MarieJosé Benhalassa 22 April 1940 10 October 2019 known professionally as MarieJosé Nat was a French actress Among her notable works in cinema were the sequel films Anatomy of a Marriage My Days with JeanMarc and Anatomy of a Marriage My Days with Françoise 1963 directed by André Cayatte In 1974 she received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Violins at the Ball Benhalassa was born in Bonifacio CorseduSud to a Kabyle Berber father Abdelkader Benhalassa and a Corsican mother Vincentine Biancarelli In 1960 she married the actor Roger Dumas and divorced him in 1962 She then married French director Michel Drach with whom she had three sons David Julien and Aurélien They divorced in 1981 She had a relationship of several years with the actor Victor Lanoux On 30 September 2005 she married the painter writer and songwriter Serge Rezvani in her third marriage She died in Paris of cancer at age 79 After secondary studies at the Ajaccio high school Benhalassa entered the cours Simon in Paris Benhalassa began her career as a covergirl and hautecouture model In 1955 she won a competition from the magazine Femmes daujourdhui which allowed her to become JeanClaude Pascals partner in a photo comics entitled Lamour est un songe Denys de La Patellière offered her her first major role in 1959 in Rue des prairies alongside Jean Gabin in which she played his daughter The following year she performed in a comedy sketch by René Clair alongside Claude Rich and Yves Robert and obtained a major role in La Vérité by HenriGeorges Clouzot playing Brigitte Bardots rival opposite Sami Frey In 1965 she married filmmaker Michel Drach they had three children and divorced in 1981 She starred in several of her husbands films Amelie or The Time to Love 1961 Elise or Real Life 1970 and Les violons du bal 1974 inspired by his childhood experiences during World War II She was also known for Train of Life 1998 Litan 1982 and The Dacians 1966 with Jean Sorel JeanLouis Trintignant Victor Lanoux and Bernadette Lafont as acting partners In 2001 Nat was a member of the jury at the 36th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2001 and at the 24th Cabourg Film Festival in 2010 She was the very first person to appear on the front cover of Télé 7 Jours in its current name on March 26 1960 Nat was awarded Best Actress at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in Violins at the Ball and the film was nominated for the Golden Palm award She was made a chevalier of the Légion dhonneur on 31 December 2004 chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite on 18 November 2002 and promoted to the rank of officer on 14 November 2011 commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres as a member of the conseil de lordre of which she was a member from 1 March 2001 until April 2012 Source Article MarieJosé Nat from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30
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