She was the first woman to denounce actor Gérard Depardieu’s behavior towards women on set. The actress Emmanuelle Debever died on December 7, at the age of 60, we learned on the X account of the National Audiovisual Institute (INA). The same day that “Additional Investigation: The Fall of the Ogre” was broadcast on the actor accused of rape and sexual assault.
According to a journalist from Releaseon Instagram, the actress would have thrown herself into the Seine.
The actress was revealed in 1982 in the series Joëlle Mazart. Then she was seen in the role of Marie-Charlotte in the series Night doctors by Jean-Pierre Prévost, as well as in the thriller film Quidam by Gérard Max and in A brutal game by Jean-Claude Brisseau.
She had known Gérard Depardieu on the film Danton by Andrzej Wajda. “I played Louison, Danton’s very young wife. The sacred monster had allowed himself many things during this filming…. enjoying the privacy of a carriage. Slipping his big paw under my skirts, to supposedly feel better… me not letting myself do it,” she wrote on a Facebook status on June 5, 2019. Her revelation did not receive the same media coverage then.