Marie-José Nat
[3] In 1955, she won a competition from the magazine Femmes d'aujourd'hui which allowed her to become Jean-Claude Pascal's partner in a photo comics entitled L'amour est un songe.[6] Denys de La Patellière offered her her first major role in 1959 in Rue des prairies alongside Jean Gabin, in which she played his daughter.The following year, she performed in a comedy sketch by René Clair alongside Claude Rich and Yves Robert, and obtained a major role in La Vérité by Henri-Georges Clouzot, playing Brigitte Bardot's rival opposite Sami Frey.She starred in several of her husband's films: Amelie or The Time to Love (1961), Elise, or Real Life (1970) and Les violons du bal (1974), inspired by his childhood experiences during World War II.[8] She was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur on 31 December 2004,[9] chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite on 18 November 2002 and promoted to the rank of officer on 14 November 2011,[10] commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres[3] as a member of the conseil de l'ordre[11] of which she was a member from 1 March 2001 until April 2012[12][13][14] Among her notable works in cinema were the sequel films Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc and Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise (1963), directed by André Cayatte.