Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1940-09-03 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]
Also known As
Macha Meril
Marie-Madeleine Gagarine
Macha Meryl
Маша Мериль
Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina
Macha Méril, born Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina on 3 September 1940, Rabat, Morocco, is a French actress and writer, descended by her father from the Russian princely house Gagarin and by her mother from a Ukrainian noble family. She has appeared in 119 films between 1959 and 2007, including roles in films directed by Jean-Luc Godard (Une femme mariée, 1964), Luis Buñuel (Belle de jour, 1967) and Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Chinese Roulette, 1976). She also played in the Quebec series Lance et Compte. Description above from the Wikipedia article Macha Méril,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
1967
as Renée
1966
as Frieda Hoffmann
2021
as Louise
2012
as Alice Fabre (old)
1964
as Charlotte
1977
as Traunitz
1981
as la Maîtresse de maison
1960
as Yvette
1981
as Magda Kremer
1983
as Madeleine Beauvoir
1985
as Mme Landier
1972
as Françoise
1995
as Self
1975
as The Lady on the Train
2022
1965
as Lizzy
1974
as Madeleine
1975
as Ms. Collins
1980
as Mère de Julien
1962
as Sophie
2000
as Claudia's mother
2022
1986
as La femme à l'ouvre boîte
1992
as Caterina
1977
as Barbara
2012
as Suzy Dulac, tante de Patrick
1991
as Miss Malikoff
1978
1993
as Margherita
1989
as La rodinet
1996
as Catherine
1963
as Jacqueline Edwards
1964
as Caroline
1982
as Luc's mother
1981
as Madeleine
1975
as Anna
2012
as Henriette Marcenat
1976
as baronessa Valeria Lamia
1978
as Agathe
1985
as Jacqueline
1984
as Sylvia
1982
as Jeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont
1978
as Marianne
1978
as Susy
1978
as Annalisa
2004
as Baroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche
1968
as Jeanne Delaître
2003
as Mme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel
2014
as Juliette
1976
as Vincenzina Lo Curcio
1993
as Madame Vic
1994
1992
as Mrs. Perfect
1983
as Martin's Mother
1985
as Françoise
2023
as Self
1991
as Mme. Rose
1967
as Elisa
1979
as Elvira von Lehner
2024
as Simone
1962
as Raphaële
1977
as Bianca
2016
as Béatrice
2017
as Marie
1964
1991
as La vedova del Roccella
1998
as Madame Beauvier
1979
as Macha
2006
as Mamita
1977
as principessa Esmeralda Benti Contini
2003
as Interviewee
2011
as Bettina
2008
2012
as Fanfan Keller
1970
as Leda
2019
as Christine
1977
as Clelia, la madre di Simona
1964
1998
as Babou
1983
as Mme Armande Labrouche
1986
as Anya
1975
as Helga Ulmann
1993
as Claudia
1963
as La striptisiste
1968
as Maryvonne Guéguen
1966
as Self
2020
as Lili
1962
as La Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited)
2003
as Joséphine, dite « Babou »
2018
2024
as Self - Actress
2007
as Évelyne Baylet
1969
as Co-Producer
1968
as Producer
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