Sexy French actress Nadine Tallier (1932) played various film roles from the late 1940s till the early 1960s. In 1962, she married banker Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild and then retired. Later she became a writer.
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French postcard by Lyna, Paris, no. 150-72. Marlene Pilaete identified the nameless pin-up of this card as Nadine Tallier. Thanks!
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German postcard by Ufa, Berlin-Tempelhof, no. FK 3441. Photo: Sam Lévin / Unifrance Film.
Nadine de Rothschild was born as Nadine Nelly Jeannette Lhopitalier in Saint-Quentin, France, in 1932, to an unknown father and a working-class mother. Her stepfather was a peacekeeper. She grew up in modest conditions, for example, without running water. She left school at age 14 and worked as a salesgirl and in an auto factory.
At the age of 16, Lhopitalier became the the muse and model of the painter Jean-Gabriel Domergue, a socialite who opened the door for her to the worlds of theatre and film.
In 1949, she began her acting career under the pseudonym of Nadine Tallier and played various roles till 1964. First, she played many small sometimes uncredited parts. She doubled Martine Carol in a nude scene in Caroline Chérie (Richard Pottier, 1951).
In 1952, she played a supporting role in Manina, la fille sans voiles/Manina, the Girl in the Bikini (Willy Rozier, 1952) starring Brigitte Bardot at the age of 17. Manina was controversial for the scanty bikinis worn by the young Bardot in the film. It was one of the first occasions when a bikini appeared in film, at a time when the bikini was still widely considered immodest.
Tallier’s first bigger role was in the Western comedy Fernand cow-boy (Guy Lefranc, 1956), featuring Fernand Raynaud. She is also known for her work in the Louis de Funès comedy Comme un cheveu sur la soupe/Crazy in the Noodle (Maurice Régamey, 1957), and the Spanish-French crime drama Los cobardes/The street of Fear (Juan Carlos Thorry, 1959) with Vicente Parra. In Great Britain, she appeared in the comedy Girls at Sea (Gilbert Gunn, 1958).
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French postcard by Editions du Globe, Paris, no. 468. Photo: Sam Lévin.
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French postcard by Editions du Globe, Paris, no. 725. Photo: Sam Lévin.
In January 1960, Nadine Tallier met the Franco-Swiss banker and Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild of the Rothschild family at a dinner hosted by the businessman Ben Jakober. It marked a decisive turning point in her life. At the time, Edmund was chairman and principal owner of the Edmond de Rothschild Group, a private banking group headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
In 1963, while pregnant, she married Edmond de Rothschild in Paris. He was newly divorced from the Bulgarian artist Veselinka Vladova Gueorguieva. Tallier became a Baroness, with an Austrian title.
The couple had one son born in 1963, Benjamin de Rothschild, shortly after their marriage. Although she was raised Roman Catholic, Nadine converted to Judaism stating: "It would not have been possible to have the name Rothschild and be a Catholic... Nor would it be right for the son of a Rothschild to be half-Jewish and half-Catholic."
In 2004, she opened in Genève the académie Nadine de Rothschild International Way of Life. She wrote a book about manners (Le Bonheur de Séduire l'Art de Réussir) and her autobiography (La baronne rentre à cinq heures). In addition, she provided some reviews in the press on the same subject. Opposed to divorce and defending a traditional family model, she nevertheless demands the right of women to have alimony in case of divorce and advocates insurance in case of non-payment.
Her husband passed away in 1997 at 71. In 2014, she held 17% of the holding's capital and 7% of the voting rights of Edmond de Rothschild Group. In disagreement with her daughter-in-law Ariane de Rothschild, she transferred her share of the family fortune to the Swiss private bank Pictet in 2014 and 2019. In 2021, her only son Benjamin de Rothschild, aged 57, died suddenly of a heart attack.
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French postcard by Editions P.I., presented by Les Carbones Korès 'Carboplane', no. 925. Photo: Studio Vauclair.
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West-German postcard by Ufa/Film-Foto, Berlin-Tempelhof, no. FK 3334. Photo: Eberhardt Schmidt / UFA.
Sources: Wikipedia (English and French), and IMDb. See also this wonderful blog, Pulp International.
French postcard by Lyna, Paris, no. 150-72. Marlene Pilaete identified the nameless pin-up of this card as Nadine Tallier. Thanks!
German postcard by Ufa, Berlin-Tempelhof, no. FK 3441. Photo: Sam Lévin / Unifrance Film.
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Nadine de Rothschild was born as Nadine Nelly Jeannette Lhopitalier in Saint-Quentin, France, in 1932, to an unknown father and a working-class mother. Her stepfather was a peacekeeper. She grew up in modest conditions, for example, without running water. She left school at age 14 and worked as a salesgirl and in an auto factory.
At the age of 16, Lhopitalier became the the muse and model of the painter Jean-Gabriel Domergue, a socialite who opened the door for her to the worlds of theatre and film.
In 1949, she began her acting career under the pseudonym of Nadine Tallier and played various roles till 1964. First, she played many small sometimes uncredited parts. She doubled Martine Carol in a nude scene in Caroline Chérie (Richard Pottier, 1951).
In 1952, she played a supporting role in Manina, la fille sans voiles/Manina, the Girl in the Bikini (Willy Rozier, 1952) starring Brigitte Bardot at the age of 17. Manina was controversial for the scanty bikinis worn by the young Bardot in the film. It was one of the first occasions when a bikini appeared in film, at a time when the bikini was still widely considered immodest.
Tallier’s first bigger role was in the Western comedy Fernand cow-boy (Guy Lefranc, 1956), featuring Fernand Raynaud. She is also known for her work in the Louis de Funès comedy Comme un cheveu sur la soupe/Crazy in the Noodle (Maurice Régamey, 1957), and the Spanish-French crime drama Los cobardes/The street of Fear (Juan Carlos Thorry, 1959) with Vicente Parra. In Great Britain, she appeared in the comedy Girls at Sea (Gilbert Gunn, 1958).
French postcard by Editions du Globe, Paris, no. 468. Photo: Sam Lévin.
French postcard by Editions du Globe, Paris, no. 725. Photo: Sam Lévin.
Rothschild
In January 1960, Nadine Tallier met the Franco-Swiss banker and Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild of the Rothschild family at a dinner hosted by the businessman Ben Jakober. It marked a decisive turning point in her life. At the time, Edmund was chairman and principal owner of the Edmond de Rothschild Group, a private banking group headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
In 1963, while pregnant, she married Edmond de Rothschild in Paris. He was newly divorced from the Bulgarian artist Veselinka Vladova Gueorguieva. Tallier became a Baroness, with an Austrian title.
The couple had one son born in 1963, Benjamin de Rothschild, shortly after their marriage. Although she was raised Roman Catholic, Nadine converted to Judaism stating: "It would not have been possible to have the name Rothschild and be a Catholic... Nor would it be right for the son of a Rothschild to be half-Jewish and half-Catholic."
In 2004, she opened in Genève the académie Nadine de Rothschild International Way of Life. She wrote a book about manners (Le Bonheur de Séduire l'Art de Réussir) and her autobiography (La baronne rentre à cinq heures). In addition, she provided some reviews in the press on the same subject. Opposed to divorce and defending a traditional family model, she nevertheless demands the right of women to have alimony in case of divorce and advocates insurance in case of non-payment.
Her husband passed away in 1997 at 71. In 2014, she held 17% of the holding's capital and 7% of the voting rights of Edmond de Rothschild Group. In disagreement with her daughter-in-law Ariane de Rothschild, she transferred her share of the family fortune to the Swiss private bank Pictet in 2014 and 2019. In 2021, her only son Benjamin de Rothschild, aged 57, died suddenly of a heart attack.
French postcard by Editions P.I., presented by Les Carbones Korès 'Carboplane', no. 925. Photo: Studio Vauclair.
West-German postcard by Ufa/Film-Foto, Berlin-Tempelhof, no. FK 3334. Photo: Eberhardt Schmidt / UFA.
Sources: Wikipedia (English and French), and IMDb. See also this wonderful blog, Pulp International.