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Jeanne Moreau
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Jeanne Moreau (January 23, 1928 – July 31, 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, and director. She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française. She began playing small roles in films in 1949 and eventually achieved prominence as the star of Lift to the Scaffold (UK)/Elevator to the Gallows (USA) (1958), directed by Louis Malle, and Jules et Jim (1962),…
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- Jan 23, 1928
- Died
- Jul 31, 2017
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- Paris, France
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- Acting
Biography
Jeanne Moreau (January 23, 1928 – July 31, 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, and director.
She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française. She began playing small roles in films in 1949 and eventually achieved prominence as the star of Lift to the Scaffold (UK)/Elevator to the Gallows (USA) (1958), directed by Louis Malle, and Jules et Jim (1962), directed by François Truffaut. Most prolific during the 1960s, Moreau continued to appear in films until her death in 2017, at the age of 89.
Moreau was the recipient of a César Award for Best Actress, a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress and a Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award for individual performances, and several lifetime awards.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
Last LoveMichèle
1949
Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-PrésLa môme Pâquerette
1950
Three SinnersMartine Annequin
1950
Dr. SchweitzerMarie Winter
1952
The Man in My LifeSuzanne Dubreuil
1952
Inside a Girls' DormitoryJulie, la serveuse
1953
JuliettaRosie Facibey
1953
Queen MargotMarguerite de Valois, "La Reine Margot"
1954
The Scheming WomenMona Rémi, la femme de Paul
1954
The Secrets of the BedJeanne Plisson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")
1954
Touchez Pas au GrisbiJosy
1954
Hi-Jack HighwayAlice
1955
Les Hommes en blancMarianne Déjazet
1955
M'sieur la CailleFernande
1955
The Wages of SinAngèle Ribot
1956
DemoniacAgnès Vanaux
1957
The Strange Mr. SteveFlorence
1957
Until the Last OneGina
1957
Back to the WallGloria Decrey
1958
Elevator to the GallowsFlorence Carala
1958
Not DeliveredJacqueline Tourieu
1958
The LoversJeanne Tournier
1958
Three Days to LiveJeanne Fortin
1958
Dangerous Love AffairsJuliette Valmont
1959
The 400 BlowsLa Femme avec le chien
1959The 400 BlowsThanks
1959
Five Branded WomenLjuba
1960MO
Matisse ou Le talent de bonheurNarrator (voice)
1960
Seven Days… Seven NightsAnne Desbarèdes
1960
The Dialogue of the CarmelitesMother Marie of the Incarnation
1960
A Woman Is a WomanSelf (uncredited)
1961
La NotteLidia
1961
EvaEva Olivier
1962
Jules and JimCatherine
1962
The TrialMarika Burstner
1962
Banana PeelCathy / Mme Volney
1963
Bay of AngelsJacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre
1963
The Fire WithinEva
1963
The VictorsFrench Woman
1963
Diary of a ChambermaidCéléstine
1964
Mata Hari, Agent H21Mata Hari
1964
The TrainChristine
1964
The Yellow Rolls-RoyceThe Marchioness of Frinton
1964
Chimes at MidnightDoll Tearsheet
1965
Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne MoreauSelf
1965
The Car That Became a StarThe Marchioness of Frinton (archive footage)
1965
Viva Maria!Maria II
1965
MademoiselleMademoiselle
1966
The Oldest ProfessionMimi Guillotine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
1967
The Sailor from GibraltarAnna
1967
Great CatherineCatherine
1968
Portrait: Orson WellesSelf
1968
The Bride Wore BlackJulie Kohler
1968
The Immortal StoryVirginie Ducrot
1968
Diane's BodyDiane Vallier
1969
Alex in WonderlandSelf
1970
Countdown to VengeanceMadeleine
1970
Jeanne raconte JeanneSelf
1970
LangloisSelf
1970
Monte WalshMartine Bernard
1970CC
Côté cour, côté champsLady with Little Dog (uncredited)
1971
Dear LouiseLouise
1972
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !Self - Host /Interviewer
1972
Repeated AbsencesLa voix de la nostalgie (voice)
1972
Vagabond HumorMyriam Bingeot
1972
Joanna FrancesaJoana
1973
Nathalie GrangerL'autre femme
1973OF
Omnibus: François TruffautSelf
1973
CreezyRenee Vibert
1974
Going PlacesJeanne Pirolle
1974
The Little Theatre of Jean RenoirThe Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")
1974
French ProvincialBerthe
1975
Hu-ManSylvana
1975JG
Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poèteSelf
1975
The Garden That TiltsMaria
1975
LumièreSarah
1976LumièreDirector
1976LumièreWriter
1976
Mr. KleinFlorence
1976
The Last TycoonDidi
1976
The AdolescentLa narratrice (voice) (uncredited)
1979The AdolescentDirector
1979The AdolescentWriter
1979
Heat of DesireHélène
1981
Your Ticket Is No Longer ValidLili Marlene
1981
A Thousand Billion DollarsMadame Benoît-Lambert
1982
QuerelleLysiane
1982
The Orson Welles StorySelf
1982
The TroutLou
1982
L'IntoxeMarie-Pierre
1983
Lillian GishSelf
1984Lillian GishProducer
1984Lillian GishDirector
1984
The Life and Times of Don Luis BuñuelSelf
1984VC
Vicious CircleInes
1985
Vivement TruffautNarrator / Self / Catherine
1985AC
Agatha Christie’s The Last SeanceMadame Exe
1986
Francois Simon the PresenceSelf
1986
Sauve-toi, LolaMarie-Aude Schneider
1986
The NonentityBarbesitzerin
1986
Miracle HealingSabine
1987
Calling the ShotsSelf
1988
The Architecture of DoomFrench narrator (voice)
1989
Alberto ExpressThe Baroness
1990
Au coeur de NikitaSelf
1990
La Femme fardéeLa Doria
1990
NikitaArmande
1990
Wim Wenders in TokyoSelf
1990WO
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in FilmSelf
1990
Anna KaramazoffWoman
1991
Filming Under PressureSelf
1991
The Old Lady Who Walked in the SeaLady M
1991
The Suspended Step of the StorkThe Woman
1991
Until the End of the WorldEdith Farber
1991
La nuit de l'océanHélène Sauveterre
1992
See You TomorrowTete
1992
The LoverNarrator (voice)
1992
A Foreign FieldAngelique
1993
François Truffaut: Stolen PortraitsSelf (archive footage)
1993
Map of the Human HeartSister Banville
1993
My Name is VictorRose
1993
The AbsenceWriter's Wife
1993
The Clothes in the WardrobeLili
1993
Beyond the CloudsFriend
1995
One Hundred and One NightsMr. Cinéma's First Ex-wife
1995
Orson Welles: The One-Man BandSelf (segment "The Deep") (archive footage)
1995
The World of Jacques DemySelf
1995
To Make a Film Is to Be AliveSelf (uncredited)
1995
Catherine the GreatElizabeth
1996
I Love You, I Love You NotNana
1996
The Good, The Bad, and the BeautifulSelf
1996
The ProprietorAdrienne Mark
1996
A Witch's Way of LoveEglantine
1997
Love & ConfusionsLibra
1997
EverAfterGrande Dame
1998
Balzac: A Life of PassionCharlotte-Laure
1999
Fassbinder's WomenSelf
2000
Orson Welles in the Land of Don QuixoteSelf
2000
The Prince's ManuscriptAlessandra Wolf (Licy)
2000BO
Bride of Trailer Camp(archive footage)
2001
Cet amour-làMarguerite Duras
2001
LisaLisa (old)
2001LisaSongs
2001
Zaïde, un petit air de vengeanceAnna Shermann
2001
Heart of the FestivalSelf (archive footage)
2002
Hot HouseLéo
2003
Love ActuallyTaxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)
2003
The Birch-Tree MeadowWriter
2003
The Passions of Louis MalleSelf - Interviewee
2003
François Truffaut, une autobiographieSelf
2004
A Cursed MonarchyMahaut d'Artois
2005
AkoibonMadame Paule
2005
Ashes and SnowFrench Narrator (voice)
2005
AutogramJeanne Moreau
2005
French BeautySelf
2005
Go WestNovinar
2005Go WestAssociate Producer
2005
The Other Side of WellesSelf
2005
Time to LeaveLaura
2005
Roméo et JulietteLaurence
2006
A City Runs Through the FestivalSelf
2007
DisengagementFrançoise
2007
The DeepRuth Warriner
2007
To Each His Own CinemaThe old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")
2007
Château en SuèdeAgathe Falsen
2008
Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim »Self (actrice, rôle de Catherine)
2008
One Day You'll UnderstandRivka
2008
Bulles de VianSelf
2009
CarmelNarrator
2009
Eleanor's SecretAunt Eléonore (voice)
2009IW
Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner MüllerSelf
2009LF
Looking for TruffautSelf (archive footage)
2009
VisageJeanne
2009
Dispositif 47 - The Second DeathSelf (archive footage)
2010
A Bad EncounterGaby
2011
Bouquet finalMarie
2011
A Lady in ParisFrida
2012
Close UpSelf (archive footage)
2012
Gebo and the ShadowCandidinha
2012
Lullaby to my FatherNarrator (voice)
2012
The Bardot mystery
2012
Ain't MisbehavinSelf
2013
L'Habit ne fait pas le moineMadeleine
2013
SalvoThanks
2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded(voice)
2013
François Truffaut l'insoumisSelf (archive footage)
2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson WellesSelf - Actress (archive footage)
2014
Baden BadenThanks
2016
Jeanne Moreau: Free SpiritSelf / Various Roles (archive footage)
2018
They'll Love Me When I'm DeadSelf (archive footage)
2018
André Téchiné: A Passion for CinemaSelf - Actress (archive footage)
2019
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secretSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolSelf - Actress (archive footage)
2019
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Bardotarchive footage
2025
The Life of Mirrors
2025
The Road to Jericho
2026Television
La Joie de vivreMarianne · 1 eps
1952
The OscarsSelf · 1 eps
1953
Reflets de CannesSelf · 1 eps
1954
CinépanoramaSelf · 3 eps
1956
DiscoramaSelf · 2 eps
1959
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 1 eps
1962
Dim Dam DomSelf · 2 eps
1965
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 1 eps
1968
Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf · 3 eps
1972
Midi trenteSelf · 1 eps
1972
The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self · 1 eps
1973
Spécial cinémaSelf · 2 eps
1974
ApostrophesSelf · 1 eps
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf · 3 eps
1975
Midi PremièreSelf · 1 eps
1975
Cérémonie des CésarSelf - President · 1 eps
1976
Auf los geht's losSelf · 1 eps
1977
Ciné regardsSelf · 1 eps
1978
Screen TwoLili · 1 eps
1985
Le Tiroir secretVivi · 1 eps
1986
Nulle part ailleursSelf · 1 eps
1987
Sacrée soiréeSelf · 2 eps
1987
Screen OneAngelique · 1 eps
1989
Stars 90Self · 1 eps
1990
Inside the Actors StudioSelf - Guest · 1 eps
1994BÉ
Belle ÉpoqueRécitante · 3 eps
1995
Scene by SceneSelf · 1 eps
1997
Vivement dimancheSelf · 3 eps
1998
BalzacCharlotte-Laure · 2 eps
1999
Les MisérablesMère Innocente · 4 eps
2000
The Accursed KingsMahaut d'Artois · 5 eps
2005
The Countess of CastiglionePrincipessa Sisi Altieri · 2 eps
2006
Sous les vents de NeptuneJosette · 2 eps
2008
Agnès Varda: From Here to ThereSelf · 5 eps
2011Photos
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