Jane Birkin - Biography

Last Editor: hei_aqua				Jane Birkin Biography -   Name : Jane Birkin Date of birth : 14 December 1946 Place of birth : London, England, UK Birth name : Jane Mallory Birkin Height : 5' 9½

Jane Birkin Trivia -

Mother of Charlotte Gainsbourg with Serge Gainsbourg. Sister of Andrew Birkin Mother of Lou Doillon with Jacques Doillon' Mother is actress Judy Campbell. Living together with Jacques Doillon She was awarded an OBE (Officer of the order of the British Empire) for her services to acting. Mother of photographer Kate Barry with John Barry. Measurements: 32A-24-37 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Aunt of David Birkin and Ned Birkin. French design house Hermès named and designed a handbag for her in 1984. The now famous "Birkin" bag is one of their most popular (and expensive at at least $6000 a piece) handbags to date.

Jane Birkin Detailed Biography -

Jane Birkin is an actress and singer born in London who has spent most of her career in France. She is the elder daughter of David Birkin (a commander in the Royal Navy and a World War II war hero involved in various aspects of espionage) and actress Judy Campbell (née Judy Gamble), who made her name as a star of Noel Coward musicals. Birkin also is a member of a prominent British industrial family that made its fortune manufacturing lace in Nottinghamshire. A great-aunt, Winifred (Freda) May Birkin, later Mrs William Dudley Ward, was a mistress of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, later HRH the Duke of Windsor). She is also related by blood or marriage to the actresses Penelope Dudley Ward and Rachel Ward as well as the film director Sir Carol Reed. Charlotte Gainsbourg is Birkin's daughter from her relationship with Serge Gainsbourg (né Lucien Ginzburg), whom she met in 1968 and lived with until 1980. She also has a daughter, Kate Barry (born 1968), from her first marriage to John Barry (they separated in 1968 and later divorced), an English composer who wrote the theme to the James Bond movies. Birkin has another daughter, Lou (born 1982), by film director Jacques Doillon.