Nadine de Rothschild (née Nadine Nelly Jeannette Lhopitalier; born 18 April 1932) is a French author and former actress. She is the widow of banker
Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild, a member of the
Rothschild family.
Biography
Nadine Lhopitalier was born in
Saint-Quentin,
Aisne, France. She never met her father. At 14 years-old, she left her mother's house and worked in a
Peugeot factory.[1]
2 years later, at 16, she became the model of the painter
Jean-Gabriel Domergue,[2] a socialite who opened the door for her to the worlds of theater and film. In 1952, she began her acting career under the pseudonym of Nadine Tallier and played various roles from 1952 to 1964.
In 1958, she started a romantic relationship with Lance Callingham, the son of British socialite
Norah Docker.[3]
In 1962, two years before ending her career in film, she married
Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild of the
French branch of the
Rothschild family. At the time, Edmond was chairman and principal owner of the
Edmond de Rothschild Group, a private banking group headquartered in
Geneva, Switzerland. Although she was raised
Roman Catholic, she converted to
Judaism stating: "It would not have been possible to have the name Rothschild and be a Catholic... Nor would it be right for the son of a Rothschild to be half-Jewish and half-Catholic." They had one son born in 1963,
Benjamin de Rothschild (1963-2021), shortly after their marriage.[4][5][6] Following her husband's death in 1997,
David Rockefeller proposed to her but she refused.[1]
Lhopitalier used the noble title of her husband (Baroness), issued to the Rothschild family by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. She wrote a book about manners (Le Bonheur de Séduire l'Art de Réussir) and her autobiography (La baronne rentre à cinq heures). In addition, Lhopitalier provided some reviews in the press on the same subject.[7] In 2004, she opened the Nadine de Rothschild International Way of Life Academy in Geneva, Switzerland.[2]
1959 : Rue de la peur (Los Cobardes) by Juan Carlos Thorry - Maria
1959 : Visa pour l'enfer by Alfred Rode - Clémentine
1959 : The Treasure of San Teresa (autres titres : Hot Money Girl ou Long Distance) - Larry agent secret by Alvin Rakoff - Zizi
1961 : Deuxième Bureau contre terroristes by Jean Stelli - Claire
1964 : Une ravissante idiote by Édouard Molinaro
Theatre
1952 : Schnock opérette de Marc-Cab et Jean Rigaux, mise en scène
Alfred Pasquali, Théâtre des Célestins
1954 : Les chansons de Bilitis opérette de Jean Valmy et Marc Cab d'après Pierre Louys, music by
Joseph Kosma, Théâtre des Capucines
Works as a writer
La Baronne rentre à cinq heure (avec la collaboration de Guillemette de Sairigné), Paris : Jean-Claude Lattès, 1984. 255 p. + 16 f. de planches.
Heureuse et pas fâchée de l'être, autobiographie, Paris : Éditions de la Seine, coll. « Succès du livre », 1987. 221 p. + 16 p. de planches (
ISBN2-7382-0007-9)
Parlez-moi d'amour, Paris : Fixot, 1989. 243 p. + 8 p. de planches (
ISBN2-87645-051-8)
Femme un jour, femme toujours (savoir-vivre), Paris : Fixot, 1997. 284 p. + 8 p. de planches (
ISBN2-221-08464-0)
L'amour est affaire de femmes, Paris : Robert Laffont, 2001. 285 p. + 16 p. de planches (
ISBN2-221-09345-3)
Le bonheur de séduire, l'art de réussir : le savoir-vivre du XXIe siècle, Paris : Robert Laffont, 2001. 436 p. + 8 p. de planches (
ISBN2-221-09595-2). Édition revue et augmentée d'un ouvrage paru en 1991 sous le titre « Le bonheur de séduire, l'art de réussir : savoir vivre aujourd'hui ».
Jours heureux à Quiberon, Neuilly-sur-Seine : Michel Lafon, 2002. 160 p. (
ISBN2-84098-780-5).
Sur les chemins de l'amour, Paris : Robert Laffont, 2003. 327 p. + 16 p. de planches (
ISBN2-221-09836-6).
Megève, un roman d'amour, Paris : Albin Michel, 2004. 299 p. + 8 p. de planches (
ISBN2-226-15519-8).