Jeanne Moreau
- Acting
- January 23, 1928 · Paris, France
- July 31, 2017
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Road to Jericho
- Bardot · archive footage
- The Life of Mirrors
- Belmondo: The Incorrigible
- Morceaux de Cannes
- Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret · Self
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool · Self
- André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema · Self
- They'll Love Me When I'm Dead · Self
- Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit · Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
- Baden Baden · Thanks
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles · Self
- François Truffaut l'insoumis · Self
- L'Habit ne fait pas le moine · Madeleine
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded · Voice
- Salvo · Thanks
- Ain't Misbehavin · Self
- A Lady in Paris · Frida
- Lullaby to my Father · Narrator (Voice)
- Close Up · Self
- Gebo and the Shadow · Candidinha
- The Bardot mystery
- Agnès Varda: From Here to There · Self
- A Bad Encounter · Gaby
- Bouquet final · Marie
- Dispositif 47 - The Second Death · Self
- Eleanor's Secret · Aunt Eléonore (Voice)
- Visage · Jeanne
- Carmel · Narrator
- Bulles de Vian · Self
- Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller · Self
- Looking for Truffaut · Self
- Château en Suède · Agathe Falsen
- Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim » · Self
- Sous les vents de Neptune · Josette
- One Day You'll Understand · Rivka
- To Each His Own Cinema · The old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")
- Disengagement · Françoise
- The Deep · Ruth Warriner
- A City Runs Through the Festival · Self
- Roméo et Juliette · Laurence
- The Countess of Castiglione · Principessa Sisi Altieri
- Time to Leave · Laura
- The Accursed Kings · Mahaut d'Artois
- Go West · Novinar, Associate Producer
- A Cursed Monarchy · Mahaut d'Artois
- The Other Side of Welles · Self
- French Beauty · Self
- Akoibon · Madame Paule
- Ashes and Snow · French Narrator (Voice)
- Autogram · Jeanne Moreau
- François Truffaut, une autobiographie · Self
- Hot House · Léo
- Love Actually · Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)
- The Passions of Louis Malle · Self
- The Birch-Tree Meadow · Writer
- Heart of the Festival · Self
- Cet amour-là · Marguerite Duras
- Bride of Trailer Camp · (archive footage)
- Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance · Anna Shermann
- Lisa · Lisa (old), Songs
- Fassbinder's Women · Self
- Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote · Self
- Les Misérables · Mère Innocente
- The Prince's Manuscript · Alessandra Wolf (Licy)
- Balzac: A Life of Passion · Charlotte-Laure
- Balzac · Charlotte-Laure
- Vivement dimanche · Self
- EverAfter · Grande Dame
- Scene by Scene · Self
- A Witch's Way of Love · Eglantine
- Love & Confusions · Libra
- The Proprietor · Adrienne Mark
- I Love You, I Love You Not · Nana
- Catherine the Great · Elizabeth
- The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful · Self
- Beyond the Clouds · Friend
- Orson Welles: The One-Man Band · Self
- The World of Jacques Demy · Self
- To Make a Film Is to Be Alive · Self