A Paris-born actress who trained at l'École de la rue Blanche (ENSATT) and attended the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique made her screen debut in 1959 and attracted attention the following year as Léna in François Truffaut’s Shoot the Piano Player. Throughout the 1960s she built a reputation in supporting roles, appearing in New Wave classics such as Jules and Jim and The Thief of…