Bernadette Lafont (28 October 1938 â€" 25 July 2013) was a French
actress who appeared in more than 120 feature films. She has been
considered "the face of French New Wave". In 1999 she told The New
York Times her work was "the motor of my existence".Bernadette Lafont
had her debut in Les Mistons ("The Mischief Makers") in 1958 and
became part of the Nouvelle Vague in the 1960s because of her films
with François Truffaut and Claude Chabrol. In 1986 Lafont was awarded
a César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for An Impudent
Girl (L'Effrontée). In the following year, she was again nominated,
this time for Masques. For her long service to the French motion
picture industry, she was awarded an Honorary César in 2003 . In May
2007, she chaired the jury for the fifth edition of the Award for
Education presented at the 60th Cannes Film Festival. She was made an
Officer of the Legion of Honor on 14 July 2009.Her complete
filmography includes TV shows, and she also worked successfully as a
stage actress.Her last film Paulette, released in 2013, was a success
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