About
| Birth Name: | Charlotte Tessa Rampling |
| Birth Notes: | 5 February 1946, Sturmer, England, UK |
| Height: | 5' 7" |
| Nicknames: | The Legend |
| Family: | * Jean-Michel Jarre (8 October 1976 - 1996) (divorced); 1 child * Bryan Southcombe (1972 - 1976) (divorced); 1 child |
| Biography: | Charlotte Rampling was born in Sturmer, England, in 1946. The daughter of a British Colonel who became a NATO commander and a painter, she was educated at Jeanne d'Arc Académie pour Jeunes Filles in Versailles, France and at the exclusive St. Hilda's school in Bushley, England. She was a model before entering films in Richard Lester 's The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965), followed by roles in Georgy Girl (1966) and Luchino Visconti's La caduta degli dei (1969). Rampling is best known for her role in Liliana Cavani's Il portiere di notte (1974), where she played a concentration camp survivor who is reunited with the Nazi guard ('Dirk Bogarde' (qv)) who tortured her throughout her captivity. In 1974, she co-starred with Sean Connery in John Boorman's science fiction adventure Zardoz (1974), with Robert Mitchum in Farewell, My Lovely (1975), with Woody Allen in his Stardust Memories (1980), and with Paul Newman in Sidney Lumet's The Verdict (1982). An actress always willing to take on bold and meaningful roles, Rampling had perhaps the most off-beat one in Nagisa Ôshima's 1986 comedy Max mon amour (1986) as Margaret, a woman in love with a chimpanzee. She also voices video games, such as The Ring. |
Filmography
| Aberdeen (2000) as Helen |
| Angel (2007) as Hermione |
| Angel Heart (1987) as Margaret Krusemark |
| Asylum (1972) as Barbara (segment 3 "Lucy Comes to Stay") |
| Georgy Girl (1966) as Meredith |
| Hammers Over the Anvil (1993) as Grace McAlister |
| I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003) as Helen |
| La caduta degli dei (1969) as Elisabeth Thallman |
| Life During Wartime (2009) as Jacqueline |
| Orca (1977) as Rachel Bedford |
| Spy Game (2001) as Berlin - Anne Cathcart |
| Swimming Pool (2003) as Sarah Morton |
| The Fourth Angel (2001) as Kate Stockton |
| The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965) as Water Skier |
| The Verdict (1982) as Laura Fischer |
| Vanishing Point (1971) as Hitchhiker |
| Zardoz (1974) as Consuella |
| Addio, fratello crudele (1971) as Annabella |
| Angel Makers (2010) as Sarah Rigg |
| Asphalt Tango (1996) as Marion |
| Babylon A.D. (2008) as High Priestess |
| Basic Instinct 2 (2006) as Milena Gardosh |
| Boogie Woogie (2009) as Emille |
| Caravan to Vaccares (1974) as Lila |
| Caótica Ana (2007) as Justine |
| Cleanskin (2011) as Charlotte McQueen |
| Clouds: Letters to My Son (2001) as Narrator (English language version) |
| Corky (1972) as Corky's Wife |
| D.O.A. (1988) as Mrs. Fitzwaring |
| Deception (2008) as Wall Street Belle |
| Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean (2008) as Narrator |
| Désaccord parfait (2006) as Alice d'Abanville |
| Embrassez qui vous voudrez (2002) as Elizabeth Lannier |
| Expédition Jules Verne: A bord du trois-mâts Belem (2003) as Narrator |
| Farewell, My Lovely (1975) as Helen Grayle |
| Foxtrot (1976) as Julia |
| Giordano Bruno (1973) as Fosca |
| Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge (1989) as Herself |
| Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) as Anne Boleyn |
| Hommage à Alfred Lepetit (2000) |
| Il falso bugiardo (2008) as Herself |
| Il portiere di notte (1974) as Lucia Atherton |
| Immortel (ad vitam) (2004) as Elma Turner |
| Invasion of Privacy (1996) as Deidre Stiles, Josh's Attorney |
| Jerusalemski sindrom (2004) |
| Kill Drug (2010) |
| L'abito e il volto (2009) as Herself |
| La chair de l'orchidée (1975) as Claire |
| La femme invisible (d'après une histoire vraie) (2009) as Rose |
| La traversée du désir (2009) as Herself |
| Le bal des actrices (2009) as Herself |
| Le chiavi di casa (2004) as Nicole |
| Lemming (2005) as Alice Pollock |
| Les baleines de l'Atlantide (2003) as Narrator |
| Mascara (1987) as Gaby Hart |
| Max mon amour (1986) as Margaret Jones |
| Melancholia (2011) as Gaby |
| Mia zoi, mia epohi - Mihalis Kakogiannis (2008) as Herself |
| Never Let Me Go (2010) as Miss Emily |
| On ne meurt que 2 fois (1985) as Barbara Spark |
| Palliser (2009) as Herself |
| Paris by Night (1988) as Clara Paige |
| Purple America (2009) as Billie |
| Quelque chose à te dire (2009) as Mady Celliers |
| Rebus (1989) as Miriam, contessa di Du Terrail |
| Rio Sex Comedy (2010) as Charlotte |
| Rotten to the Core (1965) as Sara Capell |
| Searching for Debra Winger (2002) as Herself |
| Sequestro di persona (1968) as Christina |
| Signs & Wonders (2000) as Marjorie |
| Sous le sable (2000) as Marie Drillon |
| Stardust Memories (1980) as Dorrie |
| StreetDance 3D (2010) as Helena |
| Superstition (2001) as Frances Matteo |
| Target: Harry (1969) as Ruth Carlyle |
| The Cherry Orchard (1999) as Ranyevskaya |
| The Duchess (2008) as Lady Spencer |
| The Eye of the Storm (2011) as Elizabeth Hunter |
| The Long Duel (1967) as Jane |
| The Mill and the Cross (2010) as Mary |
| The Ski Bum (1971) as Samantha |
| The Statement (2003) as Nicole |
| The Wings of the Dove (1997) as Aunt Maude |
| Three (1969) as Marty |
| Time Is Money (1994) as Irina Kaufman |
| Tristesse et beauté (1985) as Léa Uéno |
| Un taxi mauve (1977) as Sharon Frederick |
| Vers le sud (2005) as Ellen |
| Viva la vie! (1984) as Catherine Perrin |
| Yuppi du (1975) as Silvia |
Trivia
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* (1995) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#97). * She was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2000 Queen's Millennium Honours List for her services to acting and United Kingdom-French cultural relations. * (1995) Festival tribute at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival, France. * Mother of television director Barnaby Southcombe with Bryan Southcombe and of magician David Jarre (b. 1977) with Jean-Michel Jarre. Stepmother of Emily Jarre. * The British rock band Kinky Machine wrote a song about her, simply called "Charlotte Rampling." It includes the line "I always wanted to be your trampoline". * Was included as one of People Magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in May 2001. * Winner of a Honorary Cesar from the French Academy of Cinema in recognition of her work (2001). * Has a house in Paris and another in Chelsea. * The character she played in François Ozon's Swimming Pool (2003), "Sarah Morton", was named after her elder sister, Sarah, who committed suicide at age 23. She told The Guardian, "I thought that after such a very long time of not letting her be with me that I would like to bring her back into my life". * Studied at Jeanne d'Arc Académie Pour Jeunes Filles at Versailles, France when her family moved there. * Invited to join AMPAS in 2005. * Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976. * In the Extras section of the 2-disc-set Miramax release of The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night (1964), actor Jeremy Lloyd , who makes an uncredited appearance in the film's dance scene, claims that Rampling, his then-girlfriend, is also present in the dance scene. * Head of jury at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival. * Her father Godfrey won silver in the 4x400m relay at the 1932 Olympics, and gold in the 4x400m relay at the 1936 Olympics. He died on 20 June 2009 at age 100. * Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1997. * After attending Jeanne d'Arc Academie pour Jeunes Filles in Versailles, France and St. Hilda's School in Bushey, England, she worked as a model, but shortly after decided to study acting at The Royal Court in London. * Daughter of Anne Isabelle Rampling and Godfrey Lionel Rampling. * Has a son with Bryan Southcombe named Barnaby Southcombe, born on September 1972. * Has been engaged to Jean-Noel Tassez, a French business consultant since 1998. * Her sister Sarah shot herself in Argentina after giving birth prematurely (1966). * Became a Dame of France's Legion d'Honneur in 2002. * Has supported Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign. * Speaks French fluently. |
Quotes
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* "I'd rather be thought of like that than to play Mary Poppins." -- Charlotte Rampling, in response to her tendency toward playing villainess roles * "Difficult acting with a chimp? No, no. The emotions were the same. In a way it was like playing opposite Paul Newman . The chimpanzee reacted differently, that's all." * "Oh, directors want me to be really stern sometimes. They like that quality in a woman. They find it compelling." * "I didn't allow myself to have fun for a very long time, for all sorts of reasons. What's happened now is that I've lived through that, and I've come to a point where I can say that. I can feel happy too!" * "I'm just amazed. I'm glad to be alive, because I know what it's like not to want to be here, and glad that young directors want to put me in fantastic films. So say no more." * "I had fun before, but if you can have fun the way I have when I'm nearly 60, that's quite interesting. If you don't worry about getting wrinkled and all that, and you just allow yourself to feel good, then maybe it's because your time has come." * "I think you have to earn beauty. You can use it or abuse it however you want when you're young. It's a God-given gift. You have a visiting card - you can go into any room and someone will come and talk to you. But I've always thought from very early on that you have to be careful with that - not being vain or narcissistic. Have fun, but don't be obsessed with it." * "There's an awful lot of pressure around the idea of a woman growing older and therefore losing that potential of being desirable, and that puts women into a situation where they feel almost embarrassed about the fact they don't have the kind of bodies that young women have, or they don't have the kind of sexual attraction that seems to go with a younger stage of their life. What does that mean, the fact that you're older? It means that you're not going to have the same kind of relationships you had when you were younger. I think we have to reinvent from a woman's point of view another way of being." * "I generally don't make films to entertain people. I choose the parts that challenge me to break through my own barriers. A need to devour, punish, humiliate, or surrender seems to be a primal part of human nature, and it's certainly a big part of sex. To discover what normal means, you have to surf a tide of weirdness." * "There are now different subjects coming up for us older women that certainly didn't before. Of course, sexuality and sensuality have always been forms that film is obsessed with, but it used to be a form for younger women because, well, they were much prettier, but now directors and audiences are using it to explore older women - it may not be quite so pretty but my God that won't stop me from investigating it." |
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