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Jeanne Moreau

Film Actress / Film Director / Screenwriter / Musician / Film Producer / Stage Actress / Actress | * 01/23/1928 († 89, 07/31/2017) | Paris (France)
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Jeanne Moreau (French pronunciation: [ʒan mɔʁo]; 23 January 1928 – 31 July 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, director, and socialite. She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française. Moreau began playing small roles in films in 1949, later achieving prominence with starring roles in Louis Malle's Elevator to the Gallows (1958), Michelangelo Antonioni's La Notte (1961), and François Truffaut's Jules et Jim (1962). Most prolific during the 1960s, Moreau continued to appear in films into her 80s. Orson Welles called her "the greatest actress in the world". She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Seven Days... Seven Nights (1960), the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for Viva Maria! (1965), and the César Award for Best Actress for The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (1992). She was also the recipient of several lifetime achiev... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Comedies

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In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine. ...

Jules and Jim

NR

1962 | 3.8/5 | 1h 50min
Drama, Romance / Love
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A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government. ...

La Femme Nikita

R

1990 | 3.6/5 | 1h 57min
Action, Thriller
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A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events. ...

Elevator to the Gallows

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1958 | 3.8/5 | 1h 31min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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A shallow, provincial wife finds her relationship with her preoccupied husband strained by romantic notions of love, leading her further towards Paris and the country wilderness. ...

The Lovers

Certification unknown

1958 | 3.3/5 | 1h 30min
Romance / Love, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Jeanne Moreau

Officer of The Legion of Honour Grand Officer of The National Order of Merit Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎ Donostia Award Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Actress 2x Honorary César BAFTA Fellowship European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Molière Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Supporting Actress 2x César Award for Best Actress BAFTA Fellowship Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song
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Movies with Jeanne Moreau as Actress(156)

as Self - Actress (archive footage)2019 André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)2018 Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
as Self (archive footage)2018 They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self - Actress (archive footage)2014 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self (archive footage)2014 François Truffaut l'insoumis
as herself2013 Ain't Misbehavin
as Madeleine2013 L'Habit ne fait pas le moine
as Candidinha2012 Gebo and the Shadow
as Narrator (voice)2012 Lullaby to my Father
as Frida2012 A Lady in Paris
as Marie2011 Bouquet final
as Gaby2011 A Bad Encounter
2010 Dispositif 47 - The Second Death
as Jeanne2009 Face
as herself2009 Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller
as herself2009 Bulles de Vian
as Self (archive footage)2009 Looking for Truffaut
2009 Carmel
as Aunt Eléonore (voice)2009 Eleanor's Secret
as Rivka2008 One Day You'll Understand
as Agathe Falsen2008 Château en Suède
as Françoise2007 Disengagement
as The old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")2007 To Each His Own Cinema
2007 A City Runs Through the Festival
as as Ruth Warriner2007 The Deep
as Laurence2006 Roméo et Juliette
as Laura2005 Time to Leave
as Novinar2005 Go West
as herself2005 The Other Side of Welles
as Mahaut d'Artois2005 A Cursed Monarchy
as Madame Paule2005 Akoibon
as herself2004 François Truffaut, une autobiographie
as Léo2003 Hot House
as Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)2003 Love Actually
as Lisa (old)2001 Lisa
as Marguerite Duras2001 Cet amour-là
2001 Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance
as Alessandra Wolf (Licy)2000 The Prince's Manuscript
as herself2000 Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
as Charlotte-Laure1999 Balzac: A Life Of Passion
as Grande Dame1998 EverAfter
as Libra1997 Love & Confusions
as Eglantine1997 Witch Way Love
as Nana1996 I Love You, I Love You Not
as Elizabeth1996 Catherine the Great
as Adrienne Mark1996 The Proprietor
as Friend1995 Beyond the Clouds
as herself1995 The World of Jacques Demy
as Self (segment "The Deep") (archive footage)1995 Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
as La première ex-épouse de M. Cinéma1995 One Hundred and One Nights
as Lili1993 The Summer House
as Angelique1993 A Foreign Field
as Rose1993 Je m'appelle Victor
as Self (archive footage)1993 François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
as Sister Banville1993 Map of the Human Heart
as Writer's Wife1992 The Absence
as Narrator1992 The Lover
as Hélène Sauveterre1992 La nuit de l'océan
as Tete1992 See You Tomorrow
as The Woman1991 The Suspended Step of the Stork
as Woman1991 Anna Karamazoff
as Edith Farber1991 Until the End of the World
as Lady M1991 The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
as Armande1990 La Femme Nikita
1990 Alberto Express
as herself1990 With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
as La Doria1990 La Femme fardée
as French narrator (voice)1989 The Architecture of Doom
as herself1988 Calling the Shots
as Sabine1987 Miracle Healing
as Barbesitzerin1986 The Nonentity
as herself1986 Francois Simon the Presence
as Marie-Aude Schneider1986 Sauve-toi, Lola
as Ines1985 Vicious Circle
as Récitante / Narrator / Self / Catherine1985 Vivement Truffaut
as herself1983 Lillian Gish
as herself1983 The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
as Lou1982 The Trout
as Madame Benoît-Lambert1982 A Thousand Billion Dollars
as Lysiane1982 Querelle
as Lili Marlene1981 Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
as Hélène1981 Heat of Desire
as La narratrice (voice) (uncredited)1979 The Adolescent
as Florence Klein1976 Mr. Klein
as Sarah1976 Lumière
as Didi1976 The Last Tycoon
as Berthe1975 French Provincial
1975 Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète
as Sylvana1975 Hu-Man
as Maria1975 The Garden That Tilts
as Renee Vibert1974 Creezy
as The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")1974 The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
as Jeanne Pirolle1974 Going Places
as herself1973 Omnibus: François Truffaut
as L'autre femme1973 Nathalie Granger
1973 Joanna Francesa
as Myriam Bingeot1972 L'Humeur vagabonde
1972 Dear Louise
as La voix de la nostalgie (voice)1972 Repeated Absences
as Madeleine1970 Countdown to Vengeance
as Martine Bernard1970 Monte Walsh
as herself1970 Alex in Wonderland
as herself1970 Langlois
as Diane Vallier1969 Le corps de Diane
as Julie Kohler1968 The Bride Wore Black
as Virginie Ducrot1968 The Immortal Story
as Catherine1968 Great Catherine
as herself1968 Portrait: Orson Welles
as Anna1967 The Sailor from Gibraltar
as Mimi1967 The Oldest Profession
as Mademoiselle1966 Mademoiselle
as Maria II1965 Viva Maria!
as Doll Tearsheet1965 Chimes at Midnight
as The Marchioness of Frinton (archiveFootage)1965 The Car That Became a Star
as The Marchioness of Frinton1964 The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Mata Hari1964 Mata Hari, Agent H21
as Christine1964 The Train
as Céléstine1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
as Cathy / Mme Volney1963 Banana Peel
as French Woman1963 The Victors
as Eva1963 The Fire Within
as Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre1963 Bay of Angels
as Marika Burstner1962 The Trial
as Catherine1962 Jules and Jim
as Eva Olivier1962 Eva
as Woman in Bar (uncredited)1961 A Woman Is a Woman
as Lidia1961 La Notte
as Mère Marie de l'Incarnation1960 Dialogue with the Carmelites
as Anne Desbarèdes1960 Seven Days… Seven Nights
as Ljuba1960 Five Branded Women
as Narrator (voice)1960 Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur
as Juliette Valmont1959 Dangerous Liaisons
as Woman with Dog1959 The 400 Blows
as Jeanne Fortin1958 Three Days to Live
as Florence Carala1958 Elevator to the Gallows
as Jeanne Tournier1958 The Lovers
as Jacqueline Tourieu1958 Not Delivered
as Gloria Decrey1958 Back to the Wall
as Gina1957 Until the Last One
as Agnès Vanaux1957 Demoniac
as Florence1957 L'Étrange Monsieur Steve
as Angèle Ribot1956 The Wages of Sin
as Marianne Déjazet1955 Les Hommes en blanc
as Alice1955 Hi-Jack Highway
as Fernande1955 M'sieur la Caille
as Marguerite de Valois, "La Reine Margot"1954 Queen Margot
as Jeanne Plisson1954 The Secrets of the Bed
as Mona Rémi, la femme de Paul1954 The Scheming Women
as Josy1954 Touchez Pas au Grisbi
as Julie, la serveuse1953 Inside a Girls' Dormitory
as Rosie Facibey1953 Julietta
as Suzanne Dubreuil1952 The Man in My Life
as Marie Winter1952 Dr. Schweitzer
as Martine Annequin1950 Three Sinners
as La môme Pâquerette1950 Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés
as Michèle1949 Last Love

TV Shows/Series with Jeanne Moreau as Actress(23)

as herself2011 Agnès Varda: From Here to There
as Principessa Sisi Altieri2006 The Countess of Castiglione
as Mère Innocente2000 Les Misérables
as herself1998 Vivement dimanche
as herself1997 Scene by Scene
as Récitante1995 Belle Époque
as herself1994 Inside the Actors Studio
as herself1990 Stars 90
as Angelique1989 Screen One
as herself1987 Sacrée soirée
as herself1987 Nulle part ailleurs
as Vivi1986 Le Tiroir secret
as herself1977 Auf los geht's los
as herself1975 Apostrophes
as herself1975 Midi Première
as herself1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as herself1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as herself1972 Midi trente
as herself1972 Le Grand Échiquier
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as herself1965 Dim Dam Dom
as herself1959 Discorama
as herself1956 Cinépanorama

Movies with Jeanne Moreau as Crew(10)

Crew/Thanks2013 Salvo
Production/Associate Producer2005 Go West
Writing/Writer2003 The Birch-Tree Meadow
Directing/Director1983 Lillian Gish
Production/Producer1983 Lillian Gish
Directing/Director1979 The Adolescent
Writing/Writer1979 The Adolescent
Directing/Director1976 Lumière
Writing/Writer1976 Lumière
Crew/Thanks1959 The 400 Blows

Full Name: Jeanne Moreau
Citizenship: France
Born: Monday, 01/23 1928 (January) in Paris (France)
Died: Monday, 07/31 2017 (July) in 8th arrondissement of Paris (aged: 89)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: French (FR, native language)
Educated at: Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique
Member of: Académie des beaux-arts
Spouses (current/former): Jean-Louis Richard, William Friedkin
Student of: Denis d'Inès
Other names for Jeanne Moreau (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"잔느 모로"
Jeanne Moreau frequently works together with these people:
Orson Welles (24x, Actor)
François Truffaut (18x, Crew)
Amos Gitai (15x, Crew)
Johnny Hallyday (12x, Actor)
Catherine Deneuve (11x, Actress)
Serge Gainsbourg (11x, Actor)
Alain Delon (10x, Actor)
Mireille Mathieu (10x, Actress)
Guy Bedos (10x, Actor)
Josée Dayan (10x, Crew)
Michel Sardou (10x, Actor)
Jean-Pierre Léaud (9x, Actor)
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