Macha Méril

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1940-09-03 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]

Macha Méril

Biography

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.

Acting

1967

Belle de Jour

as Renée

1966

The Defector

as Frieda Hoffmann

2021

1964

The Married Woman

as Charlotte

1977

Chinese Roulette

as Traunitz

1981

Beau Pere

as la Maîtresse de maison

1960

1981

Bolero

as Magda Kremer

1983

Deadly Circuit

as Madeleine Beauvoir

1985

Vagabond

as Mme Landier

1995

1975

Late Night Trains

as The Lady on the Train

1974

Chinese In Paris

as Madeleine

1975

Il registratore

as Ms. Collins

1980

Tender Cousins

as Mère de Julien

1962

Adorable Liar

as Sophie

2000

Le sciamane

as Claudia's mother

1986

Follow My Gaze

as La femme à l'ouvre boîte

1992

Fish Soup

as Caterina

1977

2012

Ten Minutes from Naturists

as Suzy Dulac, tante de Patrick

1991

Meeting Venus

as Miss Malikoff

1993

Le Don

as Margherita

1989

La Vouivre

as La rodinet

1996

A Crucial Test

as Catherine

1963

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

as Jacqueline Edwards

1964

1982

1981

2012

Seasons of Love

as Henriette Marcenat

1978

1985

Les Rois du gag

as Jacqueline

1984

Wild Animals

as Sylvia

1982

Le Crime d'amour

as Jeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont

1978

1978

Rock 'n Roll

as Annalisa

2004

Clochemerle

as Baroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche

1968

Wall Engravings

as Jeanne Delaître

2003

Bel-Ami

as Mme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel

1976

Peccatori di provincia

as Vincenzina Lo Curcio

1993

Berlin '39

as Madame Vic

1992

Double Vision

as Mrs. Perfect

1983

For Those I Loved

as Martin's Mother

1985

The Chicks

as Françoise

2023

1991

The Cocottes

as Mme. Rose

1967

Horizon

as Elisa

1979

Le rose di Danzica

as Elvira von Lehner

2024

1962

Love on a Pillow

as Raphaële

1977

Pasión

as Bianca

2016

1991

A Simple Story

as La vedova del Roccella

1998

2006

1977

Ride bene... chi ride ultimo

as principessa Esmeralda Benti Contini

2011

2012

1970

2019

1977

Una donna di seconda mano

as Clelia, la madre di Simona

1998

1983

Le Grand Carnaval

as Mme Armande Labrouche

1986

1975

Deep Red

as Helga Ulmann

1993

L'éternel mari

as Claudia

1963

Sweet and Sour

as La striptisiste

1968

Don't Play with Martians

as Maryvonne Guéguen

1966

Pop Age

as Self

1962

Sign of the Lion

as La Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited)

2003

Belle grand mère, La Trattoria

as Joséphine, dite « Babou »

Production

1969

Pigsty

as Co-Producer

1968

Wall Engravings

as Producer

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