Geneviève Bujold
Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 136. Collection: Alina Deaconu.
Geneviève Bujold (1942) is a Canadian actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award in 1970 for her leading role as Anna Boleyn in the historical drama film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). She has played roles in more than fifty films and played both English- and French-speaking characters. Her other films include The Trojan Women (1971), Earthquake (1974), Obsession (1976), Coma (1978), and Dead Ringers (1988).
Geneviève Bujold was born in 1942 in Montreal in Canada. She was the daughter of Laurette (née Cavanagh), a maid, and Joseph Firmin Bujold, a bus driver. After twelve years of strict education in a Catholic convent, she attended the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal. Her acting training was classically French. She first rose to prominence in French-language cinema in the 1960s. Her Canadian feature film debut was in the psychological horro-fantasy Amanita Pestilens (René Bonnière, 1963). She appeared in several films by Canadian director and cinematographer Michel Brault, a founder of cinéma vérité. In France, she made two films: Philippe de Broca's Le Roi de cœur/King of Hearts (1966), with Alan Bates, and Louis Malle's crime film Le voleur/The Thief of Paris (1967), with Jean-Paul Belmondo. Bujold won the Prix Suzanne as the Discovery of the Year and Elle magazine called her "The Girl of the Day". Despite having established herself in France, however, she returned to Canada. In 1967, Bujold married the eleven years older director Paul Almond and they had a son, Matt Almond. Matt now also works in the film world, but mainly behind the scenes. Bujold was directed several times by her husband in such films as Isabel (1968), Act of the Heart (1970) and Journey (1972). After their divorce in 1973, she continued to play in his films, such as Final Assignment (1980) and The Dance Goes On (1992). Bujold gave birth to her second son in 1980 with her new partner Dennis Hastings.
Geneviève Bujold earned a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar nomination for the title role of Anne Boleyn in the British production Anne of the Thousand Days (Charles Jarrott, 1969), with Richard Burton. Producer Hal B. Wallis cast her after seeing her in Isabel. In 1971, she was sued by the studio for US$450,000 in damages after she withdrew her commitment to play in Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (Charles Jarrott, 1971). Instead, she played the role of Cassandra, a Greek prophet, in Michael Cacoyannis's film version of The Trojan Women (1971), opposite Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, and Irene Papas. She settled the lawsuit with Universal, agreeing to a three-picture film contract starting with the disaster film Earthquake (Mark Robson, 1974), starring with Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner. The film is notable for the use of an innovative sound effect called Sensurround, which created the sense of actually experiencing an earthquake in theatres. A year later, Philippe de Broca cast her alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo and Capucine in the comedy L'incorrigible/The Incorrigible (Philippe de Broca, 1975). In 1976 she appeared in Brian De Palma's thriller Obsession opposite Cliff Robertson and alongside Jack Lemmon in Love and Other Crimes. In 1977 she starred in the French Western Un autre homme, une autre chance/Another Man - Another Woman (Claude Lelouch, 1977) with James Caan. She played classic female title roles of stage literature in theatre productions recorded for television, such as Saint Joan in George Bernard Shaw's play of the same name for NBC in 1967, Antigone in Jean Anouilh's adaptation of the Greek tragedy on Broadway in 1974 and Cleopatra in Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra in 1976.
Geneviève Bujold attracted attention when she became one of the first women to play a leading role in an action film in the medical thriller Coma (Michael Crichton, 1978), which was a box office hit. Murder by Decree (1979) was a Canadian Sherlock Holmes adaptation starring Christopher Plummer as Holmes and James Mason as Dr. Watson. Bujold appeared alongside Clint Eastwood in the Neo-noir slasher Tightrope (1984) produced by Clint Eastwood and written and directed by Richard Tuggle. She also starred in ambitious independent films including three films by Alan Rudolph, Choose Me (1984), Trouble in Mind (1985) and The Moderns (1988). That year, Bujold also starred in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers (1988) opposite Jeremy Irons. In the mid-1990s, she left the US TV production Star Trek: Voyager after only a few days of shooting, leaving the leading role to Kate Mulgrew. In the new century, she played a supporting role alongside Ewan McGregor and Ashley Judd in Eye of the Beholder (Stephan Elliott, 2000), the US remake of the French thriller Mortelle Randonnée/Deadly Circuit (Claude Miller, 1983) with Michel Serrault and Isabelle Adjani. Another supporting role followed in the Canadian romantic drama La Turbulence des fluides/Chaos and Desire (Manon Briand, 2002) with Pascale Bussières. In 2006 she starred in the Canadian drama Délivrez-moi/Deliver Me (Denis Chouinard, 2006) alongside Céline Bonnier. More recently, Bujold played a woman battling dementia in the sleeper romantic drama Still Mine (Michael McGowan, 2012) with James Cromwell. The Washington Post called her performance "superb" and "remarkably detailed".
Sources: Wikipedia (German, Dutch and English), and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
Geneviève Bujold
Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 136. Collection: Alina Deaconu.
Geneviève Bujold (1942) is a Canadian actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award in 1970 for her leading role as Anna Boleyn in the historical drama film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). She has played roles in more than fifty films and played both English- and French-speaking characters. Her other films include The Trojan Women (1971), Earthquake (1974), Obsession (1976), Coma (1978), and Dead Ringers (1988).
Geneviève Bujold was born in 1942 in Montreal in Canada. She was the daughter of Laurette (née Cavanagh), a maid, and Joseph Firmin Bujold, a bus driver. After twelve years of strict education in a Catholic convent, she attended the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal. Her acting training was classically French. She first rose to prominence in French-language cinema in the 1960s. Her Canadian feature film debut was in the psychological horro-fantasy Amanita Pestilens (René Bonnière, 1963). She appeared in several films by Canadian director and cinematographer Michel Brault, a founder of cinéma vérité. In France, she made two films: Philippe de Broca's Le Roi de cœur/King of Hearts (1966), with Alan Bates, and Louis Malle's crime film Le voleur/The Thief of Paris (1967), with Jean-Paul Belmondo. Bujold won the Prix Suzanne as the Discovery of the Year and Elle magazine called her "The Girl of the Day". Despite having established herself in France, however, she returned to Canada. In 1967, Bujold married the eleven years older director Paul Almond and they had a son, Matt Almond. Matt now also works in the film world, but mainly behind the scenes. Bujold was directed several times by her husband in such films as Isabel (1968), Act of the Heart (1970) and Journey (1972). After their divorce in 1973, she continued to play in his films, such as Final Assignment (1980) and The Dance Goes On (1992). Bujold gave birth to her second son in 1980 with her new partner Dennis Hastings.
Geneviève Bujold earned a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar nomination for the title role of Anne Boleyn in the British production Anne of the Thousand Days (Charles Jarrott, 1969), with Richard Burton. Producer Hal B. Wallis cast her after seeing her in Isabel. In 1971, she was sued by the studio for US$450,000 in damages after she withdrew her commitment to play in Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (Charles Jarrott, 1971). Instead, she played the role of Cassandra, a Greek prophet, in Michael Cacoyannis's film version of The Trojan Women (1971), opposite Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, and Irene Papas. She settled the lawsuit with Universal, agreeing to a three-picture film contract starting with the disaster film Earthquake (Mark Robson, 1974), starring with Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner. The film is notable for the use of an innovative sound effect called Sensurround, which created the sense of actually experiencing an earthquake in theatres. A year later, Philippe de Broca cast her alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo and Capucine in the comedy L'incorrigible/The Incorrigible (Philippe de Broca, 1975). In 1976 she appeared in Brian De Palma's thriller Obsession opposite Cliff Robertson and alongside Jack Lemmon in Love and Other Crimes. In 1977 she starred in the French Western Un autre homme, une autre chance/Another Man - Another Woman (Claude Lelouch, 1977) with James Caan. She played classic female title roles of stage literature in theatre productions recorded for television, such as Saint Joan in George Bernard Shaw's play of the same name for NBC in 1967, Antigone in Jean Anouilh's adaptation of the Greek tragedy on Broadway in 1974 and Cleopatra in Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra in 1976.
Geneviève Bujold attracted attention when she became one of the first women to play a leading role in an action film in the medical thriller Coma (Michael Crichton, 1978), which was a box office hit. Murder by Decree (1979) was a Canadian Sherlock Holmes adaptation starring Christopher Plummer as Holmes and James Mason as Dr. Watson. Bujold appeared alongside Clint Eastwood in the Neo-noir slasher Tightrope (1984) produced by Clint Eastwood and written and directed by Richard Tuggle. She also starred in ambitious independent films including three films by Alan Rudolph, Choose Me (1984), Trouble in Mind (1985) and The Moderns (1988). That year, Bujold also starred in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers (1988) opposite Jeremy Irons. In the mid-1990s, she left the US TV production Star Trek: Voyager after only a few days of shooting, leaving the leading role to Kate Mulgrew. In the new century, she played a supporting role alongside Ewan McGregor and Ashley Judd in Eye of the Beholder (Stephan Elliott, 2000), the US remake of the French thriller Mortelle Randonnée/Deadly Circuit (Claude Miller, 1983) with Michel Serrault and Isabelle Adjani. Another supporting role followed in the Canadian romantic drama La Turbulence des fluides/Chaos and Desire (Manon Briand, 2002) with Pascale Bussières. In 2006 she starred in the Canadian drama Délivrez-moi/Deliver Me (Denis Chouinard, 2006) alongside Céline Bonnier. More recently, Bujold played a woman battling dementia in the sleeper romantic drama Still Mine (Michael McGowan, 2012) with James Cromwell. The Washington Post called her performance "superb" and "remarkably detailed".
Sources: Wikipedia (German, Dutch and English), and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.