Editing Jane Birkin (section)

=== Collaborations with Serge Gainsbourg and other work===
Birkin and Barry divorced in 1969 and Birkin moved in with Gainsbourg in the Rue de Verneuil in Paris.<ref name="Obituary Jane Birkin"/> Their relationship was volatile; on one occasion after a quarrel she threw herself into the Seine.<ref name="Obituary Jane Birkin"/> In 1969  she appeared with Gainsbourg in two films, ''Les Chemins de Katmandou'' and ''Cannabis'', and by herself in Jacques Deray's psychological thriller ''La Piscine'', which starred [[Romy Schneider]] and [[Alain Delon]].<ref name="Obituary Jane Birkin"/> Birkin sang backing vocals on two tracks of Gainsbourg's album ''l'Histoire de Melody Nelson'' and her portrait appeared on the album cover.<ref name="Obituary Jane Birkin"/>

In 1969, Gainsbourg and Birkin released the duet "[[Je t'aime... moi non plus]]" ("I love you&nbsp;... me neither"). Gainsbourg had originally written the song for [[Brigitte Bardot]] and Birkin said it was "jealousy" that drove her to sing it.<ref name=":1" /> Shortly after making the recording, Birkin and Gainsbourg went for dinner at the Hotel des Beaux Arts in Paris and without saying anything, Gainsbourg put the record on the record player. Birkin recalled that all of a sudden, all the couples around them stopped talking with their knives and forks frozen in mid-air. Gainsbourg said, "I think we've got a hit record".<ref name="thetimes.com"/> The song caused a scandal for its sexual explicitness and was banned by radio stations in Italy,<ref name=italy>{{cite book|last1=Cheles|first1=Luciano|last2=Sponza|first2=Lucio|title=The art of persuasion: political communication in Italy from 1945 to the 1990s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vy1NMicVUEEC&pg=PA331|year=2001|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=0-7190-4170-8|page=331}}</ref> Spain and the United Kingdom.<ref name=omm>{{cite news|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/the10/story/0,,1487369,00.html|title=The 10 most x-rated records|last=Spencer|first=Neil|date=22 May 2005|work=Observer Music Monthly|publisher=Guardian Newspapers|access-date=3 August 2010|location=London}}</ref> In Italy, the head of their record label was jailed for offending public morality.<ref name="thetimes.com"/>

{{quote box|width=22%|align=left|bgcolor=cornsilk|style=font-size:100%|quote=[It is] very flattering to have the most beautiful songs, probably, in the French language written for [you]. [But] how much talent did I really have? Perhaps not that much.|source=—&nbsp;Birkin reflecting on her working relationship with Gainsbourg, 2013<ref name=owen />}}

"Je t'aime" made UK chart history when on 4 October 1969 and the following week on 11 October, the song was at two different chart positions, despite being the same song, the same artists, and the same recorded version, the only difference being that they were on different record labels. It was originally released on the [[Fontana Records|Fontana]] label, but because of the controversy, Fontana withdrew the record, which was then released on the [[Major Minor Records|Major Minor]] label. Fontana singles were still in the shops, along with the Major Minor release, and on 4 October 1969 the Major Minor release was at number three and the Fontana single at number 16. At that time it was the biggest-selling single ever for a completely foreign-language record.

Birkin appeared on Gainsbourg's 1971 album ''[[Histoire de Melody Nelson]]'', portraying the [[Lolita]]-like protagonist in song and on the cover.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/serge-gainsbourg-histoire-de-melody-nelson.htm |title=Serge Gainsbourg&nbsp;— Histoire De Melody Nelson&nbsp;— On Second Thought |magazine=Stylus Magazine |access-date=2 August 2012 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194100/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/serge-gainsbourg-histoire-de-melody-nelson.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> Reflecting on being a muse and collaborator of Gainsbourg's, Birkin commented: "[It is] very flattering to have the most beautiful songs, probably, in the French language written for one. [But] how much talent did I really have? Perhaps not that much."<ref name=owen>{{cite web |last=Owen |first=Jonathan |title=Jane Birkin: 'I was no Lolita,' says Britain's Bardot |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/jane-birkin-i-was-no-lolita-says-britains-bardot-8468346.html |work=The Independent |date=27 January 2013 |access-date=23 September 2017}}</ref> During the 1970s she released three albums, all mainly written by Gainsbourg: ''[[Di doo dah]]'' (1973), ''[[Lolita Go Home]]'' (1975) and ''[[Ex fan des sixties]]'' (1978).<ref name="Obituary Jane Birkin"/>

She took a break from acting in 1971–1972 after her daughter Charlotte was born, and returned in 1973 as Brigitte Bardot's lover in Roger Vadim's ''[[Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman]]''.<ref name="ALLMUSIC">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jane-birkin-mn0000216846/biography|work=AllMusic|author=Bush, John|title=Jane Birkin Biography & History|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> She called Bardot "fabulously beautiful", saying: "I observed Bardot in the tiniest detail to find a flaw in her. Her mouth, her nose, her skin, her hair... She was fabulously beautiful."<ref name=":1" /> The same year, she had a supporting role in the horror film ''[[Dark Places (1973 film)|Dark Places]]'' with [[Christopher Lee]] and [[Joan Collins]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fenton |first1=Harvey |last2=Flint |first2=David |title=Ten Years of Terror: British Horror Films of the 1970s |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BglGZUvGQmQC |publisher=FAB Press |year=2001 |page=180 |isbn=978-1-903254-08-0}}</ref> She made five films in 1975, including Claude Zidi's box-office hit ''La course a l'echalote'' and Gainsbourg's first film as a director, ''[[Je t'aime moi non plus (film)|Je t'aime moi non plus]]'', which created a stir for its frank examination of sexual ambiguity, and was banned in the United Kingdom by the [[British Board of Film Classification]]. For this performance, she was nominated for a Best Actress [[César Award]].<ref name="ALLMUSIC" /> Further albums followed, including the well-received ''Ex-fan des sixties'', and more films, among them [[John Guillermin]]'s ''Death on the Nile'', in which she appeared opposite [[Peter Ustinov]], [[Bette Davis]], [[Mia Farrow]] and [[Maggie Smith]].<ref name="Obituary Jane Birkin"/> In 1978, Birkin modeled in trade advertisements for [[Lee Cooper]] jeans.<ref name="vogue" />

By 1980 Birkin was becoming disillusioned with the "hard-drinking, domineering" Gainsbourg.<ref name="Obituary Jane Birkin"/> She left him and bought a house in the 16th arrondissement Paris, where she lived for the next 15 years. They remained on good terms and shared custody of their daughter.<ref name="Obituary Jane Birkin"/> Birkin began a relationship with film-maker [[Jacques Doillon]] after they met on the set of his film ''La fille prodigue'' and a daughter, Lou, was born in 1982. She later appeared in his film ''La Pirate'' and [[Jacques Rivette]]'s ''L'Amour par Terre''.<ref name="Obituary Jane Birkin"/>