Jacqueline Bisset
Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset LdH ( BISS-it; born 13 September 1944) is a British actress. She began her film career in 1965 and first came to prominence in 1968 with roles in The Detective, Bullitt, and The Sweet Ride, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as Most Promising Newcomer. In the 1970s, she starred in Airport (1970), The Mephisto Waltz (1971), Day for Night (1973), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Le Magnifique (1973), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), St. Ives (1976), The Deep (1977), The Greek Tycoon (1978) and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
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| Full name at birth | Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset
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| Claim to fame | her roles as Giovanna Goodthighs in the 1967 spy parody film Casino Royale, Vickie Cartwright in the 1968 drama film The Sweet Ride, Norma Maclver in the 1968 neo-noir crime film The Detective, Cathy in the 1968 neo-noir action thriller film Bullitt, Gwen Meighen in the 1970 air disaster-drama film Airport, Julie Baker in the 1973 romantic comedy-drama film Day for Night, various characters including Elena Andrenyi/Helena Arden in the 1974 mystery film Murder on the Orient Express, Gail Berke in the 1977 adventure film The Deep, Natasha O’Brien in the 1978 black comedy mystery film Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, Liz Hamilton in the 1981 drama film Rich and Famous, Ellen Burroughs in the 1983 comedy-drama film Class, Yvonne Firmin in the 1984 drama film Under the Volcano, Catherine Lelievre in the 1995 crime drama film La Cérémonie, Isabelle d’Arc in the two-part CBC historical biographical drama miniseries Joan of Arc, and Lady Lavinia Cremone in the five-part BBC drama miniseries Dancing on the Edge
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| Date of birth | 13 September 1944
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| Place of birth | Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK
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| Height | 5' 6½" (169 cm)
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| Weight | 144 lbs (65 kg)
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| Net worth | $20,000,000 USD
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| High school | Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
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- She is not active on social media.
- She once turned down actor Marlon Brando‘s offer to dance with him as she did not want to hurt her date who she had come with to the Crazy Elephant club in Jermyn Street.
- As of 2012, she had only 2 facials in her entire lifetime.
- Jacqueline is obsessed with mayonnaise.
- She has a huge collection of artifacts from her visits to different countries.
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