Nadine de Rothschild (néeNadine Nelly Jeannette Lhopitalier; born 18 April 1932) is a French author and former actress. She is the widow of bankerEdmond Adolphe de Rothschild, a member of theRothschild family.
Nadine Lhopitalier was born inSaint-Quentin,Aisne, France. She never met her father. At 14 years-old, she left her mother's house and worked in aPeugeot factory.[1]
2 years later, at 16, she became the model of the painterJean-Gabriel Domergue,[2] a socialite who opened the door for her to the worlds of theater and film. In 1952, she began her acting career under the pseudonym ofNadine Tallier and played various roles from 1952 to 1964.
In 1958, she started a romantic relationship with Lance Callingham, the son of British socialiteNorah Docker.[3]
In 1962, two years before ending her career in film, she marriedEdmond Adolphe de Rothschild of theFrench branch of theRothschild family. At the time, Edmond was chairman and principal owner of theEdmond de Rothschild Group, a private banking group headquartered inGeneva, Switzerland. Although she was raisedRoman Catholic, she converted toJudaism stating: "It would not have been possible to have the name Rothschild and be a Catholic... Nor would it be right for the son of a Rothschild to be half-Jewish and half-Catholic." They had one son born in 1963,Benjamin de Rothschild (1963-2021), shortly after their marriage.[4][5][6] Following her husband's death in 1997,David Rockefeller proposed to her but she refused.[1]
Lhopitalier used the noble title of her husband (Baroness), issued to the Rothschild family by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. She wrote a book about manners (Le Bonheur de Séduire l'Art de Réussir) and her autobiography (La baronne rentre à cinq heures). In addition, Lhopitalier provided some reviews in the press on the same subject.[7] In 2004, she opened the Nadine de Rothschild International Way of Life Academy in Geneva, Switzerland.[2]
In 2025, one of her lawsuit against her daughter-in-lawAriane was dismissed and she can therefore no longer access theChateau de Pregny where she used to live with her husband until his death in 1997.[10]
La Baronne rentre à cinq heure (avec la collaboration de Guillemette de Sairigné), Paris : Jean-Claude Lattès, 1984. 255 p. + 16 f. de planches.
Heureuse et pas fâchée de l'être, autobiographie, Paris : Éditions de la Seine, coll. « Succès du livre », 1987. 221 p. + 16 p. de planches (ISBN2-7382-0007-9)
Parlez-moi d'amour, Paris : Fixot, 1989. 243 p. + 8 p. de planches (ISBN2-87645-051-8)
Femme un jour, femme toujours (savoir-vivre), Paris : Fixot, 1997. 284 p. + 8 p. de planches (ISBN2-221-08464-0)
L'amour est affaire de femmes, Paris : Robert Laffont, 2001. 285 p. + 16 p. de planches (ISBN2-221-09345-3)
Le bonheur de séduire, l'art de réussir : le savoir-vivre du XXIe siècle, Paris : Robert Laffont, 2001. 436 p. + 8 p. de planches (ISBN2-221-09595-2). Édition revue et augmentée d'un ouvrage paru en 1991 sous le titre « Le bonheur de séduire, l'art de réussir : savoir vivre aujourd'hui ».
Jours heureux à Quiberon, Neuilly-sur-Seine : Michel Lafon, 2002. 160 p. (ISBN2-84098-780-5).
Sur les chemins de l'amour, Paris : Robert Laffont, 2003. 327 p. + 16 p. de planches (ISBN2-221-09836-6).
Megève, un roman d'amour, Paris : Albin Michel, 2004. 299 p. + 8 p. de planches (ISBN2-226-15519-8).
