- Brigitte Lahaie is a French writer, radio talk show host, and first pornographic actress
- The XCRO Hall of Famer was involved in controversial news when she claimed that women can enjoy rape
- She is married to a real estate businessman but has kept away from having children
Brigitte Lahaie (69 ) whose real name is Brigitte Lucie Jeanine Van Meerhaeghe is a definition of a woman of many hats. She maintained a place as a celebrity for over 4 decades with her career ranging from acting films, pornography, radio show hosting, and writing.
Brigitte who used different pseudonyms throughout her career has been featured in over 100 X-rated films and other mainstream movies such as Les Raisins de la Mort. She is also credited for writing books including The New Art of Loving and Moi, la scandaleuse.
- Full name: Brigitte Lucie Jeanine Van Meerhaeghe
- Other names: Brigitte Simonin; Fanny; Brigitte Bordeaux; Brigitte Lahaye; Brigitte Van Meerhaegu
- Date of birth: 12 October 1955
- Age: 69 years old
- Zodiac Sign: Libra
- Place of birth: Tourcoing, France
- Parents: René van Meerhaegue (father) and Jacqueline Desloges (mother)
- Siblings: 3 (Bernard van Meerhaegue, Yves van Meerhaegue, and Huguette van Meerhaegue)
- Nationality: French
- Ethnicity: White
- Marital Status: Single
What to Know About Brigitte’s Family and Early Life
Brigitte Lucie Jeanine Van Meerhaeghe was born on 12 October 1995, in Tourcoing, a city in northern France.
The TV and radio host has three brothers Bernard van Meerhaegue, Yves van Meerhaegue, and Huguette van Meerhaegue and her parents are René van Meerhaegue (father) and Jacqueline Desloges (mother). They worked the night-club business
Details about her family have been kept under wraps. This is a similar case to other details about her childhood.
She Started a Career as Shoe Salesgirl Before She Became a Pornstar
Brigitte left home for Paris at the time she was 18. She then took a job as a shoe salesgirl. At the time, she became notable for having an attractive physique and it didn’t take long before she got a job to pose naked in magazines.
Along the line, she moved from her pictures being plastered on the pages of magazines to being a porn actress. She was notable for featuring in many hardcore porn films.
Brigitte is also notable for popularizing porn, especially in France. In this career, she featured in over 100 films and also played body double for other actors in similar categories. This career lasted from 1976 to 1980.
For the contributions she made, she was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Her Career as a Horror Mainstream Actress
The Tourcoing-born radio host was still making adult content movies before she got a role to play in a horror film Les Raisins de la Mort in 1978.
The following year, she played a protagonist in another film, Fascination.
A larger audience got to know Lahaie from her being a mainstream actress which lasted to the 2000s.
Her interpretation of roles cut across different sects, ranging from a stripper to a nurse, and even as a mother.
Despite the name that she may have made through traditional acting, she was faced with some challenges in her rise. She recorded how some notable people did not want to work with her and how some of them even called her unpleasant names.
She was a Singer and Writer
Lahaie was willing to explore other aspects of entertainment as well as creativity. This would lead to the release of her single Caresse Tendresse (Caress Tenderness).
According to an interview:
It was a really stupid song. I also did another one for Canal Plus. I interpreted famous song by Juliet Greco and that is all there is to my “singing career”. I think I am not a very good singer so probably it was best to stop before going any further in that business.
This would lead to her keeping her music pursuit under the radar. Yet, it didn’t stop her from looking toward the direction of writing.
She has published both autobiographical and novels over the years. Some of them include Moi, la scandaleuse.
Away from that, she also writes articles and many of them are on the Sud Radio website.
What to Know About Her Life as a TV and Radio Host
Lahaie has a long career in the TV and radio industries. As a radio personality, she became most famous for Brigitte Lahaie Sud Radio’s show.
She was also the head of the show, Lahaie, Love and You. It was broadcast from 2 to 4 pm.
Has Brigitte Lahaie Ever Been Married?
The 69-year-old former adult film actress is married to a man named Patrick. According to her, they’ve known each other since 2002 and decided to be married afterward.
Patrick is a polytechnician and is into real estate and is also into horses as much as Brigitte.
The couple has no children. She explained that this was a choice and not that she had anything against children.
Away from that, she was involved in a s** controversy when she claimed that women can have pleasure while being raped. Although she received several negative feedback for the comment, she claimed that people got the message wrongly.
Whatever the case, she apologized publicly for the comment.
