Jeanne Moreau

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.

Filmografi

Love Actually2003 · Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)The Lover1992 · Narrator (voice)The 400 Blows1959 · La Femme avec le chienEverAfter1998 · Grande DameGoing Places1974 · Jeanne PirolleThe Absence1993 · Writer's WifeBouquet final2011 · MarieNikita1990 · ArmandeMr. Klein1976 · FlorenceViva Maria!1965 · Maria IIVicious Circle1985 · InesElevator to the Gallows1958 · Florence CaralaNathalie Granger1973 · L'autre femmeLisa2001 · Lisa (old)Ain't Misbehavin2013 · SelfLillian Gish1984 · SelfLanglois1970 · SelfJules and Jim1962 · CatherineThe Trial1962 · Marika BurstnerThe Architecture of Doom1989 · French narrator (voice)Repeated Absences1972 · La voix de la nostalgie (voice)Visage2009 · JeanneBardot2025 · archive footageCarmel2009 · Narrator