeurbanne *1991–1992: ''[[Old Times|C'était hier]]'' by [[Harold Pinter]] (directed by [[Sami Frey]]) - Tour *1993: ''[[The Taming of the Shrew|La mégère apprivoisée]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]] (directed by [[Jérôme Savary]]) - Théâtre national de Chaillot, Théâtre de Nice *1995: ''Démons'' by [[Lars Norén]] (directed by [[Gérard Desarthe]]) - [[Théâtre de Vidy]] [[Lausanne]], Tour 1996 *1998: ''[[Ashes to Ashes (play)|Ashes to Ashes]]'' by [[Harold Pinter]] (directed by [[Harold Pinter]]) - [[Théâtre du Rond-Point]] des [[Champs-Élysées]] *2001: ''[[The Vagina Monologues|Les monologues du vagin]]'' by [[Eve Ensler]] (directed by [[François-Louis Tilly]]) - [[Petit Théâtre de Paris]] *2002: ''La campagne'' by [[Martin Crimp]] (directed by [[Louis-Do de Lencquesaing]]) *2002: ''Le collier d'Hélène'' by [[Carole Frechette]] (directed by [[Michel Dumoulin]]) *2003: ''[[The Vagina Monologues|Les monologues du vagin]]'' *2005: ''Viol'' by [[Botho Strauss]] (directed by [[Luc Bondy]])
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0092381|name=Christine Boisson}} *{{Allocine name|id=29}} * {{discogs artist|Christine Boisson}}
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