“After filming "The Deep," all they talked about was my tits for the next four years.”
Birthname:
Winnifred Jacqueline Fraser-Bisset
Hometown:
Surrey, England
Chicks She's Worked With
Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, Candice Bergen, Keira Knightley, Lucy Liu, Naomi Watts, Moira Kelly, Melina Kanakaredes, Catherine McCormack, Meg Ryan, Alexandra Stewart, Jill Clayburgh, Audrey Hepburn, Lee Remick, Ursula Andress, Leelee Sobieski
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Introduction
If you've ever witnessed a wet T-shirt contest in your life, you can thank Jacqueline Bisset.
Career
In 1967, Bisset was cast in the movie Two for the Road. Next, she participated in the James Bond satire, Casino Royale (1967), as Miss Goodthighs. In 1968, Mia Farrow dropped out of the movie The Detective (1968), and the role went to Bisset. That same year, she was cast opposite Steve McQueen in Bullitt, and appeared in the 1970 disaster film Airport.
In 1973, she appeared in François Truffaut's Day for Night, where she earned the respect of European critics and moviegoers as a serious actress. She is the main character in Luigi Comencini's La donna della domenica in 1975. In 1977, Bisset made strides towards becoming a better-known entertainer in America with her movie The Deep (1977), co-starring Robert Shaw, where swimming underwater wearing only a T-shirt helped make the film a box office success, leading the producer Jon Peters to say, "That T-shirt made me a rich man," and led many to credit her with popularizing the wet T-shirt contest. At the time, Newsweek declared her "the most beautiful film actress of all time." However, she hated the wet T-shirt scenes because she felt exploited. About that time, a small Dutch-produced film Bisset had made some years earlier was re-released in the United States under the title Secrets. That movie featured the only extensive nude scenes of Bisset's career and the producers cashed in on her fame.
By 1978, she was a household name. She earned her first Golden Globe nomination for the comedy Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? Soon thereafter, she played in the movies Rich and Famous (1981) with Candice Bergen, and Under the Volcano with Albert Finney (1984), for which she earned her a second Golden Globe nomination. In 1996, she was nominated for a César Award, for her role in La Cérémonie. Bisset has worked with directors such as François Truffaut, John Huston, George Cukor, and Roman Polanski. Several of her movies are French or Italian productions.
Bisset has appeared in made-for-TV movies, especially during the past 10 years. One of her later TV movies, in 2003, was America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story, in which she portrayed Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. Bisset's most recent television work was a recurring role as the mysterious James, during the fourth season of the FX series Nip/Tuck.
Fun Facts
- Has never been married
- Is Angelina Jolie's godmother
- Is not related to actress Josie Bissett
- Her first job was a waitress in a Chinese restaurant
Stuff she’s done, ie: movies, tv, albums:
Casino Royale (1967), The Cape Town Affair, Bullitt, The Sweet Ride, The First Time, Airport, The Deep, Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, Ally McBeal, Day for Night, Dangerous Beauty, Class, Murder on the Orient Express, Wild Orchid, The Thief Who Came to Dinner, Rich and Famous, The Sleepy Time Gal, Nip/Tuck, Domino, Save the Last Dance 2
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