Isabelle de Funès

Isabelle de Funès fascinates me as a genuine multi-hyphenate, actress, singer, model and eventually photographer. Most people would stop at one lane; she refused. I keep coming back to her turn as Valentina in Baba Yaga (1973), bringing Crepax's comic-book icon to flesh-and-blood life, which demands a very specific kind of presence. What I find most telling is that she moved from being in front of the lens to standing behind it. That dual perspective, subject and observer, hints at an artist who was never content to be merely looked at. The restlessness is the appeal.

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Name (English)

Isabelle de Funès

Name (Japanese)

イザベル・ド・フュネス

Reading

いざべる・ど・ふゅねす

Born

July 27, 1944 (age 82)

Origin

16th arrondissement of Paris, France

Occupation

actor / photographer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Monkey

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle%20de%20Fun%C3%A8s
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B6%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3155075

Tags

• actor
• photographer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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