Élisabeth Depardieu née Élisabeth Dominique Lucie Guignot born 5 August 1941 is a French actress writer coproducer exwife of actor Gérard Depardieu and mother of actors Guillaume Depardieu and Julie Depardieu Élisabeth Dominique Lucie Guignot was born to a welloff Parisian family and married Gérard Depardieu on 19 February 1970 They had two children together actors Guillaume Depardieu and Julie Depardieu The couple divorced in 1996 Élisabeth appeared as Elisabeth Guy on TV and in movies Later she appeared with Gérard Depardieu Le tartuffe 1984 and later while husband and wife they played husband and wife in Jean de Florette 1986 She participated at the 19th Brest European Short Film Festival in 2004 as a member of the jury She became Knight of the Legion of Honour in 2008 Source Article Élisabeth Depardieu from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30