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.
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
Theatreedit
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 writeredit
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 (ISBN 2-7382-0007-9)
Parlez-moi d'amour, Paris : Fixot, 1989. 243 p. + 8 p. de planches (ISBN 2-87645-051-8)
Natara, roman, Paris : Fixot, 1994. 343 p. (ISBN 2-87645-190-5)
Femme un jour, femme toujours (savoir-vivre), Paris : Fixot, 1997. 284 p. + 8 p. de planches (ISBN 2-221-08464-0)
L'amour est affaire de femmes, Paris : Robert Laffont, 2001. 285 p. + 16 p. de planches (ISBN 2-221-09345-3)
Le bonheur de séduire, l'art de réussir : le savoir-vivre du XXIe siècle, Paris : Robert Laffont, 2001. 436 p. + 8 p. de planches (ISBN 2-221-09595-2). 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. (ISBN 2-84098-780-5).
Sur les chemins de l'amour, Paris : Robert Laffont, 2003. 327 p. + 16 p. de planches (ISBN 2-221-09836-6).
Megève, un roman d'amour, Paris : Albin Michel, 2004. 299 p. + 8 p. de planches (ISBN 2-226-15519-8).
Les hommes de ma vie, Paris : Albin Michel, 2007 (ISBN 978-2226176134)
Bonnes manières, 2009
Réussir l'éducation de nos enfants, avec Arsène Bouakira, Lausanne-Paris : Favre, 2009 (ISBN 978-2828910716)
Ma philosophie... d'un boudoir à l'autre, Paris : Albin Michel, 2010 (ISBN 978-2-226-19304-9)
^ ab"Rencontre avec Nadine de Rothschild | Paris Match Suisse" (in French). 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
^ ab"Caught having an affair? Deny, deny, deny". PerthNow. 2016-05-16. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
^"Le repas de Nadine de Rothschild avec la reine Elisabeth II". Illustre (in Swiss French). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
^New York Times: "Wine Talk; Another Rothschild Stands Behind a Bordeaux" October 1, 1997
^Prial, Frank J. (November 4, 1997). "Baron Edmond de Rothschild, 71, French Financier, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
^Faith, Nicholas (4 November 1997). "Obituary: Baron Edmond de Rothschild". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
^"Biography of Nadine de Rothschild". evene.fr. 18 April 1932. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
^"La mue profonde d'Edmond de Rothschild". Bilan (in French). 5 June 2014. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
^"Chez les Rothschild, après la fête, la tempête". Tribune de Genève (in French). ISSN 1010-2248. Retrieved 2021-08-06.