Annie Girardot 25 October 1931 28 February 2011 was a French actress She began performing in 1955 making her film debut in Treize à table Girardot won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 1956 and in 1977 won the César Award for Best Actress portraying the title character in Docteur Françoise Gailland At the Venice Film Festival she won the Volpi Cup Best Actress in 1965 for Trois chambres a Manhattan In 1992 she was the Head of the Jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival In 2002 she was awarded the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Piano Teacher She collaborated with director Michael Haneke again in the 2005 film Caché Another of her best known roles was as Nadia the prostitute in Luchino Viscontis epic Rocco e i suoi fratelli Rocco and His Brothers 1960 Nadias beauty drives a wedge between Rocco and his brother Simone Renato Salvatori In contrast to their violent oncamera relationship Girardot and Salvatori married in 1962 They had a daughter Giulia and later separated but never divorced Description above from the Wikipedia article Annie Girardot licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia