Carole Achache

Carole Hélène Marthe Andrée Achache née SalomonLange 31 May 1952 1 March 2016 was a French writer photographer and actress She was the daughter of French writer Monique Lange and the mother of FrenchMoroccan film director Mona Achache She appeared in films such as The Gypsy 1975 Special Section 1975 Lumière 1976 Mr Klein 1976 Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff 1977 and Death of a Corrupt Man 1977 under the name Carole Lange She later worked as a still photographer in the films Other Peoples Money 1978 A Weeks Vacation 1980 The Trout 1982 and Un soir au club 2009 As an author Achache published five books Achache died in Paris on 1 March 2016 at the age of 63 Her death was ruled as suicide by hanging Achache was born in Paris France on 31 May 1952 She was the daughter of French writer Monique Lange and of French science historian JeanJacques Salomon who left her mother when Achache was a child Her mother was born Jewish and later converted to Catholicism Her maternal grandfather Robert Lange was a French journalist and politician American writer William Faulkner was her godfather Spanish writer Juan Goytisolo was her stepfather When Achache was a child she was abused by French writer Jean Genet who was a friend of her mother The abuse led her to drug use and prostitution between Paris and New York in the 1970s In the 1970s and early 1980s Achache worked as an actress under the name Carole Lange in films such as Guy Gilless Earth Light 1970 José Giovannis The Gypsy 1975 CostaGavrass Special Section 1975 Jeanne Moreaus Lumière 1976 Joseph Loseys Mr Klein 1976 Claude Sautets Mado 1976 Yves Boissets Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff 1977 Jacques Rouffios Violette François 1977 Georges Lautners Death of a Corrupt Man 1977 and Laurent Heynemanns The Bit Between the Teeth 1979 And on the television series Le tourbillon des jours 1979 and Les 400 coups de Virginie 1980 She also worked as a still photographer in films such as Other Peoples Money 1978 by Christian de Chalonge A Weeks Vacation 1980 by Bertrand Tavernier The Trout 1982 by Joseph Losey and Un soir au club 2009 by Jean Achache In 2002 Achache published her first novel LIndienne de Cortés English Cortés Indian Woman about La Malinche a Nahua woman who accompanied Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés throughout his conquest of the Aztec Empire and later became his mistress Her second novel La plage de Trouville English Trouville Beach was published in 2008 and follows the story of the painting of the same name by Jacques Mauny which belonged to Achaches family and was stolen by the Nazis around 1943 In 2011 Achache published Fille de English Daughter of about her relationship with her mother Achache also published two photography books Chantiers en cours English Work in Progress in 2004 and Des fleurs English Flowers in 2006 Achache was married to French director and screenwriter Jean Achache with whom she had two children a son and a daughter film director Mona Achache born on 18 March 1981 Achache died in Paris on 1 March 2016 at the age of 63 Her death was ruled as suicide by hanging Source Article Carole Achache from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA