Jane Birkin Net Worth

Jane Birkin's Quotes

• David Attenborough... has that wonderful, breathy voice and he's always so fascinated by what he's seeing. There's nothing about him that I can't find attractive.
• As there is no one to be pleased or unpleased with me, I'm actually rather merrier with my cat.
• Big Ben . . . hearing the chimes makes me feel at home.
• By meeting people in Sarajevo I realized I had nothing to complain about--they'd lost children crossing the road trying to find water. I stopped thinking about my problems and would sit with women in underground places, singing songs.
• Any film I see at two o'clock in afternoon with my mother seems to cast a strange spell that means we both come out sobbing.

Interesting Facts about Jane Birkin

1. Mother of photographer Kate Barryborn 1967, (with John Barry), Charlotte Gainsbourg born 1971(with Serge Gainsbourg) and Lou Doillonborn Sept 1982 (with Jacques Doillon).
2. Sister of Andrew Birkin
3. Daughter of actress Judy Campbell and Lieutenant-Commander David Birkin.
4. Living together with Jacques Doillon
5. She was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to acting and British French cultural relations.
6. Aunt of David Birkin and Ned Birkin.
7. French design house Hermès named and designed a handbag for her in 1984. The now famous "Birkin" bag is one of their most popular (and expensive at at least $6000 a piece) handbags to date.
8. The 1969 album "Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg" included the highly controversial track "Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus" which, though sung entirely in French, was banned by several radio stations due to the simulated "aural" sex that consisted of various explicit "gasps," "sighs" and "moans" interspersed throughout the French lyrics. Despite its notoriety, the single went on to top the British charts in October 1969, eventually scoring in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Holland and Sweden. By early 1970 it had sneaked onto the American charts where it enjoyed modest success
9. Her mother was a second half-cousin of philosopher Bertrand Russell.
10. Is a descendant of King Charles II Stuart of England and Scotland.
11. Grandmother of Roman de Kermadec, born in 1987, (Kate Barry's son), Ben Attal, born in 1997, Alice Attal, born in 2002 (Charlotte Gainsbourg's children), and Marlowe-Tigger Mitchell, born in 2002 (Lou Doillon's son).
12. Has a bulldog named Dora.
13. In the 1980s a purse/bag - the Hermes Birkin Bag - was named after her. In 2015, after a film circulated by PETA demonstrated animal mistreatment at a Texan leather-farm allegedly used by the firm as a supplier, she asked for her name to be removed.
14. Miller Harris' L'Air de Rien perfume was created for her especially by perfumer Lyn Harris.
15. She visited Argentina for 3 days. [January 2007]
16. Invited by Morrissey to perform at the Meltdown Festival in June 2004. [2004]
17. Granddaughter of J.A. Campbell.
18. She and the 6th Baronet Birkin, TV director John Birkin both come from the lineage of the 1st Baronet Birkin; their great-grandfathers were his sons.
19. Born on exactly the same date as Patty Duke.