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Jacqueline Bisset (born September 13, 1944) is a
United Kingdom|British actress, born in Surrey,
England. Her France|French mother taught her
fluent French which prompted many to erroneously
believe she was born in France. When Bisset was a
teenager, her mother was diagnosed with
disseminating sclerosis. After her parents
divorced, she moved in to help her mother. She had
taken ballet lessons as a young child, and now
began taking acting lessons, and model
(person)|fashion modelling to pay for those
lessons. 

After playing in a few small roles, in 1967 Bisset
was cast for the movie Two for the Road, which
became a critically acclaimed effort for her.
Next, she participated in the James Bond spoof
Casino Royale, playing the character of "Miss
Goodthighs". 

In 1968, Mia Farrow, who was having personal
problems, dropped out of a movie named The
Detective, and her job was given to Bisset
instead. Then, she was cast opposite Steve McQueen
in Bullit. 

In 1973, she participated in Francois Truffaut's
movie Day for Night, where she earned the respect
of European critics and movie goers as a serious
actress.  In 1977, Bisset made great strides
towards becoming a better known entertainer in
North America with her movie The Deep, co-starring
Robert Shaw, where her appearance swimming
underwater wearing only a T-shirt made many to
credit her with beginning a world wide revolution
that led to a "wet T-shirt contest craze". At the
time, Newsweek magazine declared her to be "the
most beautiful film actress of all time".

Soon thereafter she played in the movies Rich and
Famous with Candice Bergen, and Under The Volcano
with Albert Finney, which was made in 1984 and
gave her a Golden Globe award nomination. In 1978
she had already earned her first nomination for
Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?. In
1996, she was nominated for a Cesar Award,
France's version of the Academy Award|Oscars, for
her role in La Ceremonie. 

During her career, Bisset has been in movies
directed by such stars as François Truffaut, John
Huston, George Cukor and Roman Polanski, among
others. Several of her movies are French or
Italian productions. Besides in movies, Bisset has
played in many TV films, especially during the
last 10 years, some of these films having been
quite successful. A role she has become familiar
with, first in TV and most recently in cinema
movies, is the character of Jacqueline Kennedy.
The movie, a biographical story about Robert
Kennedy, will be released shortly.

Bisset, who is known as a good autograph signer
who even personalises her signature if fans ask
her to, has never been married, but she has had a
number of well publicized relationships with men.

==Filmography==
*Latter Days (2003) 
*Swing (film)|Swing (2003) 
*Fascination (2002) 
*New Year's Day (film)|New Year's Day (2001) 
*The Sleepy Time Gal (2001) 
*People Who Love Each Other (2000) 
*Let the Devil Wear Black (1999) 
*Dangerous Beauty (1998) 
*Once You Meet a Stranger (1996) 
*A Judgement in Stone (1995) 
*La classe américaine (1993)
*Crimebroker (1993)
*Hoffman's Hunger (1993) 
*The Groundhogs (1993) 
*East & West: Paradises Lost (1993) 
*Rossini! Rossini! (1991) 
*The Maid (1991) 
*Wild Orchid (movie)|Wild Orchid (1990) 
*Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
(1989) 
*The House of Jade (1988)
*High Season (1987)
*Forbidden (1984 film)|Forbidden (1984)
*Under the Volcano (1984)
*Class (movie)|Class (1983)
*Rich and Famous (1981) 
*Inchon (movie)|Inchon (1981) 
*When Time Ran Out (1980) 
*I Love You, I Love You Not (1979)
*Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
*The Greek Tycoon (1978) 
*The Deep (1977) 
*The Sunday Woman (1976) 
*St. Ives (1976)
*End of the Game (1975) 
*The Spiral Staircase (1975) 
*Murder on the Orient Express (1974) 
*The Magnificent One (1973) 
*La Nuit américaine (1973)
*The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973) 
*The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) 
*Stand Up and Be Counted (1972) 
*Believe in Me (1971) 
*The Mephisto Waltz (1971) 
*Secrets (1971) 
*The Grasshopper (1970) 
*Airport (movie)|Airport (1970) 
*Secret World (1969) 
*The First Time (1969) 
*Bullitt (1968) 
*The Sweet Ride (1968) 
*The Detective (1968) 
*The Cape Town Affair (1967) 
*Casino Royale (1967)
*Two for the Road (1967)
*Drop Dead Darling (1966) 
*Cul-de-sac (1966)

==External links==

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Jacqueline Bisset (born September 13, 1944) is a
United Kingdom|British actress, born in Surrey,
England. Her France|French mother taught her
fluent French which prompted many to erroneously
believe she was born in France. When Bisset was a
teenager, her mother was diagnosed with
disseminating sclerosis. After her parents
divorced, she moved in to help her mother. She had
taken ballet lessons as a young child, and now
began taking acting lessons, and model
(person)|fashion modelling to pay for those
lessons. 

After playing in a few small roles, in 1967 Bisset
was cast for the movie Two for the Road, which
became a critically acclaimed effort for her.
Next, she participated in the James Bond spoof
Casino Royale, playing the character of "Miss
Goodthighs". 

In 1968, Mia Farrow, who was having personal
problems, dropped out of a movie named The
Detective, and her job was given to Bisset
instead. Then, she was cast opposite Steve McQueen
in Bullit. 

In 1973, she participated in Francois Truffaut's
movie Day for Night, where she earned the respect
of European critics and movie goers as a serious
actress.  In 1977, Bisset made great strides
towards becoming a better known entertainer in
North America with her movie The Deep, co-starring
Robert Shaw, where her appearance swimming
underwater wearing only a T-shirt made many to
credit her with beginning a world wide revolution
that led to a "wet T-shirt contest craze". At the
time, Newsweek magazine declared her to be "the
most beautiful film actress of all time".

Soon thereafter she played in the movies Rich and
Famous with Candice Bergen, and Under The Volcano
with Albert Finney, which was made in 1984 and
gave her a Golden Globe award nomination. In 1978
she had already earned her first nomination for
Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?. In
1996, she was nominated for a Cesar Award,
France's version of the Academy Award|Oscars, for
her role in La Ceremonie. 

During her career, Bisset has been in movies
directed by such stars as François Truffaut, John
Huston, George Cukor and Roman Polanski, among
others. Several of her movies are French or
Italian productions. Besides in movies, Bisset has
played in many TV films, especially during the
last 10 years, some of these films having been
quite successful. A role she has become familiar
with, first in TV and most recently in cinema
movies, is the character of Jacqueline Kennedy.
The movie, a biographical story about Robert
Kennedy, will be released shortly.

Bisset, who is known as a good autograph signer
who even personalises her signature if fans ask
her to, has never been married, but she has had a
number of well publicized relationships with men.

==Filmography==
*Latter Days (2003) 
*Swing (film)|Swing (2003) 
*Fascination (2002) 
*New Year's Day (film)|New Year's Day (2001) 
*The Sleepy Time Gal (2001) 
*People Who Love Each Other (2000) 
*Let the Devil Wear Black (1999) 
*Dangerous Beauty (1998) 
*Once You Meet a Stranger (1996) 
*A Judgement in Stone (1995) 
*La classe américaine (1993)
*Crimebroker (1993)
*Hoffman's Hunger (1993) 
*The Groundhogs (1993) 
*East & West: Paradises Lost (1993) 
*Rossini! Rossini! (1991) 
*The Maid (1991) 
*Wild Orchid (movie)|Wild Orchid (1990) 
*Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
(1989) 
*The House of Jade (1988)
*High Season (1987)
*Forbidden (1984 film)|Forbidden (1984)
*Under the Volcano (1984)
*Class (movie)|Class (1983)
*Rich and Famous (1981) 
*Inchon (movie)|Inchon (1981) 
*When Time Ran Out (1980) 
*I Love You, I Love You Not (1979)
*Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
*The Greek Tycoon (1978) 
*The Deep (1977) 
*The Sunday Woman (1976) 
*St. Ives (1976)
*End of the Game (1975) 
*The Spiral Staircase (1975) 
*Murder on the Orient Express (1974) 
*The Magnificent One (1973) 
*La Nuit américaine (1973)
*The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973) 
*The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) 
*Stand Up and Be Counted (1972) 
*Believe in Me (1971) 
*The Mephisto Waltz (1971) 
*Secrets (1971) 
*The Grasshopper (1970) 
*Airport (movie)|Airport (1970) 
*Secret World (1969) 
*The First Time (1969) 
*Bullitt (1968) 
*The Sweet Ride (1968) 
*The Detective (1968) 
*The Cape Town Affair (1967) 
*Casino Royale (1967)
*Two for the Road (1967)
*Drop Dead Darling (1966) 
*Cul-de-sac (1966)

==External links==

* imdb name|id=0000302|name=Jacqueline Bisset

de:Jacqueline Bisset
es:Jacqueline Bisset
fr:Jacqueline Bisset