Caroline de Bendern
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Caroline de Bendern (born 1945) is a British filmmaker and former model. A widely published photograph of her waving the Vietnamese flag at a demonstration in Paris became known as the Marianne of the May 1968 events[1] (The Marianne of May 1968).
Caroline de Bendern | |
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| Born | 1945 (age 80–81) Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Partner(s) | Barney Wilen, Jacques Thollot |
Early life
Caroline de Bendern was born in 1945 in Windsor, Berkshire,[2] the daughter of John de Bendern and Lady Patricia Sybil Douglas (daughter of Francis Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry), and the granddaughter of Maurice de Forest, Count de Bendern.[3]
Paris, May 1968
At a demonstration in Paris on 13 May 1968, de Bendern was photographed on the shoulders of her friend Jean-Jacques Lebel waving a Vietnamese flag. The photograph taken by Jean-Pierre Rey at place Edmond Rostand, near the Luxembourg gardens, appeared in Life[4] and Paris Match.[5][6]
Film
Caroline de Bendern appears in a number of films made by the Zanzibar Group of radical French filmmakers, including Serge Bard and Olivier Mosset, which was active from 1968 to 1970.[7][8][9]
Her own film À l'intention de Mlle Issoufou à Bilma documents a trip across Africa made with Serge Bard and others.[10] The group included the saxophonist Barney Wilen, de Bendern's future husband. de Bendern is credited on Wilen's albums Moshi (1972) and Moshi Too, based on recordings from the trip.[11] The 2017 reissue of Moshi includes de Bendern's film.[12]
Personal life
Caroline de Bendern was the partner of musician Jacques Thollot, who died in 2014.[13]
Filmography
- 1968: (as actor) Détruisez-vous (Destroy Yourselves), directed by Serge Bard
- 1968: (as actor) Un film porno, directed by Olivier Mosset
- 1968: (as actor) Fun and Games for Everyone, directed by Serge Bard[14]
- 1968: (as actor) Ici et maintenant, directed by Serge Bard
- 1971: (as director) A l'intention de Mlle Issoufou à Bilma
- 1999: Zanzibar à Saint-Sulpice, directed by Gérard Courant[15]
- 2011: (as director) Dark Gable - Archie Shepp and Joachim Kühn at the Fondation Cartier, May 2011