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Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

Birthday: 1928-01-23 | Place of Birth: Paris, France

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 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

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2013
Ain't Misbehavin

as    Self

2009
Face

as    Jeanne

2009
Looking for Truffaut

as    Self (archive footage)

2008
One Day You'll Understand

as    Rivka

2007
The Deep

as    Ruth Warriner

2006
Roméo et Juliette

as    Laurence

1997
Witch Way Love

as    Eglantine

1997
1995
The World of Jacques Demy

as    Self

1995
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

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

1993
Map of the Human Heart

as    Sister Banville

1992
The Lover

as    Narrator

1991
La Femme Nikita

as    Armande

1991
The Suspended Step of the Stork

as    The Woman

1991
Anna Karamazoff

as    Woman

1989
The Architecture of Doom

as    French narrator (voice)

1983
Querelle

as    Lysiane

1982
A Thousand Billion Dollars

as    Madame Benoît-Lambert

1981
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid

as    Lili Marlene

1976
The Last Tycoon

as    Didi

1975
Hu-Man

as    Sylvana

1974
Going Places

as    Jeanne Pirolle

1973
Nathalie Granger

as    L'autre femme

1973
1970
Monte Walsh

as    Martine Bernard

1968
The Immortal Story

as    Virginie Ducrot

1967
The Oldest Profession

as    Mimi

1965
Viva Maria!

as    Maria II