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Caroline Cellier (7 August 1945 – 15 December 2020) was a French actress. She appeared in such films as L'année des méduses (Year of the Jellyfish), La vie, l'amour, la mort, and Le Plaisir (et ses petits tracas).

Caroline Cellier, birth name Monique Marie Louise Cellier was born on the 7th of august 1945 in Montpellier, France. At the age of 8 her family moves to Paris. When she's 16 she joins the Cours Simon, one of the most prestigious drama school of the country. She does 2 years only on Thursday afternoon and at age 18 she does 1 full year, everyday going. She starts to play the next year, at only 19. She wins 2 prices for her acting skills. In 1966 she starts playing in the famous "Pygmalion" for more than a year. The play is a succes. After it she starts tv, staring in a few tv shows and then movies like "Que la Bête meure" by Claude Chabrol which came out in 1969. She does both cinema and drama. In 1970 she becames the partner of famous french actor Jean Poiret. He's 19 years older than her, none of them care. She still appear in numerous movies and plays during the 1970's and also give birth to her son, Nicolas Poiret, in november 1978. It's during the 1980's that her acting career is at its highest. She plays in movies such as "Poker" or "Poulet au vinaigre". In 1984 she holds the main supporting role in "L'année des Méduses" a movie by Christopher Frank. She'll win the César (french equivalent to the Oscars) of the best actress in a supporting role for this movie. In 1989 she finally marries Jean Poiret. She also appears a few team in 1990's. In 1991 she's a pr*stit*te in the movie "La Contre-allée" (not a p*rn* at all). In 1992 Jean Poiret makes his first movie, "Le Zèbre" and he takes his wife and Thierry Lhermitte for the main roles. But he'll die 3 months before the releasing of the movie. Caroline did the promotion alone. She isn't much there for a few years. In 1997 she's in "Didier", a famous french comedy. And in 1998 she's Blanche Dubois in "A streetcar named desire", the play by Tennessee Williams for which she's nominated for the Molière (drama french equivalent of the Oscars). In 2001 she's Mrs Erlynne in "Lady Windermere's fan", the play by Oscar Wilde. She appears in two more movies in the 2000's. First "Fragiles" in 2007 and "Thelma, Louise et Chantal" in 2010 alongside Jane Birkin and Catherine Jacob. It's the last movie she was in. In 2013 she's diagnosed with breast cancer. According to her son, her first reaction was to shave her head. She fought cancer for 7 years before passing away in the night of the 15th of December 2020. She was 75. Source: Article "Caroline Cellier" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA.