Veteran French actress and model Lise Bourdin, recognized for her role in Billy Wilder’s 1957 romantic comedy, Love in the Afternoon, has died. The actress died just two days shy of her 100th birthday. She passed on November 28, 2025, at her home in Labastide-d’Armagnac, France, surrounded by her loved ones. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostLise started out as a model after she was scouted by the brother of the owner of Claudine magazine, who followed her after seeing her at a Paris train station. She recalled the moment in a 2017 interview with La Montagne.“As I was getting off the metro at Étoile, a tall, rather distinguished young man followed me. He seemed embarrassed as he tried to approach me, and I told him I don't talk to people I don't know. He then explained that he was the brother of the owner of Claudine and asked me to call a photographer to do the magazine cover. I made an appointment with him, and it was published immediately.”According to reports, Bourdin was deemed Hollywood material when Charly Einfeld, the executive producer of Arch of Triumph, and David Loew saw her on the covers of French magazines. They scouted her immediately.Lise Bourdin was once called the ‘most photographed girl in France.’More details on Lise BourdinLise Bourdin ventured into acting in 1953. She made her film debut in ‘Les Enfants de l’amour’ (Children of Love), directed by Léonide Moguy. View this post on Instagram Instagram Post“It was a very good film that was panned by the Parisian press, even though it had a career worldwide. I've never received so much mail from all over the world as for this film,” she told La Montagne.Since then, she has acted in a few other films, including The Last Five Minutes, The River of Three Junks, Ces dames préfèrent le mambo, The Last Blitzkrieg, and Quay of Illusions. She stopped acting in the 1960s.“The press didn't like me, and I had a private life outside the artistic world. I told myself that I would never have the career I deserved, so I stopped.”Lise Bourdin was married only once to Roberto Seabra. However, the marriage didn't last too long. She left him.“I thought I would never get married; I'd been against marriage since childhood. I'm not made for it, I'm too independent. One day I said to my husband, 'I don't understand, you're a wonderful friend, but a terrible husband, and I'm not going to stay.”She added:“Rich men don't think you'll leave them. Money has never been my motivation; I've spent a lot of it, I've given a lot away.”Also read: How is Robert Wagner remembering Natalie Wood 44 years later? Actor reflects on love and family decades later