Jeanne Moreau
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+ | After 1951 she began appearing in films with small or "bit" parts. By the late 1950s, after making many mainstream films, including several successes, she made ''[[Elevator to the Gallows]]'' with first-time director [[Louis Malle]]. Largely thanks to that film, she went on to work with many of the best known [[French New Wave|New Wave]] and avant garde directors. | ||
+ | After 1959's sexy "[[Les Amants]]" ([[The Lovers]]) the media tagged her as "The New Bardot". | ||
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+ | [[François Truffaut]]'s explosive New Wave film ''[[Jules and Jim|Jules et Jim]]'' (1962), her biggest international success, is centered on her magnetic starring role, and is perhaps her most famous film. She has also appeared with a number of other notable directors such as [[Michelangelo Antonioni]] (''[[La Notte]]'' and ''[[Beyond the Clouds (1995 film)|Beyond the Clouds]]'')', [[Jean-Luc Godard]] (''[[A Woman Is a Woman]]''), [[Orson Welles]] (''[[The Immortal Story]]''), [[Luis Buñuel]] (''[[Diary of a Chambermaid (1964 film)|Diary of a Chambermaid]]''), [[Elia Kazan]] (''[[The Last Tycoon]]''), [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]] (''[[Querelle]]''), and [[Wim Wenders]] (''[[Until the End of the World]]''). | ||
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- | '''Jeanne Moreau''' (born [[January 23]] [[1928]] in [[Paris]], [[France]]) is a French [[actress]], and [[Film director|director]]. | ||
- | Moreau was born in Paris, France to an English (dancer) mother and a French barman on January 23, 1928. She studied at the Conservatoire in Paris. In 1947, she made her theatre debut at the [[festival d'Avignon|Avignon Festival]]. By her twenties, Moreau was already one of France's leading stage actresses at the [[Comédie-Française]]. | + | '''Jeanne Moreau''' (23 January 1928 – 31 July 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director. |
- | After 1951 she began appearing in films with small or "bit" parts. By the late 1950s, after making many mainstream films, including several successes, she made ''[[Elevator to the Gallows]]'' with first-time director [[Louis Malle]]. Largely thanks to that film, she went on to work with many of the best known [[French New Wave|New Wave]] and avant garde directors. | + | Moreau 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, impressing in a [[Fernandel]] vehicle ''[[Meurtres_?|Meurtres?]]'' (''Three Sinners'', 1950), and alongside [[Jean Gabin]] as a showgirl/gangster's moll in the film ''[[Touchez pas au grisbi]]'' (1954). She achieved prominence as the star of ''[[Elevator to the Gallows]]'' (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 into her eighties. |
- | After 1959's sexy "[[Les Amants]]" ([[The Lovers]]) the media tagged her as "The New Bardot". | + | |
- | [[François Truffaut]]'s explosive New Wave film ''[[Jules and Jim|Jules et Jim]]'' (1962), her biggest international success up to date, is centered on her magnetic starring role, and is perhaps her most famous film. She has also appeared with a number of other notable directors such as [[Michelangelo Antonioni]] (''[[La Notte]]'' and ''[[Beyond the Clouds (1995 film)|Beyond the Clouds]]'')', [[Jean-Luc Godard]] (''[[A Woman Is a Woman]]''), [[Orson Welles]] (''[[The Immortal Story]]''), [[Luis Buñuel]] (''[[Diary of a Chambermaid (1964 film)|Diary of a Chambermaid]]''), [[Elia Kazan]] (''[[The Last Tycoon]]''), [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]] (''[[Querelle]]''), and [[Wim Wenders]] (''[[Until the End of the World]]''). | + | ==Selected filmography== |
+ | ===Actress=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! Year | ||
+ | ! Title | ||
+ | ! Role | ||
+ | ! Director | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1950 | ||
+ | | ''[[Meurtres ?]]'' | ||
+ | |Martine Annequin | ||
+ | |{{hs|Pottier}}Richard Pottier | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1952 | ||
+ | | ''[[The Man in My Life (film)|The Man in My Life]]'' | ||
+ | |Suzanne Dubreuil | ||
+ | |{{hs|Lefranc}}[[Guy Lefranc]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|1953 | ||
+ | |''[[Dortoir des grandes]]'' | ||
+ | |Julie | ||
+ | |{{hs|Decoin}}[[Henri Decoin]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Julietta (1953 film)|Julietta]]'' | ||
+ | |Rosie Facibey | ||
+ | |{{hs|Allégret}}[[Marc Allégret]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=3|1954 | ||
+ | |''[[Touchez pas au grisbi]]'' | ||
+ | |Josy | ||
+ | |{{hs|Becker}}[[Jacques Becker]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Les Intrigantes]]'' | ||
+ | |Mona Rémi | ||
+ | |{{hs|Decoin}}Henri Decoin | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[La Reine Margot (1954 film)|La Reine Margot]]'' | ||
+ | |[[Margaret of Valois]] | ||
+ | |{{hs|Dréville}}[[Jean Dréville]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|1958 | ||
+ | |''[[Elevator to the Gallows|Ascenseur pour l'échafaud]]'' | ||
+ | |Florence Carala | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|{{hs|Malle}}[[Louis Malle]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[The Lovers (1958 film)|The Lovers]]'' ''(Les amants)'' | ||
+ | |{{hs|Tournier}}Jeanne Tournier | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|1959 | ||
+ | |''[[Les liaisons dangereuses (movie)|Les liaisons dangereuses]]'' | ||
+ | |Juliette de Merteuil | ||
+ | |{{hs|Vadim}}[[Roger Vadim]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[The 400 Blows]]'' | ||
+ | |(cameo appearance) | ||
+ | |{{hs|Truffaut}}[[François Truffaut]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|1960 | ||
+ | |''[[Dialogue with the Carmelites]]'' | ||
+ | |Mère Marie de l'Incarnation | ||
+ | |{{hs|Agostini}}[[Philippe Agostini]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Seven Days... Seven Nights|Moderato Cantabile]]'' | ||
+ | |Anne Desbarèdes | ||
+ | |{{hs|Brook}}[[Peter Brook]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|1961 | ||
+ | |''[[A Woman Is a Woman]]'' | ||
+ | |(uncredited cameo, discussing ''[[Jules et Jim]]'') | ||
+ | |{{hs|Godard}}[[Jean-Luc Godard]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[La Notte]]'' | ||
+ | |Lidia | ||
+ | |{{hs|Antonioni}}[[Michelangelo Antonioni]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=3|1962 | ||
+ | |''[[The Trial (1962 film)|The Trial]]'' | ||
+ | |Miss Burstner | ||
+ | |{{hs|Welles}}[[Orson Welles]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Jules et Jim]]'' | ||
+ | |Catherine | ||
+ | |{{hs|Truffaut}}François Truffaut | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Eva (1962 film)|Eva]]'' | ||
+ | |Eva Olivier | ||
+ | |{{hs|Losey}}[[Joseph Losey]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=4|1963 | ||
+ | |''[[Peau de banane|Banana Peel]]'' (''Peau de banane'') | ||
+ | |Cathy | ||
+ | |{{hs|Ophüls}}[[Marcel Ophüls]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[The Victors (film)|The Victors]]'' | ||
+ | |the French lady | ||
+ | |{{hs|Foreman}}[[Carl Foreman]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[The Fire Within]]'' (''Le feu follet'') | ||
+ | |Eva | ||
+ | |{{hs|Malle}}Louis Malle | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[La Baie des Anges|Bay of Angels]]'' | ||
+ | |Jacqueline "Jackie" Demaistre | ||
+ | |{{hs|Demy}}[[Jacques Demy]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=4|1964 | ||
+ | |''[[Diary of a Chambermaid (1964 film)|Diary of a Chambermaid]]'' | ||
+ | |Célestine | ||
+ | |{{hs|Buñuel}}[[Luis Buñuel]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[The Train (1964 film)|The Train]]'' | ||
+ | |Christine | ||
+ | |{{hs|Frankenheimer}}[[John Frankenheimer]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[The Yellow Rolls-Royce]]'' | ||
+ | |Eloise, Marchioness of Frinton | ||
+ | |{{hs|Asquith}}[[Anthony Asquith]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Mata Hari, Agent H21]]'' | ||
+ | |[[Mata Hari]] | ||
+ | |{{hs|Richard}}[[Jean-Louis Richard]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|1965 | ||
+ | |''[[Viva Maria!]]'' | ||
+ | |Maria I | ||
+ | |{{hs|Malle}}Louis Malle | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Chimes at Midnight]]'' | ||
+ | |Doll Tearsheet | ||
+ | |{{hs|Welles}}[[Orson Welles]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1966 | ||
+ | |''[[Mademoiselle (1966 film)|Mademoiselle]]'' | ||
+ | |"Mademoiselle" | ||
+ | |{{hs|Richardson}}[[Tony Richardson]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|1967 | ||
+ | |''[[The Oldest Profession (film)|The Oldest Profession (episode "Mademoiselle Mimi")]]'' | ||
+ | |Mimi Guillotine | ||
+ | |{{hs|de Broca}}[[Philippe de Broca]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[The Sailor from Gibraltar]]'' | ||
+ | |Anna | ||
+ | |{{hs|Richardson}}[[Tony Richardson]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=3|1968 | ||
+ | |''[[The Immortal Story]]'' | ||
+ | |Virginie Ducrot | ||
+ | |{{hs|Welles}}Orson Welles | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Great Catherine (film)|Great Catherine]]'' | ||
+ | |Catherine | ||
+ | |{{hs|Flemyng}}Gordon Flemyng | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[The Bride Wore Black]]'' | ||
+ | |Julie Kohler | ||
+ | |{{hs|Truffaut}}François Truffaut | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|1970 | ||
+ | |''[[The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir]]'' | ||
+ | |the singer | ||
+ | |{{hs|Renoir}}[[Jean Renoir]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Monte Walsh (1970)|Monte Walsh]]'' | ||
+ | |Martine Bernard | ||
+ | |{{hs|Fraker}}[[William A. Fraker]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|1972 | ||
+ | |''[[Chère Louise]]'' | ||
+ | |Louise | ||
+ | |{{hs|de Broca}}[[Philippe de Broca]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Nathalie Granger]]'' | ||
+ | |"the other woman" | ||
+ | |{{hs|Duras}}[[Marguerite Duras]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1974 | ||
+ | |''[[Les Valseuses]]'' | ||
+ | |Jeanne Pirolle | ||
+ | |{{hs|Blier}}[[Bertrand Blier]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|1975 | ||
+ | |''[[Joanna Francesa]]'' | ||
+ | |Joanna | ||
+ | |{{hs|Diegues}}[[Cacá Diegues]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Hu-man]]'' | ||
+ | |Sylvana | ||
+ | |{{hs|Laperousaz}}Jérôme Laperrousaz | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|1976 | ||
+ | |''[[The Last Tycoon (1976 film)|The Last Tycoon]]'' | ||
+ | |Didi | ||
+ | |{{hs|Kazan}}[[Elia Kazan]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Monsieur Klein]]'' | ||
+ | |Florence | ||
+ | |{{hs|Losey}}Joseph Losey | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|1982 | ||
+ | |''[[Querelle]]'' | ||
+ | |Lysiane | ||
+ | |{{hs|Fassbinder}}[[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[La Truite]]'' | ||
+ | |Lou | ||
+ | |{{hs|Losey}}Joseph Losey | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1986 | ||
+ | |''[[Le Tiroir secret]]'' (TV [[miniseries]]) | ||
+ | |Vivi | ||
+ | |(different directors) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1987 | ||
+ | |''[[The Miracle (1987 film)|The Miracle]]'' | ||
+ | |Sabine | ||
+ | |{{hs|Mocky}}[[Jean-Pierre Mocky]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|1990 | ||
+ | |''[[Nikita (film)|Nikita]]'' | ||
+ | |Amande | ||
+ | |{{hs|Besson}}[[Luc Besson]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Alberto Express]]'' | ||
+ | |the Baroness | ||
+ | |{{hs|Joffé}}[[Arthur Joffé]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=4|1991 | ||
+ | |''[[Anna Karamazoff]]'' | ||
+ | |the Lady | ||
+ | |{{hs|Khamdamov}}Rustam Khamdamov | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[To meteoro vima tou pelargou]] | ||
+ | |the Lady | ||
+ | |{{hs|Angelopoulos}}[[Theo Angelopoulos]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea]]'' | ||
+ | |Lady M | ||
+ | |{{hs|Heynemann}}Laurent Heynemann | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Until the End of the World]]'' | ||
+ | |Edith Farber | ||
+ | |{{hs|Wenders}}[[Wim Wenders]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1992 | ||
+ | |''[[The Absence (film)|The Absence]]'' | ||
+ | |the writer's wife | ||
+ | |{{hs|Handke}}[[Peter Handke]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=4|1993 | ||
+ | |''[[A Foreign Field]]'' | ||
+ | |Angelique | ||
+ | |{{hs|Sturridge}}[[Charles Sturridge]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Catherine the Great (1995 film)|Catherine the Great]]'' | ||
+ | |[[Elizabeth of Russia|Empress Elizabeth Petrovna]] | ||
+ | |{{hs|Chomsky}}[[Marvin J. Chomsky]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Map of the Human Heart]]'' | ||
+ | |Sister Banville | ||
+ | |{{hs|Ward}}[[Vincent Ward (director)|Vincent Ward]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[The Summer House]]'' | ||
+ | |Lili | ||
+ | |{{hs|Hussein}}Waris Hussein | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1995 | ||
+ | |''[[Beyond the Clouds (1995 film)|Beyond the Clouds]]'' | ||
+ | |a Lady | ||
+ | |{{hs|Antonioni}}Michelangelo Antonioni and Wim Wenders | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|1996 | ||
+ | |''[[The Proprietor]]'' | ||
+ | |Adrienne Mark | ||
+ | |{{hs|Merchant}}[[Ismail Merchant]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[I Love You, I Love You Not]]'' | ||
+ | |Nana | ||
+ | |{{hs|Hopkins}}Billy Hopkins | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |1997 | ||
+ | |''[[Witch Way Love]]'' | ||
+ | |Eglantine | ||
+ | |{{hs|Manzor}}René Manzor | ||
+ | |- | ||
- | Moreau has showcased her unique films and has enjoyed success as a vocalist. She has released several album and once performed with [[Frank Sinatra]] at [[Carnegie Hall]]. | + | |1998 |
+ | |''[[Ever After]]'' | ||
+ | |[[Grande Dame]] | ||
+ | |{{hs|Tennant}}[[Andy Tennant]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2001 | ||
+ | |''[[Cet amour-là]]'' | ||
+ | |[[Marguerite Duras]] | ||
+ | |{{hs|Dayan}}[[Josée Dayan]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|2003 | ||
+ | |''[[Love Actually]]'' | ||
+ | |Lady at Marseilles Airport (cameo) | ||
+ | |{{hs|Curtis}}[[Richard Curtis]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Les parents terribles (2003 film)|Les parents terribles]]'' | ||
+ | |Tante Leo | ||
+ | |{{hs|Dayan}}Josée Dayan | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|2005 | ||
+ | |''[[Le Temps Qui Reste|Time to Leave]]'' | ||
+ | |Laura | ||
+ | |{{hs|Ozon}}[[François Ozon]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Les Rois maudits (miniseries]]'' (TV miniseries) | ||
+ | |[[Mahaut, Countess of Artois]] | ||
+ | |{{hs|Dayan}}Josée Dayan | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2006 | ||
+ | |''[[Romeo and Juliet (2006 film)|Roméo et Juliette]]'' | ||
+ | |Laurence | ||
+ | |{{hs|Desgagnés}}Yves Desgagnés | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2007 | ||
+ | |''[[Désengagement (film)|Désengagement]]'' | ||
+ | |Françoise | ||
+ | |{{hs|Gitai}}[[Amos Gitai]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2009 | ||
+ | |''[[Face (2009 film)|Face]]'' | ||
+ | |Jeanne | ||
+ | |{{hs|Tsai}}[[Ming-liang Tsai]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2012 | ||
+ | |''[[Gebo et l'Ombre]]'' | ||
+ | |Candidinha | ||
+ | |{{hs|de Oliveira}}[[Manoel de Oliveira]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |2012 | ||
+ | |''[[ne estonienne à Paris]]'' | ||
+ | |Frida | ||
+ | |{{hs|Raag}}[[Ilmar Raag]] | ||
+ | |} | ||
- | In addition to acting, Moreau has also worked behind the camera, as a writer, director and producer. | + | ===Director=== |
+ | * ''[[Lumière (film)|Lumière]]'' (1976) | ||
+ | * ''[[The Adolescent (film)|L'Adolescente]]'' (1979) | ||
+ | * ''[[Lillian Gish (TV)|Lillian Gish]]'' (1983, TV documentary) | ||
- | Throughout her life she has maintained friendships with prominent writers such as [[Jean Cocteau]], [[Jean Genet]], [[Henry Miller]], and [[Marguerite Duras]] (an interview with Moreau is included in Duras's book ''Outside: Selected Writings''). | ||
- | [[Orson Welles]] called her "the greatest actress in the world", and to this day she remains one of France's most accomplished and talented actresses.{{GFDL}} | + | {{GFDL}} |
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After 1951 she began appearing in films with small or "bit" parts. By the late 1950s, after making many mainstream films, including several successes, she made Elevator to the Gallows with first-time director Louis Malle. Largely thanks to that film, she went on to work with many of the best known New Wave and avant garde directors. After 1959's sexy "Les Amants" (The Lovers) the media tagged her as "The New Bardot". François Truffaut's explosive New Wave film Jules et Jim (1962), her biggest international success, is centered on her magnetic starring role, and is perhaps her most famous film. She has also appeared with a number of other notable directors such as Michelangelo Antonioni (La Notte and Beyond the Clouds)', Jean-Luc Godard (A Woman Is a Woman), Orson Welles (The Immortal Story), Luis Buñuel (Diary of a Chambermaid), Elia Kazan (The Last Tycoon), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Querelle), and Wim Wenders (Until the End of the World). |
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Jeanne Moreau (23 January 1928 – 31 July 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director.
Moreau 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, impressing in a Fernandel vehicle Meurtres? (Three Sinners, 1950), and alongside Jean Gabin as a showgirl/gangster's moll in the film Touchez pas au grisbi (1954). She achieved prominence as the star of Elevator to the Gallows (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 into her eighties.
Selected filmography
Actress
Director
- Lumière (1976)
- L'Adolescente (1979)
- Lillian Gish (1983, TV documentary)