Annie Suzanne Girardot, born in 1931 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, was a French actress and singer who entered the Conservatoire de la rue Blanche in 1949 and performed in cabarets, appearing at La Rose rouge under the pseudonym Annie Girard. Her recordings include the 1967 single "Vivre pour vivre", and in 1981 she released the album Ce que j'ai dans la tête. In 1968 she recorded "La Femme faux-cils", written by Jean-Loup Dabadie and Michel Polnareff for the film Erotissimo, and in the 1970s and 1980s she issued singles such as "Le Dernier Baiser" and "Absence prolongée" and contributed to soundtracks for films like La Mandarine and Partir, revenir. She earned the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for La Pianiste in 2002 and was appointed Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1999. Annie Suzanne Girardot died in Paris in 2011, having appeared in over 100 films.
