Jeanne Moreau

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1928-01-23 (89 years old)

Deathday

2017-07-31

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Jeanne Moreau

Biography

Jeanne Moreau (23 January 1928 – 31 July 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 ...

Acting

1965

Chimes at Midnight

as Doll Tearsheet

1958

Elevator to the Gallows

as Florence Carala

1962

Jules and Jim

as Catherine

1962

The Trial

as Marika Burstner

1963

The Victors

as French Woman

2005

A Cursed Monarchy

as Mahaut d'Artois

1964

The Train

as Christine

1991

2005

1958

The Lovers

as Jeanne Tournier

1963

1982

A Thousand Billion Dollars

as Madame Benoît-Lambert

1974

Going Places

as Jeanne Pirolle

1985

Vivement Truffaut

as Narrator / Self / Catherine

1968

The Bride Wore Black

as Julie Kohler

1973

Nathalie Granger

as L'autre femme

1965

Viva Maria!

as Maria II

1995

1990

La Femme Nikita

as Armande

1961

La Notte

as Lidia

1964

1993

Map of the Human Heart

as Sister Banville

1966

Mademoiselle

as Mademoiselle

1959

Dangerous Love Affairs

as Juliette Valmont

1963

Bay of Angels

as Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre

1976

1975

1997

1987

2012

Close Up

as Self (archive footage)

1974

Creezy

as Renee Vibert

2007

Disengagement

as Françoise

1964

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

as The Marchioness of Frinton

1972

Vagabond Humor

as Myriam Bingeot

1954

Queen Margot

as Marguerite de Valois, "La Reine Margot"

1955

1995

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

as Self (segment "The Deep") (archive footage)

1953

Julietta

as Rosie Facibey

1970

Monte Walsh

as Martine Bernard

2009

Face

as Jeanne

1960

Seven Days… Seven Nights

as Anne Desbarèdes

1963

Banana Peel

as Cathy / Mme Volney

1982

The Trout

as Lou

1968

The Immortal Story

as Virginie Ducrot

1962

Eva

as Eva Olivier

1995

One Hundred and One Nights

as Mr. Cinéma's First Ex-wife

1976

Mr. Klein

as Florence

1954

The Scheming Women

as Mona Rémi, la femme de Paul

1950

Three Sinners

as Martine Annequin

1958

Three Days to Live

as Jeanne Fortin

1958

Back to the Wall

as Gloria Decrey

2009

Looking for Truffaut

as Self (archive footage)

1967

The Oldest Profession

as Mimi Guillotine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")

1960

The Dialogue of the Carmelites

as Mother Marie of the Incarnation

1996

The Proprietor

as Adrienne Mark

2012

Gebo and the Shadow

as Candidinha

1960

1993

A Foreign Field

as Angelique

1968

Great Catherine

as Catherine

1974

The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir

as The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")

2012

Lullaby to my Father

as Narrator (voice)

2012

2005

Go West

as Novinar

1976

Lumière

as Sarah

2013

2008

Château en Suède

as Agathe Falsen

1997

2001

Lisa

as Lisa (old)

2006

1964

1957

Demoniac

as Agnès Vanaux

1991

1972

Dear Louise

as Louise

1973

1981

Heat of Desire

as Hélène

1958

Not Delivered

as Jacqueline Tourieu

2005

Autogram

as Jeanne Moreau

1952

Dr. Schweitzer

as Marie Winter

2001

Cet amour-là

as Marguerite Duras

2000

The Prince's Manuscript

as Alessandra Wolf (Licy)

2009

Eleanor's Secret

as Aunt Eléonore (voice)

1956

The Wages of Sin

as Angèle Ribot

2005

Akoibon

as Madame Paule

1999

Balzac: A Life of Passion

as Charlotte-Laure

1959

The 400 Blows

as Woman with Dog

1990

La Femme fardée

as La Doria

1953

Inside a Girls' Dormitory

as Julie, la serveuse

2018

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

as Self (archive footage)

1960

2007

The Deep

as Ruth Warriner

2019

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

2003

Love Actually

as Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)

1969

Diane's Body

as Diane Vallier

1975

Hu-Man

as Sylvana

1961

A Woman Is a Woman

as Self (uncredited)

1986

The Nonentity

as Barbesitzerin

2008

Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim »

as Self (actrice, rôle de Catherine)

1971

Côté cour, côté champs

as Lady with Little Dog (uncredited)

1995

To Make a Film Is to Be Alive

as Self (uncredited)

1970

Langlois

as Self

2009

Carmel

as Narrator

1957

1996

1998

EverAfter

as Grande Dame

1970

1983

L'Intoxe

as Marie-Pierre

1972

Repeated Absences

as La voix de la nostalgie (voice)

1950

Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés

as La môme Pâquerette

1955

Les Hommes en blanc

as Marianne Déjazet

1992

La nuit de l'océan

as Hélène Sauveterre

1949

Last Love

as Michèle

2007

To Each His Own Cinema

as The old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")

2010

Dispositif 47 - The Second Death

as Self (archive footage)

1990

Alberto Express

as The Baroness

2009

1955

1986

Sauve-toi, Lola

as Marie-Aude Schneider

1952

The Man in My Life

as Suzanne Dubreuil

2011

2019

André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

2014

François Truffaut l'insoumis

as Self (archive footage)

1993

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

as Self (archive footage)

1989

The Architecture of Doom

as French narrator (voice)

2014

1992

1993

The Absence

as Writer's Wife

2003

Hot House

as Léo

1982

Querelle

as Lysiane

2018

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

1992

The Lover

as Narrator

1965

The Car That Became a Star

as The Marchioness of Frinton (archive footage)

1972

Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !

as Self - Host /Interviewer

1954

The Secrets of the Bed

as Jeanne Plisson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")

2011

1979

The Adolescent

as La narratrice (voice) (uncredited)

1984

1985

2003

The Passions of Louis Malle

as Self - Interviewee

2007

2001

Bride of Trailer Camp

as (archive footage)

2005

Production

1984

Lillian Gish

as Producer

2005

Go West

as Associate Producer

1976

Lumière

as Director

1979

The Adolescent

as Director

2001

Lisa

as Songs

1979

2016

Baden Baden

as Thanks

1976

Lumière

as Writer

1984

Lillian Gish

as Director

1959

The 400 Blows

as Thanks

2013

Salvo

as Thanks

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