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In the wake of May 1968, France embraced the smiling British actress with open arms. She began her career starring in lighthearted comedies and went on to work with Godard, Rivette, Tavernier and Agnès Varda
Actor and singer Jane Birkin, who made France her home and charmed the country with her English grace, natural style and social activism, has died at age 76.
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The British actor’s fashion sense inspired many during her youth, but also well into her later life and beyond. There are a few simple reasons why.
Jeremy Allen, who interviewed Birkin at home in Paris for his Serge Gainsbourg memoir, writes a personal tribute to a woman “who made things happen”
Jane Birkin, the British actress who inspired Hermès' famed Birkin bag, died July 16 at age 76. But she never treated her namesake bag like a precious luxury item.