Who dated Serge Gainsbourg?
Caroline von Paulus dated Serge Gainsbourg from ? until ?. The age gap was 30 years, 10 months and 27 days.
Brigitte Bardot dated Serge Gainsbourg from until . The age gap was 6 years, 5 months and 26 days.
Jane Birkin dated Serge Gainsbourg from until . The age gap was 18 years, 8 months and 12 days.
Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg (French: [sɛʁʒ(ə) ɡɛ̃zbuʁ] ; born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative releases which caused uproar in France, dividing public opinion. His artistic output ranged from his early work in jazz, chanson, and yé-yé to later efforts in rock, zouk, funk, reggae, and electronica. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorise, although his legacy has been firmly established and he is often regarded as one of the world's most influential popular musicians.
Gainsbourg wrote over 550 songs, which have been covered more than 1,000 times by diverse artists. His lyrical works incorporated wordplay, with humorous, bizarre, provocative, sexual, satirical or subversive overtones. Since his death from a second heart attack in 1991, Gainsbourg's music has reached legendary stature in France. While controversial in his lifetime, he has become one of France's best-loved public figures. He has also gained a cult following across the world with chart success in the United Kingdom and Belgium with "Je t'aime... moi non plus" and "Bonnie and Clyde", respectively.
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Caroline von Paulus (born 1 March 1959) is a French actress, fashion model and singer, better known by her stage name Bambou. She was the partner of the French singer Serge Gainsbourg from 1981 until his death in 1991. Their son Lucien 'Lulu' Gainsbourg was born in 1986.
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Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (French: [bʁiʒit anmaʁi baʁdo]; 28 September 1934 – 28 December 2025), often referred to by her initials B.B., was a French actress, singer, model, and animal rights activist. She became one of the best-known symbols of the sexual revolution and gained international fame for portraying characters associated with hedonistic lifestyles. Although she withdrew from the entertainment industry in 1973, she remained a major pop culture icon. She appeared in 47 films, performed in several musicals, and recorded more than 60 songs. She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1985.
Born and raised in Paris, Bardot was an aspiring ballerina during her childhood. She began her acting career in 1952 and achieved international recognition in 1957 for her role in And God Created Woman (1956), catching the attention of many French intellectuals and earning her the nickname "sex kitten". She was the subject of philosopher Simone de Beauvoir's 1959 essay The Lolita Syndrome, which described her as a "locomotive of women's history" and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the most liberated woman of France. She won a 1961 David di Donatello Best Foreign Actress Award for her work in The Truth (1960). Bardot later starred in Jean-Luc Godard's film Le Mépris (1963). For her role in Louis Malle's film Viva Maria! (1965), she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress. French president Charles de Gaulle called Bardot "the French export as important as Renault cars".
After retiring from acting in 1973, Bardot became an animal rights activist and created the Brigitte Bardot Foundation. She was known for her strong personality, outspokenness, speeches on animal welfare, and for her long-term support of far-right views. She was fined twice for public insults, and five times for inciting racial hatred for her criticism of Muslims in France and calling residents of Réunion "savages". She responded: "I never knowingly wanted to hurt anybody. It is not in my character [...] Among Muslims, I think there are some who are very good and some hoodlums, like everywhere." Bardot was a member of the Global 500 Roll of Honour of the United Nations Environment Programme and received several awards and accolades from UNESCO and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
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Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin ([dʒeɪn ˈbɜːkɪn]), née le à Marylebone (Londres) et morte le à Paris 6e, est une actrice, chanteuse, scénariste et réalisatrice britannico-française.
Après des débuts au cinéma en Angleterre notamment dans le film Blow-Up de Michelangelo Antonioni, elle entame une carrière en France où elle rencontre Serge Gainsbourg, avec qui elle tourne en 1968 dans Slogan de Pierre Grimblat. Très vite, ils forment un couple à la ville. C'est en 1969 qu'elle débute dans la chanson avec l'auteur-compositeur-interprète . La même année, leur duo sur la chanson Je t'aime… moi non plus, devient un succès international, atteint la première place au Royaume-Uni et provoque un scandale retentissant. Gainsbourg lui écrit de nombreuses chansons, cela même après leur séparation.
Parallèlement, elle poursuit sa carrière d'actrice, tournant avec Jacques Deray, Roger Vadim et Michel Deville. Au milieu des années 1970, elle est reconnue du grand public pour ses rôles dans des comédies populaires de Claude Zidi puis de Michel Audiard, sans négliger pour autant le cinéma d'auteur.
En 1985, dirigée par Patrice Chéreau, elle débute au théâtre dans la pièce de Marivaux La Fausse Suivante, où elle fait grande impression. Actrice reconnue par ses pairs, elle tourne alors pour Régis Wargnier, Jacques Doillon, Agnès Varda, Jacques Rivette, Jean-Luc Godard, Bertrand Tavernier, James Ivory... À deux reprises, elle passe derrière la caméra, en 1992 à la télévision pour le téléfilm Oh ! Pardon tu dormais… et en 2007 pour le grand écran Boxes, qu'elle écrit et réalise.
À la fin des années 1980, elle donne une série de concerts pour la première fois à Paris, en interprétant le répertoire que Gainsbourg a écrit pour elle. Elle se produit alors régulièrement sur scène.
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