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Jeanne Moreau
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Jeanne Moreau (January 23, 1928 – July 31, 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…
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Jeanne Moreau (January 23, 1928 – July 31, 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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BODY OF WORK
Jeanne Moreau's Filmography
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The Road to Jericho
Bardot
as archive footage
The Life of Mirrors
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Morceaux de Cannes
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
François Truffaut l'insoumis
as Self (archive footage)
L'Habit ne fait pas le moine
as Madeleine
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
as (voice)
Ain't Misbehavin
as Self
A Lady in Paris
as Frida
Lullaby to my Father
as Narrator (voice)
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
Gebo and the Shadow
as Candidinha
The Bardot mystery
A Bad Encounter
as Gaby
Bouquet final
as Marie
Dispositif 47 - The Second Death
as Self (archive footage)
Eleanor's Secret
as Aunt Eléonore (voice)
Visage
as Jeanne
Carmel
as Narrator
Bulles de Vian
as Self
No Poster
Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller
as Self
No Poster
Looking for Truffaut
as Self (archive footage)
Château en Suède
as Agathe Falsen
Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim »
as Self (actrice, rôle de Catherine)
One Day You'll Understand
as Rivka
To Each His Own Cinema
as The old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")
Disengagement
as Françoise
The Deep
as Ruth Warriner
A City Runs Through the Festival
as Self
Roméo et Juliette
as Laurence
Time to Leave
as Laura
Go West
as Novinar
A Cursed Monarchy
as Mahaut d'Artois
The Other Side of Welles
as Self
French Beauty
as Self
Akoibon
as Madame Paule
Ashes and Snow
as French Narrator (voice)
Autogram
as Jeanne Moreau
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
as Self
Hot House
as Léo
Love Actually
as Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)
The Passions of Louis Malle
as Self - Interviewee
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
Cet amour-là
as Marguerite Duras
No Poster
Bride of Trailer Camp
as (archive footage)
Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance
as Anna Shermann
Lisa
as Lisa (old)
Fassbinder's Women
as Self
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
as Self
The Prince's Manuscript
as Alessandra Wolf (Licy)
Balzac: A Life of Passion
as Charlotte-Laure
EverAfter
as Grande Dame
A Witch's Way of Love
as Eglantine
Love & Confusions
as Libra
The Proprietor
as Adrienne Mark
I Love You, I Love You Not
as Nana
Catherine the Great
as Elizabeth
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
as Self
Beyond the Clouds
as Friend
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
as Self (segment "The Deep") (archive footage)
The World of Jacques Demy
as Self
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
as Self (uncredited)
One Hundred and One Nights
as Mr. Cinéma's First Ex-wife
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
as Lili
A Foreign Field
as Angelique
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
as Self (archive footage)
Map of the Human Heart
as Sister Banville
My Name is Victor
as Rose
The Absence
as Writer's Wife
See You Tomorrow
as Tete
La nuit de l'océan
as Hélène Sauveterre
The Lover
as Narrator (voice)
The Suspended Step of the Stork
as The Woman
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
as Lady M
Until the End of the World
as Edith Farber
Anna Karamazoff
as Woman
Filming Under Pressure
as Self
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
as Self
La Femme fardée
as La Doria
Alberto Express
as The Baroness
Au coeur de Nikita
as Self
Nikita
as Armande
No Poster
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
as Self
The Architecture of Doom
as French narrator (voice)
Calling the Shots
as Self
Miracle Healing
as Sabine
Francois Simon the Presence
as Self
No Poster
Agatha Christie’s The Last Seance
as Madame Exe
Sauve-toi, Lola
as Marie-Aude Schneider
The Nonentity
as Barbesitzerin
Vivement Truffaut
as Narrator / Self / Catherine
No Poster
Vicious Circle
as Ines
Lillian Gish
as Self
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
as Self
L'Intoxe
as Marie-Pierre
The Trout
as Lou
Querelle
as Lysiane
The Orson Welles Story
as Self
A Thousand Billion Dollars
as Madame Benoît-Lambert
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
as Lili Marlene
Heat of Desire
as Hélène
The Adolescent
as La narratrice (voice) (uncredited)
The Last Tycoon
as Didi
Mr. Klein
as Florence
Lumière
as Sarah
Hu-Man
as Sylvana
French Provincial
as Berthe
No Poster
Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète
as Self
The Garden That Tilts
as Maria
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
as The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")
Creezy
as Renee Vibert
Going Places
as Jeanne Pirolle
Joanna Francesa
as Joana
No Poster
Omnibus: François Truffaut
as Self
Nathalie Granger
as L'autre femme
Repeated Absences
as La voix de la nostalgie (voice)
Dear Louise
as Louise
Vagabond Humor
as Myriam Bingeot
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
as Self - Host /Interviewer
No Poster
Côté cour, côté champs
as Lady with Little Dog (uncredited)
Alex in Wonderland
as Self
Monte Walsh
as Martine Bernard
Langlois
as Self
Jeanne raconte Jeanne
as Self
Countdown to Vengeance
as Madeleine
Diane's Body
as Diane Vallier
Great Catherine
as Catherine
The Immortal Story
as Virginie Ducrot
Portrait: Orson Welles
as Self
The Bride Wore Black
as Julie Kohler
The Oldest Profession
as Mimi Guillotine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
The Sailor from Gibraltar
as Anna
Mademoiselle
as Mademoiselle
Chimes at Midnight
as Doll Tearsheet
Viva Maria!
as Maria II
Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau
as Self
The Car That Became a Star
as The Marchioness of Frinton (archive footage)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as The Marchioness of Frinton
The Train
as Christine
Diary of a Chambermaid
as Céléstine
Mata Hari, Agent H21
as Mata Hari
The Victors
as French Woman
The Fire Within
as Eva
Bay of Angels
as Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre
Banana Peel
as Cathy / Mme Volney
Eva
as Eva Olivier
The Trial
as Marika Burstner
Jules and Jim
as Catherine
A Woman Is a Woman
as Self (uncredited)
La Notte
as Lidia
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
as Mother Marie of the Incarnation
Seven Days… Seven Nights
as Anne Desbarèdes
Five Branded Women
as Ljuba
No Poster
Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur
as Narrator (voice)
Dangerous Love Affairs
as Juliette Valmont
The 400 Blows
as La Femme avec le chien
The Lovers
as Jeanne Tournier
Three Days to Live
as Jeanne Fortin
Back to the Wall
as Gloria Decrey
Elevator to the Gallows
as Florence Carala
Not Delivered
as Jacqueline Tourieu
The Strange Mr. Steve
as Florence
Demoniac
as Agnès Vanaux
Until the Last One
as Gina
The Wages of Sin
as Angèle Ribot
Hi-Jack Highway
as Alice
M'sieur la Caille
as Fernande
Les Hommes en blanc
as Marianne Déjazet
Queen Margot
as Marguerite de Valois, "La Reine Margot"
The Secrets of the Bed
as Jeanne Plisson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")
The Scheming Women
as Mona Rémi, la femme de Paul
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
as Josy
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
as Julie, la serveuse
Julietta
as Rosie Facibey
Dr. Schweitzer
as Marie Winter
The Man in My Life
as Suzanne Dubreuil
Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés
as La môme Pâquerette
Three Sinners
as Martine Annequin
Last Love
as Michèle