Jeanne Moreau
Actor
- Born
- January 23, 1928 · Paris, France
- Died
- July 31, 2017 (age 89)
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.
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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
Love Actually
September 7, 2003
The 400 Blows
June 3, 1959
Nikita
February 21, 1990
EverAfter
July 31, 1998
Jules and Jim
January 23, 1962
The Lover
January 22, 1992
La Notte
January 24, 1961
Elevator to the Gallows
January 29, 1958
The Trial
August 25, 1962
Going Places
March 20, 1974
A Woman Is a Woman
September 6, 1961
The Train
September 24, 1964
Acting186
- 2026The Road to Jericho
- 2025Bardot as archive footage
- 2025The Life of Mirrors
- 2022Belmondo: The Incorrigible
- 2021Morceaux de Cannes
- 2019Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2019Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2019André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2018They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Self (archive footage)
- 2018Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)