Dutch-French actress, writer, and singer Anna Karina (born Hanne Karin Bayer), known for making French new wave films, has died…
Dutch-French actress, writer, and singer Anna Karina , known for making French new wave films, has died at 79. Her agent Laurent Balandras confirmed the news via Twitter on Saturday.
“A legend, and an icon. Anna Karina died yesterday of cancer. Writing these words is unbearable,” Balandras wrote in French.— Laurent Balandras Karina began her career singing in cabarets and modeling in her native Denmark as a teenager. She sought out a new life in Paris in 1958, where she was discovered by a talent scout at a cafe and thus began her career as a successful model, counting Coco Chanel and Pierre Cardin among her inner circle.in 1960.
She continued working as an actress, and later became a director after opening up her own production company in 1972. Karina also wrote four novels, maintained a singing career, and married three more times.
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