Marie-Christine Barrault

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1944-03-21 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Marie-Christine Barrault

Biography

Marie-Christine Barrault (born 21 March 1944) is a French actress. She is best known for her performance in Cousin Cousine (1975) for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2010, she released her autobiography, titled This Long Way To Get To You. Marie-Christine Barrault was born in Paris, France, the daughter of Martha (née Valmier) and Max-Henri Barrault. Her parents later divorced. Barrault's father, who worked in the theatre, died while she was a teenager. With no support, her mother was unable to care for her and her brother, Alain. Barrault was raised by her grandmother, Felicite. She was mentored in acting ...

Acting

2014

Toi que j'aimais tant

as Hélène Maupin

2007

Trivial

as Mélanie Bérangère

1994

Bonsoir

as Marie Wileska

2023

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

as Komura's Mother (voice)

1980

1975

2013

Domestic Life

as Nicole

1978

The Medusa Touch

as Patricia

2020

George et Sarah

as George Sand

1993

1986

Vaudeville

as Madeleine

1987

Manuela's Loves

as Manuela

1988

Women in Prison

as La surveillante chef

1969

My Night at Maud's

as Françoise

1993

Crazy Love

as Louise

1988

The Student

as Self (uncredited)

2000

Azzurro

as Elizabeth Broyer

2003

Saint-Germain ou La négociation

as Chaterine de Médicis

1978

Perceval

as La Reine Guenevievre

1999

La Dilettante

as Thérèse Rambert

2006

Passés troubles

as Béatrice

1997

Love, Math and Sex

as La prof de maths

1997

Obsession

as Ella Beckmann

1972

Le sagouin

as Léone

1977

Le Chandelier

as Jacqueline

1986

1984

Swann in Love

as Madame Verdurin

1988

Sanguines

as Nedie

1985

Pianoforte

as La mère de Maria

1985

Pianoforte

as Andrea

2013

The Big Bad Wolf

as La mère

2013

My Name Is Hmmm...

as La grand-mère

1978

1971

Le Misanthrope

as Célimène

1975

John Glückstadt

as Hanna Hansen

1983

1996

Mon père avait raison

as Germaine Bellanger

2014

Sleight of Hand

as Sophie Marescot

1997

Le grand Batre

as Thérèse

1972

Love in the Afternoon

as Dream Sequence

2017

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

1970

Distracted

as Lisa Gastier

1985

A Better Life

as Véronique's mother

1980

My Dearest

as Jeanne Rivière

2004

2024

Oldies But Goodies

as Mme. Courtillet

1996

Tendre piège

as Françoise

1983

Les mots pour le dire

as Eliane Saint-Jean

1985

Power Of Evil

as Sylvie

2025

La maman du bourreau

as Gabrielle de Miremont

2010

1978

The Savage State

as Laurence Laurençon

2016

Twisting Fate

as Jeanne

1974

Le Tour d'Écrou

as Miss Jessel

1988

The Abyss

as Hilzonde

2017

Les brumes du souvenir

as Alice Blondel

1990

Gallant Ladies

as Jacquette de Bourdeille

1972

An Ideal Husband

as Lady Chiltern

1986

L'été 36

as Lise

1972

Menace

as Francoise

2018

All About Mothers

as Jacqueline

1985

1970

Lancelot of the Lake

as Reine Guinevere

2018

Deux gouttes d'eau

as Elisabeth Davout

1988

Adieu, je t'aime

as Nicole Dupré

1989

The Silent Woman

as Marianne

2019

Zénon the Rebel

as Self - Narrator

1983

A Love in Germany

as Maria Wyler

2015

1989

1988

The Lizard King

as Beatrice Aumond

-

L'empreinte de l'ange

as La mère suprême

1981

L'amour trop fort

as Rose-Marie de Boisel

2025

The Ties That Bind Us

as La mère de Sandra et Marianne

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