Jacqueline Bisset began her film career in 1965 and first came to prominence in 1968 with roles in The Detective, Bullitt, and The Sweet Ride, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as Most Promising Newcomer.
46 Facts About Jacqueline Bisset
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Jacqueline Bisset has since appeared in Welcome to New York, Miss You Already, The Last Film Festival, Backstabbing for Beginners and Birds of Paradise.
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Jacqueline Bisset received France's highest honour, the Legion of Honour, in 2010.
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Jacqueline Bisset's mother was of French and English descent and her father was of Scottish descent; Bisset's mother cycled from Paris and boarded a British troop transport to escape the Germans during World War II.
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Jacqueline Bisset grew up in Tilehurst, near Reading, Berkshire, in a 17th-century country cottage, where she now lives part of the year.
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Jacqueline Bisset's mother taught her to speak French fluently, and she was educated at the in London.
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Jacqueline Bisset took ballet lessons as a child and began taking acting lessons while working as a fashion model to pay for them.
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When Jacqueline Bisset was a teenager, her mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
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Jacqueline Bisset's parents divorced in 1968 after 28 years of marriage.
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Jacqueline Bisset first appeared uncredited as a prospective model in The Knack.
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Jacqueline Bisset made her official debut the following year in Roman Polanski's Cul-de-sac.
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Jacqueline Bisset had a more sizeable role in the James Bond satire Casino Royale, as Miss Goodthighs.
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Jacqueline Bisset gained mainstream recognition in 1968, when she replaced Mia Farrow in The Detective opposite Frank Sinatra.
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Jacqueline Bisset capped her year as Steve McQueen's girlfriend in the police drama Bullitt, which was among the top five highest-grossing films of the year.
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In 1969, Jacqueline Bisset was top billed in The First Time and Secret World, appearing as a blonde in the latter.
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In 1970, Jacqueline Bisset was one of many stars in the disaster film Airport; her role was that of a pregnant stewardess carrying Dean Martin's love child.
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Jacqueline Bisset had another starring part in The Grasshopper, which was little seen, and was in The Mephisto Waltz with Alan Alda.
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Jacqueline Bisset reteamed with real-life romantic partner Sarrazin for the romantic drama Believe in Me, in which she played a drug addict, and had the lead in the comedy Stand Up and Be Counted.
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Jacqueline Bisset played the female lead in The Thief Who Came to Dinner with Ryan O'Neal, stepping in for a pregnant Charlotte Rampling.
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Jacqueline Bisset went to France to appear in Francois Truffaut's Day for Night, earning the respect of European critics and moviegoers as a serious actress.
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Jacqueline Bisset stayed in France to make Le Magnifique with Jean-Paul Belmondo, a hit in France but little seen in English-speaking countries.
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Jacqueline Bisset was one of many stars in the British whodunnit Murder on the Orient Express, an enormous success.
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Jacqueline Bisset went to Germany for End of the Game, co-starring Jon Voight.
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Jacqueline Bisset returned to Hollywood to support Charles Bronson in St Ives.
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In 1977, Jacqueline Bisset gained wide publicity in America with The Deep, directed by Peter Yates, who had previously directed her in Bullitt.
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Jacqueline Bisset appeared in some all-star films: When Time Ran Out, starring alongside Paul Newman and William Holden, and Inchon, with Laurence Olivier.
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Jacqueline Bisset received her third Golden Globe nomination for John Huston's Under the Volcano in the Best Supporting Actress category.
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In 1984 Jacqueline Bisset made the wartime drama Forbidden with Jurgen Prochnow, and earned a CableACE Award nomination as Best Actress.
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Jacqueline Bisset portrayed Josephine de Beauharnais in the miniseries Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story with Armand Assante.
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Jacqueline Bisset had the lead in some comedies: High Season and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, taking over for Faye Dunaway due to scheduling conflicts.
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Jacqueline Bisset was Carre Otis's boss in the erotic thriller Wild Orchid starring Mickey Rourke.
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In 1995, Jacqueline Bisset was nominated for a Cesar Award for her role in the French film La Ceremonie, directed by Claude Chabrol.
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Jacqueline Bisset did a couple of period pieces, playing a spinster in 1890s New York in Linda Yellen's End of Summer, and a retired courtesan in 16th-century Venice in Dangerous Beauty with Catherine McCormack.
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In 1999, Jacqueline Bisset appeared in two high-calibre television projects, playing the Virgin Mary in Jesus and Isabelle d'Arc in Joan of Arc, opposite Jeremy Sisto and Leelee Sobieski in the respective titular roles.
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Jacqueline Bisset earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for the latter performance.
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Jacqueline Bisset returned to the Biblical genre with In the Beginning, playing Sarah, wife of Abraham.
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Jacqueline Bisset had the leading role in The Sleepy Time Gal, which premiered on SundanceTV and was cited by the Village Voice in its annual survey of the year's best undistributed films.
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In 2005, Jacqueline Bisset was seen in the Domino Harvey biographical film Domino with Keira Knightley, directed by Tony Scott, playing a fictionalised version of Paulene Stone, whom she actually knew from their time as models in London.
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Jacqueline Bisset starred in the lead role of Boaz Yakin's Death in Love, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
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In 2009, Jacqueline Bisset reunited with Linda Yellen for The Last Film Festival, which was Dennis Hopper's final screen appearance.
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In 2010, Jacqueline Bisset was awarded the Legion of Honour insignia, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy calling her "a movie icon".
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Jacqueline Bisset had a recurring role in the American TV series Counterpart in 2017.
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In 2020, Jacqueline Bisset joined the cast of Birds of Paradise from Amazon Studios, shot in Budapest.
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In 2022, Jacqueline Bisset was honoured by the Coronado Island Film Festival with the "Cultural Icon Award".
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In interviews, Jacqueline Bisset is often asked about being unmarried and childless.
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Jacqueline Bisset is referenced in the song "Clifton in the Rain" from the album Bed-Sitter Images, by Al Stewart.