Anna Karina
Danish-French actress (1940–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the novel, see Anna Karenina.
Anna Karina (born Hanne Karin Bayer,[1] 22 September 1940 – 14 December 2019) was a Danish-French actress, director, writer, and singer. She became famous in the French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard's muse in the 1960s,[2] performing in several of his movies, including The Little Soldier (1960), A Woman Is a Woman (1961), Vivre sa vie (1962), Band of Outsiders (1964), and Pierrot le Fou and Alphaville (both 1965).
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Anna Karina | |
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Born | Hanne Karin Bayer (1940-09-22)22 September 1940 Frederiksberg, Denmark |
Died | 14 December 2019(2019-12-14) (aged 79) |
Cause of death | Problems caused by a muscle aneurysm |
Occupation(s) | Actress, film director, writer, singer |
Years active | 1959–2019 |
Spouse(s) | Pierre Fabre (m. 1968; div. 1974) Daniel Duval (m. 1978; div. 1981) Dennis Berry (m. 1982; div. 1994) |
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Karina was seen as an icon of 1960s cinema.[3][4] The New York Times has described her as "one of the screen’s great beauties and an enduring symbol of the French New Wave."[5]
Karina died of problems caused by a muscle aneurysm in Paris on 14 December 2019 at the age of 79.[6][7]