{{Short description|French actress (1937–2018)}} thumb|Rodin at her second marriage in 1973
'''Odile Rodin''' (born '''Odile Marie-Josèphe Léonie Bérard'''; February 21, 1937 – December 12, 2018), was a French actress and covergirl before she became the fifth and last wife of Porfirio Rubirosa.<ref name=levy>{{cite book |author=Shawn Levy |title=The Last Playboy |year=2005 |publisher=HarperCollins |page=238ff |isbn=0-00-717059-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/lastplayboyhighl00shaw }}</ref> She adopted the artistic name of ''Odile Rodin'' due to the beauty of her body, alluding to the French sculptor Auguste Rodin.
Born in Lyon, Rodin came from a family where her father and grandfather were physicians. She came to Paris to study at the Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique. Her career as an actress was promising but brief, she acted in two movies: ''Futures vedettes'' by Marc Allégret in 1955 and ''Si Paris nous était conté'' fr by Sacha Guitry in 1956. In 1956 she took the theater role of Marinette in Marcel Pagnol's play ''Fabien'' fr in Paris.<ref name=levy/>
After her cover on ''Paris Match'' in 1955<ref>[http://www.journaux-collection.com/fiche.php?id=1823 Paris Match cover #329, 1955]</ref> she met Rubirosa, and their marriage on October 27, 1956 put an end to her acting career. Rodin accompanied Rubirosa during his social and diplomatic activities, was in Havana during the Cuban revolution, and mixed with the Kennedys.<ref name=levy/> Kroth lists her as one of many mistresses of John F. Kennedy.<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VStz_I0QcB0C&q=odile+rodin+new+york+times&pg=PA263 |author=Kroth, Jerry A. |title=Conspiracy in Camelot. |year=2003 |publisher=Algora, 2003 |page=263|isbn=0-87586-247-0}}</ref> After the death of her husband in 1965 she disappeared from the social chronicles and went to live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she married the businessman Paulo Marinho 1973, whom she divorced a few years later. She had an affair with the 16-year-old Alexander Onassis.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h_1JgryEAygC&q=quick+%22odile+rodin%22&pg=PA147 |author=Evans, Peter |title=Nemesis:the true story: Aristotle Onassis, Jackie O, and the love triangle that brought down the Kennedys.|date=June 2004 | publisher=HarperCollins, 2004 |page=147 |isbn=0-06-058053-4}}</ref> Eventually she remarried and moved to New England, fading from public view.<ref name=levy/> As of 2006 she was reported to be living with her third husband, an American, in New Hampshire, United States. She died in New Hampshire at age 81.
== See also == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1955|| ''Futures vedettes'' || Erica || |- |1956|| ''Si Paris nous était conté'' || La Princesse d'Essling || (final film role) |}
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|id=0734851|name=Odile Rodin}}
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