Véronique Barrault, alias Coquillette in the Splendid troupe, died on the night of Wednesday May 4 to Thursday May 5 in a road accident south of Bordeaux, in Gironde.
You have necessarily seen her in a film, she has given the reply to essential faces of French cinema. Member of the Splendid troupe, alongside Christian Clavier, Marie-Anne Chazel, Gérard Jugnot, Michel Blanc or Josiane Balasko.
She also appeared for the first time on the big screen in the film Les Bronzés font du ski, in which she played Jérôme’s nurse (Christian Clavier).
This Wednesday, May 4, Véronique Barrault had a serious motorcycle accident in the town of Camblanes-et-Meynac, south of Bordeaux. After a collision with a car, the actress did not survive. She was 64 years old. The driver of the motorcycle on which she was was taken to the hospital indicates Sud Ouest.
In the 1980s, Véronique Barrault multiplied the filming of cult films of French cinema: in 1982 in Le quarter d’heureAméricain, by Philippe Galland. In 1984, in Marche à l’ombre, in 1985 in the marriage of the century.
She will also play regularly for Josiane Balasko, who offers her a small role in his film “Les Keufs” then in Gazon Maudit in 1994.
