1. Roger Vadim was a vice consul of France to Egypt, stationed in Alexandria, later posting to Mersin, Turkey as a consul.
31 Facts About Roger Vadim
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Roger Vadim studied journalism and writing at the University of Paris, without graduating.
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Roger Vadim was an assistant director on Allegret's Blanche Fury, a commercially unsuccessful melodrama which Allegret made for a British company in English.
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Roger Vadim was one of several writers on Allegret's French-British The Naked Heart, aka Maria Chapdelaine, starring Michele Morgan, as well as serving as assistant director.
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Roger Vadim was one of several writers on Allegret's, La demoiselle et son revenant.
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Roger Vadim did the screenplay and commentary for a documentary, Le gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Marti, and was assistant director on Allegret's Julietta, a popular romance with Jean Marais, Dany Robin and Jeanne Moreau.
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Roger Vadim wrote Allegret's Loves of Three Queens, with Hedy Lamarr.
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Roger Vadim was given a good role in a drama directed by Allegret, School for Love, aka Futures Vedettes, starring Jean Marais; Vadim wrote the script with Allegret.
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However the next collaboration between Allegret, Bardot and Roger Vadim, Plucking the Daisy, aka Mam'selle Striptease, was a huge success at the French box office.
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Roger Vadim followed it with No Sun in Venice starring Francoise Arnoul and Marquand, produced by Levy, which was considerably less popular than And God Created Woman.
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Roger Vadim was one of several writers on Allegret's popular comedy, Be Beautiful But Shut Up, starring Mylene Demongeot.
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Roger Vadim was one of several directors of the anthology film, The Seven Deadly Sins.
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Roger Vadim starred in a segment of the anthology film Tales of Paris, which was written by Vadim and directed by Allegret.
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Roger Vadim starred in a film Vadim helped write and produce, And Satan Calls the Turns, and was in Vice and Virtue, which Vadim directed.
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Roger Vadim had another success writing and directing for Bardot, Love on a Pillow, but found less favour with Nutty, Naughty Chateau starring Monica Vitti.
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Roger Vadim tried another adaptation of a classic erotic text, La Ronde.
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Roger Vadim devised a vehicle for Fonda, The Game Is Over, based on a book by Emile Zola.
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Roger Vadim directed Pretty Maids All in a Row for MGM, starring Rock Hudson and Angie Dickinson.
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Roger Vadim wrote and directed Helle, starring Gwen Welles, which was a flop.
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Roger Vadim was reunited with Bardot for Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman, which was Bardot's penultimate movie and a commercial disappointment.
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Roger Vadim directed a TV movie Bonheur, impair et passe, starring Danielle Darrieux.
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Roger Vadim directed Night Games, where he attempted to make a star of Cindy Pickett, with whom he became romantically involved.
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Roger Vadim directed a caper film in Canada, The Hot Touch, starring Marie-France Pisier.
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Roger Vadim directed episodes of Faerie Tale Theatre and Deadly Nightmares.
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Roger Vadim attempted to recapture his former success with a new version of And God Created Woman, with Rebecca De Mornay.
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Roger Vadim was in La Nouvelle tribu and its sequel Un coup de baguette magique, which Vadim wrote and directed.
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Roger Vadim was celebrated for his romances and marriages to young beautiful actresses.
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Roger Vadim was involved with Margaret Markov, Sylvia Kristel and Cindy Pickett.
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Roger Vadim was someone in whom there was so much satisfaction to the end of his life.
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Roger Vadim wrote several plays and books of fiction, including L'ange affame.
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Roger Vadim died of lymphoma at age 72 on 11 February 2000.