Isabelle Weingarten


Isabelle Weingarten was a French actress, model, and photographer.

Biography

Weingarten was born on 18 April 1950 in Paris into a family of artists. She was the granddaughter of Silvia Loeb-Luzzatto and art dealer Pierre Loeb on her maternal side. On her paternal side, her grandparents were the Polish-Jewish painter Joachim Weingart and the sculptor Muriel Marquet-Pontrémoli.
Discovered in 1971 by Robert Bresson, who offered her the main role in Four Nights of a Dreamer. Subsequently, she starred in The Mother and the Whore in 1973, directed by Jean Eustache. A longtime photographer, she began working for Cahiers du Cinéma in 1986 as a portrait painter, and photography became her main activity. In 2008, she began studying the works of her father, Romain Weingarten, poet and playwright.
Weingarten was married to Benjamin Baltimore from 1968 to 1978. She then married Wim Wenders, who she divorced in 1983. Lastly, she was married to Olivier Assayas until their divorce in 1996. Weingarten died on 3 August 2020.

Filmography

Four Nights of a Dreamer The Mother and the Whore La Belle au bois dormant La Dernière Carte La Vérité sur l'imaginaire passion d'un inconnu Closet Children The Territory The State of Things Petit Joseph Pablo est mort La Consultation The Satin Slipper Un amour à Paris Caftan d'amour Accord parfait Erreur de jeunesse Carillon On appelle ça... le printemps
  • ''Le lion est mort ce soir''

Theatre

Les Cuisines du château Graal-théâtre Tête d'or Allez hop!
  • ''Les Parisiens''

Photography

Portrait du dimanche

Adaptations and Staging

Maame fait ce qu'elle dit
  • ''Avez-vous déjà rencontré Bonaparte''