Jacqueline Bisset

English actress

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82
Born 1944
Known for
Murder on the Orient E…
1974

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Updated 2026-08-25

She became a fixture of 1970s cinema without chasing tabloid heat — Bisset worked steadily across three languages and never quite became a household name in the way her face suggested she might, which may be exactly why the work kept coming.

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Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset was born 13 September 1944 in England and entered film in 1965, landing three breakout roles in 1968: The Detective, Bullitt, and The Sweet Ride, the last earning her a Golden Globe nomination as Most Promising Newcomer. The 1970s ran long for her — Airport, Day for Night (which took the Foreign Language Oscar), Murder on the Orient Express, The Deep, a string of thrillers and comedies that kept her employed across Hollywood and Europe. She moved easily between English, French, and Italian productions, racking up more nominations (Golden Globes for Who Is Kill…

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