Jeanne Moreau
Biography
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.
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Movies (47)
The Life of Mirrors
2025
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2019
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2019
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
2018
Baden Baden
Thanks (Crew)
2016
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2014
François Truffaut l'insoumis
as Self (archive footage)
2014
L'Habit ne fait pas le moine
as Madeleine
2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
as (voice)
2013
Salvo
Thanks (Crew)
2013
Ain't Misbehavin
as Self
2013
A Lady in Paris
as Frida
2012
Lullaby to my Father
as Narrator (voice)
2012
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Gebo and the Shadow
as Candidinha
2012
A Bad Encounter
as Gaby
2011
Bouquet final
as Marie
2011
Dispositif 47 - The Second Death
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Eleanor's Secret
as Aunt Eléonore (voice)
2009
Face
as Jeanne
2009
Carmel
as Narrator
2009
Bulles de Vian
as Self
2009
Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller
as Self
2009
Looking for Truffaut
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Château en Suède
as Agathe Falsen
2008
Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim »
as Self (actrice, rôle de Catherine)
2008
Sous les vents de Neptune
as Josette
2008
One Day You'll Understand
as Rivka
2008
To Each His Own Cinema
as The old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")
2007
Disengagement
as Françoise
2007
The Deep
as Ruth Warriner
2007
A City Runs Through the Festival
as Self
2007
Roméo et Juliette
as Laurence
2006
Go West
as Novinar
2005
A Cursed Monarchy
as Mahaut d'Artois
2005
The Other Side of Welles
as Self
2005
French Beauty
as Self
2005
Time to Leave
as Laura
2005
Akoibon
as Madame Paule
2005
Autogram
as Jeanne Moreau
2005
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
as Self
2004
Hot House
as Léo
2003
Love Actually
as Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)
2003
The Passions of Louis Malle
as Self - Interviewee
2003
The Birch-Tree Meadow
Writer (Writing)
2003
Cet amour-là
as Marguerite Duras
2001
