Trivia

Had four children: Nathalie Vadim (b. December 7, 1957) with Annette Stroyberg; Christian Vadim (b. June 18, 1963) with Catherine Deneuve; Vanessa Vadim (b. September 28, 1968) with Jane Fonda; and Vania Vadim (b. April 6, 1974) with Catherine Schneider.

Cohabited with Ann Biderman in Santa Monica, CA, for most of the 1980s.

Driver for Ferrari Motor Cars in France, Italy, England and Germany.

Brother of Hélène Plemiannikov.

His widow, Marie-Christine Barrault, and ex-wives Brigitte Bardot, Jane Fonda, Catherine Schneider and Annette Stroyberg were all in attendance at his funeral. Conspicuous by their absences were former live-in girlfriends Ann Biderman and Catherine Deneuve; the latter did go to a public memorial service, but not the funeral.

Claimed to have coined the word "discotheque".

Was once employed as a reporter at "Paris Match".

Interred in St. Tropez Cemetery, St. Tropez, France.

His father died aged 33 from a heart attack in 1937, when Vadim was nine years old.

Stepfather of David Toscan du Plantier and Ariane Toscan Du Plantier.

Studied journalism and writing at the University of Paris.

Worked as a screenwriter and assistant director to Marc Allégret at Francoeur Studios.

He'd intended to do a remake of Barbarella (1968) with Sherilyn Fenn.

Linked romantically with Margaret Markov, Sylvia Kristel and Cindy Pickett in the '70s.

Received two speeding tickets in Colorado while visiting Jane on the set of La tigresa del oeste (1965).

Born at 9 p.m. UT.

Ex-son-in-law of Henry Fonda and Lilian Constantini.

Ex-brother-in-law of Mijanou Bardot, Peter Fonda, Susan Brewer and Dominique Schneidre.

Former uncle by marriage of Bridget Fonda, Justin Fonda and Anne-André Reille.

Grandfather of Igor Divetain-Vadim, Malcolm Vadim and Viva Vadim.

Step-grandfather of Marie Toscan du Plantier.

Ex-stepfather-in-law of Nathalie Roussel.

Began dating Deneuve in September 1960 when she was 16 and he was 32.