Jeanne Moreau

Known For: Acting
Born: January 23, 1928
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Died: July 31, 2017

Jeanne Moreau

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.

Filmography

Bardot

2025 · archive footage

The Life of Mirrors

2025

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

2022

Morceaux de Cannes

2021

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

2019 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

2019 · Self - Actress (archive footage)

André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema

2019 · Self - Actress (archive footage)

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018 · Self (archive footage)

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

2018 · Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

Baden Baden

2016 · Thanks

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014 · Self - Actress (archive footage)

François Truffaut l'insoumis

2014 · Self (archive footage)

L'Habit ne fait pas le moine

2013 · Madeleine

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013 · (voice)

Salvo

2013 · Thanks

Ain't Misbehavin

Ain't Misbehavin

2013 · Self

A Lady in Paris

2012 · Frida

Lullaby to my Father

2012 · Narrator (voice)

Close Up

2012 · Self (archive footage)

Gebo and the Shadow

2012 · Candidinha

The Bardot mystery

2012

Agnès Varda: From Here to There

2011 · Self

A Bad Encounter

2011 · Gaby

Bouquet final

2011 · Marie

Dispositif 47 - The Second Death

2010 · Self (archive footage)

Eleanor's Secret

2009 · Aunt Eléonore (voice)

Visage

2009 · Jeanne

Carmel

2009 · Narrator

Bulles de Vian

2009 · Self

Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller

Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller

2009 · Self

Looking for Truffaut

Looking for Truffaut

2009 · Self (archive footage)

Château en Suède

2008 · Agathe Falsen

Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim »

2008 · Self (actrice, rôle de Catherine)

Sous les vents de Neptune

2008 · Josette

One Day You'll Understand

2008 · Rivka

To Each His Own Cinema

2007 · The old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")

Disengagement

2007 · Françoise

The Deep

2007 · Ruth Warriner

A City Runs Through the Festival

2007 · Self

Roméo et Juliette

2006 · Laurence

The Countess of Castiglione

2006 · Principessa Sisi Altieri

The Accursed Kings

2005 · Mahaut d'Artois

Go West

2005 · Novinar, Associate Producer

A Cursed Monarchy

2005 · Mahaut d'Artois

The Other Side of Welles

2005 · Self

French Beauty

2005 · Self

Time to Leave

2005 · Laura

Akoibon

2005 · Madame Paule

Ashes and Snow

2005 · French Narrator (voice)

Autogram

2005 · Jeanne Moreau

François Truffaut, une autobiographie

2004 · Self

Hot House

2003 · Léo

Love Actually

2003 · Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)

The Passions of Louis Malle

2003 · Self - Interviewee

The Birch-Tree Meadow

2003 · Writer

Heart of the Festival

2002 · Self (archive footage)

Cet amour-là

2001 · Marguerite Duras

Bride of Trailer Camp

Bride of Trailer Camp

2001 · (archive footage)

Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance

2001 · Anna Shermann

Lisa

2001 · Lisa (old), Songs

Fassbinder's Women

2000 · Self

Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote

2000 · Self

Les Misérables

2000 · Mère Innocente

The Prince's Manuscript

2000 · Alessandra Wolf (Licy)

Balzac: A Life of Passion

1999 · Charlotte-Laure

Balzac

1999 · Charlotte-Laure

Vivement dimanche

1998 · Self

EverAfter

1998 · Grande Dame

Scene by Scene

1997 · Self

A Witch's Way of Love

1997 · Eglantine

Love & Confusions

1997 · Libra

The Proprietor

1996 · Adrienne Mark

I Love You, I Love You Not

1996 · Nana

Catherine the Great

1996 · Elizabeth

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

1996 · Self

Beyond the Clouds

1995 · Friend

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

1995 · Self (segment "The Deep") (archive footage)

The World of Jacques Demy

1995 · Self

To Make a Film Is to Be Alive

1995 · Self (uncredited)

One Hundred and One Nights

1995 · Mr. Cinéma's First Ex-wife

Belle Époque

1995 · Récitante

Inside the Actors Studio

1994 · Self - Guest

The Clothes in the Wardrobe

1993 · Lili

A Foreign Field

1993 · Angelique

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

1993 · Self (archive footage)

Map of the Human Heart

1993 · Sister Banville

My Name is Victor

1993 · Rose

The Absence

1993 · Writer's Wife

See You Tomorrow

1992 · Tete

La nuit de l'océan

1992 · Hélène Sauveterre

The Lover

1992 · Narrator (voice)

The Suspended Step of the Stork

1991 · The Woman

The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea

1991 · Lady M

Until the End of the World

1991 · Edith Farber

Anna Karamazoff

1991 · Woman

Filming Under Pressure

1991 · Self

Wim Wenders in Tokyo

1990 · Self

La Femme fardée

1990 · La Doria

Alberto Express

1990 · The Baroness

Stars 90

1990 · Self

Au coeur de Nikita

1990 · Self

Nikita

1990 · Armande

With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

1990 · Self

The Architecture of Doom

1989 · French narrator (voice)

Screen One

1989 · Angelique

Calling the Shots

1988 · Self

Sacrée soirée

1987 · Self

Nulle part ailleurs

1987 · Self

Miracle Healing

1987 · Sabine

Le Tiroir secret

1986 · Vivi

Francois Simon the Presence

1986 · Self

Agatha Christie’s The Last Seance

Agatha Christie’s The Last Seance

1986 · Madame Exe

Sauve-toi, Lola

1986 · Marie-Aude Schneider

The Nonentity

1986 · Barbesitzerin

Vivement Truffaut

1985 · Narrator / Self / Catherine

Vicious Circle

1985 · Ines

Screen Two

1985 · Lili

Lillian Gish

1984 · Self, Producer, Director

The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel

1984 · Self

L'Intoxe

1983 · Marie-Pierre

The Trout

1982 · Lou

Querelle

1982 · Lysiane

The Orson Welles Story

1982 · Self

A Thousand Billion Dollars

1982 · Madame Benoît-Lambert

Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid

1981 · Lili Marlene

Heat of Desire

1981 · Hélène

The Adolescent

1979 · La narratrice (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer

Auf los geht's los

1977 · Self

The Last Tycoon

1976 · Didi

Mr. Klein

1976 · Florence

Cérémonie des César

1976 · Self - President

Lumière

1976 · Sarah, Director, Writer

Hu-Man

1975 · Sylvana

French Provincial

1975 · Berthe

Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète

Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète

1975 · Self

The Garden That Tilts

1975 · Maria

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975 · Self

Apostrophes

1975 · Self

Midi Première

1975 · Self

Spécial cinéma

1974 · Self

The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir

1974 · The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")

Creezy

1974 · Renee Vibert

Going Places

1974 · Jeanne Pirolle

Joanna Francesa

1973 · Joana

Omnibus: François Truffaut

Omnibus: François Truffaut

1973 · Self

Nathalie Granger

1973 · L'autre femme

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973 · Self

Repeated Absences

1972 · La voix de la nostalgie (voice)

Dear Louise

1972 · Louise

Vagabond Humor

1972 · Myriam Bingeot

Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !

1972 · Self - Host /Interviewer

Midi trente

1972 · Self

Le Grand Échiquier

1972 · Self

Côté cour, côté champs

Côté cour, côté champs

1971 · Lady with Little Dog (uncredited)

Alex in Wonderland

1970 · Self

Monte Walsh

1970 · Martine Bernard

Langlois

1970 · Self

Jeanne raconte Jeanne

1970 · Self

Countdown to Vengeance

1970 · Madeleine

Diane's Body

1969 · Diane Vallier

Great Catherine

1968 · Catherine

The Immortal Story

1968 · Virginie Ducrot

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

Portrait d'Orson Welles

1968 · Self

The Bride Wore Black

1968 · Julie Kohler

The Oldest Profession

1967 · Mimi Guillotine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")

The Sailor from Gibraltar

1967 · Anna

Mademoiselle

1966 · Mademoiselle

Chimes at Midnight

1965 · Doll Tearsheet

Viva Maria!

1965 · Maria II

Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau

1965 · Self

Dim Dam Dom

1965 · Self

The Car That Became a Star

1965 · The Marchioness of Frinton (archive footage)

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964 · The Marchioness of Frinton

The Train

1964 · Christine

Diary of a Chambermaid

1964 · Céléstine

Mata Hari, Agent H21

1964 · Mata Hari

The Victors

1963 · French Woman

The Fire Within

1963 · Eva

Bay of Angels

1963 · Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre

Banana Peel

1963 · Cathy / Mme Volney

Eva

1962 · Eva Olivier

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

The Trial

1962 · Marika Burstner

Jules and Jim

1962 · Catherine

A Woman Is a Woman

1961 · Self (uncredited)

La Notte

1961 · Lidia

The Dialogue of the Carmelites

1960 · Mother Marie of the Incarnation

Seven Days… Seven Nights

1960 · Anne Desbarèdes

Five Branded Women

1960 · Ljuba

Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur

Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur

1960 · Narrator (voice)

Dangerous Love Affairs

1959 · Juliette Valmont

The 400 Blows

1959 · La Femme avec le chien, Thanks

Discorama

1959 · Self

The Lovers

1958 · Jeanne Tournier

Three Days to Live

1958 · Jeanne Fortin

Back to the Wall

1958 · Gloria Decrey

Elevator to the Gallows

1958 · Florence Carala

Not Delivered

1958 · Jacqueline Tourieu

The Strange Mr. Steve

1957 · Florence

Demoniac

1957 · Agnès Vanaux

Until the Last One

1957 · Gina

The Wages of Sin

1956 · Angèle Ribot

Cinépanorama

1956 · Self

Hi-Jack Highway

1955 · Alice

M'sieur la Caille

1955 · Fernande

Les Hommes en blanc

1955 · Marianne Déjazet

Queen Margot

1954 · Marguerite de Valois, "La Reine Margot"

The Secrets of the Bed

1954 · Jeanne Plisson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")

The Scheming Women

1954 · Mona Rémi, la femme de Paul

Reflets de Cannes

1954 · Self

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

1954 · Josy

Inside a Girls' Dormitory

1953 · Julie, la serveuse

Julietta

1953 · Rosie Facibey

The Oscars

1953 · Self

Dr. Schweitzer

1952 · Marie Winter

The Man in My Life

1952 · Suzanne Dubreuil

Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés

1950 · La môme Pâquerette

Three Sinners

1950 · Martine Annequin

Last Love

1949 · Michèle

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