Brigitte Lahaie
Encyclopedia
Brigitte Lahaie is a radio talk show host, actress and former pornographic actress
from France
. She began her career at age 15 with a minor role in Africa Erotica (1970) and performed in pornographic
film
s from 1976 through 1980.
career and appear in more traditional movies, such as I as in Icarus
(1980) in which she played a stripper
, and Pour la peau d'un flic (1981) in which she played a nurse. However, she also made some softcore
and Nazi exploitation
"video nasties
" during this time.
At the end of her acting
career, she became famous to the more general public after appearing on the French radio show, Les Grosses Têtes
, broadcast on RTL
.
She also recorded and released the single Caresse tendresse, in an effort to start a singing career. She met with neither commercial nor critical success.
She is now the host, on RMC Info
, of Lahaie, l'Amour et Vous. The show airs daily, from 14:00 to 16:00, and mostly deals with topics of love and sexual relations. She is also a hostess on a French X-rated TV cable-channel talk show.
Brigitte Lahaie is also an avid fan of equestrianism
, an interest first inspired when she saw the movie White Mane
as a teenager.
Pornographic actor
A pornographic actor/actress or a porn star is a person who appears in pornographic film. Most actors appear nude in films...
from France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. She began her career at age 15 with a minor role in Africa Erotica (1970) and performed in pornographic
Pornography
Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s from 1976 through 1980.
Career
In 1980, at the height of her popularity, she decided to put an end to her hardcoreHardcore pornography
Hardcore pornography is a form of pornography that features explicit sexual acts. The term was coined in the second half of the 20th century to distinguish it from softcore pornography. It usually takes the form of photographs, often displayed in magazines or on the Internet, or films. It can also...
career and appear in more traditional movies, such as I as in Icarus
I as in Icarus
I as in Icarus is a 1979 French thriller film directed by Henri Verneuil.-Selected cast:*Yves Montand as Henri Volney*Michel Etcheverry as Frédéric Heiniger*Roger Planchon as Prof...
(1980) in which she played a stripper
Striptease
A striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sexually suggestive manner...
, and Pour la peau d'un flic (1981) in which she played a nurse. However, she also made some softcore
Softcore
Softcore pornography is a form of filmic or photographic pornography or erotica that is less sexually explicit than hardcore pornography. It is intended to tickle and arouse men and women. Softcore pornography depicts nude and semi-nude performers engaging in casual social nudity or non-graphic...
and Nazi exploitation
Nazi exploitation
Nazi exploitation is a subgenre of exploitation film and sexploitation film that involves villainous Nazis committing criminal acts of a sexual nature often as camp or prison overseers in World War II settings...
"video nasties
Video nasty
"Video nasty" was a colloquial term coined in the United Kingdom by 1982 which originally applied to a number of films distributed on video cassette that were criticized for their violent content by the press, commentators such as Mary Whitehouse and various religious organizations.While violence...
" during this time.
At the end of her acting
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
career, she became famous to the more general public after appearing on the French radio show, Les Grosses Têtes
Les Grosses Têtes
Les Grosses Têtes is a daily French radio program on the RTL French radio network, created by Jean Farran and Roger Krecher on 1 April 1977. The host is Philippe Bouvard....
, broadcast on RTL
RTL (French radio)
In France, RTL is a popular nation-wide commercial radio network owned by the RTL Group.In 1931, Radio Luxembourg, the public radio network from Luxembourg, was privatised. Beginning in 1946, it could be heard easily in France. Until the 1980s, only the French public radio networks could transmit...
.
She also recorded and released the single Caresse tendresse, in an effort to start a singing career. She met with neither commercial nor critical success.
She is now the host, on RMC Info
Radio Monte Carlo
Radio Monte Carlo is the name of six radio stations owned and managed by three different entities:*RMC Info is a French-speaking station, broadcasting in France and Monaco from Paris with some contributions from Monaco. Radio Monte-Carlo was one of 23 founding broadcasting organisations of the...
, of Lahaie, l'Amour et Vous. The show airs daily, from 14:00 to 16:00, and mostly deals with topics of love and sexual relations. She is also a hostess on a French X-rated TV cable-channel talk show.
Brigitte Lahaie is also an avid fan of equestrianism
Equestrianism
Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...
, an interest first inspired when she saw the movie White Mane
White Mane
White Mane is a 1953 short film directed by award-winning French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse....
as a teenager.
Further reading
- Brigitte Lahaie: Moi, la scandaleuse (Filipacchi/J'ai Lu, France 1987) (autobiography) ISBN 2-277-22362-X
- Brigitte Lahaie: Le zodiaque érotique (Ergo Press, France 1989). ISBN 2-7395-0026-2
- Brigitte Lahaie: La femme modèle (J'ai Lu, France 1990) (novel) ISBN 2-277-23102-9
- Brigitte Lahaie: Les sens de la vie (Michel Lafon/J'ai Lu, France 1994) (novel) ISBN 2-277-23916-X
- Brigitte Lahaie: La sexe défendu (Michel Lafon, France 1996) ISBN 2-84098-169-6
- Claude Alexandre & Pierre Bourgeade: Brigitte Lahaie (La Musardine, France 1999) ISBN 2-84271-032-0
- Lucas Balbo: Brigitte Lahaie - Behind the Bush (Media Publications, England 1996?).
- Nicolas Barbano: Verdens 25 hotteste pornostjerner (Rosinante, Denmark 1999) ISBN 87-7357-961-0: Features a chapter on Lahaie.