Hiroko Berghauer
Hiroko Berghauer , b. Matsumoto (* 1936 ; † June 20, 2003 in Paris ) was a Japanese photo model .
Hiroko Matsumoto was discovered by French fashion designer Pierre Cardin in 1960 while visiting Japan. As his lover, she followed him to Paris and worked as the first Japanese model (under the name Hiroko of Tokyo, among others ) for a French fashion brand. In 1967 Matsumoto married Henry Berghauer, a manager of the Pierre Cardin fashion company. He later switched to the fashion companies Hanae Mori and Hervé Léger. In 1970, on the recommendation of Jeanne Moreau , she played the mysterious Japanese Kyoko in François Truffaut's film Tisch und Bett at the side of Jean-Pierre Léaud . After divorcing Berghauer, she married Jean-Claude Cathalan , a manager of Roussel Uclaf , later director of Révillon , Parfums Caron , Jean-Louis Scherrer and Comité Montaigne . The couple hit the headlines when their daughter Maxime Cathalan was kidnapped and only released for a ransom of 1.5 million francs.
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1]
- ^ L'Anti-Crise , Jean-Pierre Thiollet and Marie-Françoise Guignard, Dunod, Paris, 1994, pp. 26-28
Web links
- Hiroko Berghauer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berghauer, Hiroko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cathalan, Hiroko; Matsumoto, Hiroko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese photo model |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1936 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 2003 |
| Place of death | Paris |