Moi, la scandaleuse

Brigitte Lahaie (born Brigade Van Meerhaegue on October 12, 1955, in Tourcoing, France) is a notable French porn actress who began her career at the age of 20 performing in pornographic films from 1976 through 1980. Cover scan from the book Moi, la scandaleuse (Jai Lu), personal scan, claiming fair use (does not detract from original work, scanned from legal copy, image is of sufficiently low resolution). ... Cover scan from the book Moi, la scandaleuse (Jai Lu), personal scan, claiming fair use (does not detract from original work, scanned from legal copy, image is of sufficiently low resolution). ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location within France Tourcoing is a city and commune of northern France, in the Nord département, located near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border. ... Pavonazzeto marble sculpture, see Erotic art in Pompeii Pornography (from Greek πορνογραφία pornographia — literally writing about or drawings of prostitutes) (also informally referred to as porn or porno) is the representation of the human body or human sexual behaviour with the goal of sexual arousal, similar to, but distinct from, erotica. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

In 1980, having become a kind of idol of French X-rated film industry's golden age, she decided to put an end to her hardcore career and appeared in more "traditional" movies and "big" productions, such as I comme Icare (Henri Verneuil, 1980) in which she played a prostitute, and in Pour la peau d'un flic (Alain Delon, 1981) in which she played a nurse. However, she also made some softcore and Nazi exploitation "video nasties" during this time. Henri Verneuil (1924-2002), born Ashod Malakian to Armenian parents in Rodosto (Turkey), is a prominent French playwright and filmmaker. ... Alain Delon Alain Delon (born November 8, 1935) is a French actor, one of the best known outside his native country. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A nurse is a health care professional who is engaged in the practice of nursing. ... Nazi exploitation is a subgenre of exploitation film and sexploitation film. ... Video nasty was a term coined in the United Kingdom in the 1980s that originally applied to a number of films distributed on video that were held by some to be unfit for domestic viewing. ...

At the end of her acting career, she became famous in the general public by participating in the famous French radio show, Les Grosses Têtes, which is broadcast on RTL. In France, RTL is a popular nation-wide commercial radio network owned by the RTL Group. ...

She also tried to become a singer, with the single Caresse tendresse, without any commercial success or even professional appreciation.

She is now the star animator on RMC Info of the daily show « Lahaie, l'Amour et Vous », from 14:00 to 16:00, which is mostly dealing with essential topics of human and sexual relations.

She currently is also a hostess on a French X-rated TV cable-channel talk show.

Brigitte Lahaie is also known for an unwavering interest in equestrianism, born when she saw the movie White Mane while a teenager. A junior horse riding event at the Melbourne Show Equestrianism relates to the riding of horses. ...

Physical characteristics

• Measurements: 36-24-36 (91cm/60cm/91cm)
• Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)
• Weight: 120 lbs. (54 kg)

A Partial Filmography

• Parties fines : This is Gérard Kikoïne's first movie, the one that "launched" Brigitte Lahaie's career.

• Belles d'un soir is a cult movie gathering 3 of the most famous 70's actresses : Brigitte Lahaie, Véronique Maugarsky and Martine Grimaud.

• Parties de chasse en Sologne made a huge profit in the end of the 70's

• Je suis à prendre : A cult on the French X-rated scene.

• La clinique des phantasmes : This production from Gérard Kikoïne featuring fetish action and voyeur scenes with dazzling actresses made a hype when it was released in 1981.

• La Rabatteuse : Released in 1978.

• Les petites écolières (feat. Marylin Jess): This is the most famous movie from Frédéric Lansac and was Brigitte Lahaie's last X-rated flick.

• Henry and June: This is most notable English language movie she has appeared in. She plays a bit part of a prostitute.

Henry and June: From A Journal of Love: the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin (1931-1932) Henry and June (published 1986) is based on material expurgated from the first volume of Anais Nins published diaries, written between October 1931 and October 1932. ...

Further reading

• Moi, la scandaleuse (1989) (autobiography)
• La femme modèle (1991) (novel)
• Le sens de la vie (novel)

External links

• Official Website of Brigitte Lahaie
• Brigitte Lahaie at the Internet Movie Database
• Informative Fansite (NOTE: Adult content)
• Picture Gallery (NOTE: Adult content)