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Jeanne Moreau
Paris, France
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 o…
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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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2026
The Road to Jericho
Movie
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2025
Bardot
Movie archive footage
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2025
The Life of Mirrors
Movie
- 2022
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2021
Morceaux de Cannes
Movie
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2019
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Movie Self - Actress (archive footage)
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2019
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
Movie Self - Actress (archive footage)
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2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Movie Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
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2016
Baden Baden
Movie Thanks
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2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Movie Self - Actress (archive footage)
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2014
François Truffaut l'insoumis
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2013
L'Habit ne fait pas le moine
Movie Madeleine
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2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Movie (voice)
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2013
Salvo
Movie Thanks
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2013
Ain't Misbehavin
Movie Self
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2012
A Lady in Paris
Movie Frida
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2012
Lullaby to my Father
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2012
Close Up
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2012
Gebo and the Shadow
Movie Candidinha
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2012
The Bardot mystery
Movie
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2011
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
TV show Self
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2011
A Bad Encounter
Movie Gaby
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2011
Bouquet final
Movie Marie
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2010
Dispositif 47 - The Second Death
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
Eleanor's Secret
Movie Aunt Eléonore (voice)
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2009
Visage
Movie Jeanne
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2009
Carmel
Movie Narrator
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2009
Bulles de Vian
Movie Self
- 2009
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2009
Looking for Truffaut
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2008
Château en Suède
Movie Agathe Falsen
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2008
Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim »
Movie Self (actrice, rôle de Catherine)
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2008
Sous les vents de Neptune
TV show Josette
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2008
One Day You'll Understand
Movie Rivka
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2007
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie The old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")
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2007
Disengagement
Movie Françoise
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2007
The Deep
Movie Ruth Warriner
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2007
A City Runs Through the Festival
Movie Self
