(FILES) French actress Chantal Nobel smiles as she leaves the courthouse of Aix-en-Provence, on February 13, 1990, during his appeal against the ruling granting custody of his daughter to her mother, Denise Loisel. French actress Chantal Nobel, a star of 1980s television whose career was shattered at the height of her fame by a car crash, died on April 30, 2026 aged 77, her daughter told AFP on May 5, 2026. (Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP via Getty Images)