Jean Seberg
Biography
Jean Dorothy Seberg (November 13, 1938 – August 30, 1979) was an American actress who lived half her life in France. She appeared in 34 films in Hollywood and in Europe, including Saint Joan, Bonjour Tristesse, Breathless, Lilith, The Mouse That Roared, Moment to Moment, A Fine Madness, Paint Your Wagon, Airport, Macho Callahan, and Gang War in Naples. She was also one of the best-known targets of the FBI COINTELPRO project. Her targeting was a well-documented retaliation for her support of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s. Seberg died at the age of 40 in Paris, with police ruling her death a probable suicide. Romain Gary, Seberg's second husband, called a press conference shortly after her death where he publicly blamed the FBI's campaign against Seberg for her deteriorating mental health. Gary claimed that Seberg "became psychotic" after the media reported a false story that the FBI planted about her becoming pregnant with a Black Panther's child in 1970. Romain Gary stated that Seberg had repeatedly attempted suicide on the anniversary of the child's death, August 25.
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Movies (45)
Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
2019
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Jean Seberg: American Actress
as Self (archive footage)
1997
From the Journals of Jean Seberg
as Self (archive footage)
1995
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
1991
The Blue of the Origins
1979
The Wild Duck
as Gina Ekdal, seine Frau
1976
The Big Delirium
as Emily
1975
White Horses of Summer
as Lea Kingsburg
1975
Les Hautes solitudes
1974
Ballad for Billy the Kid
as The Star
1974
Mousey
as Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson
1974
The Corruption of Chris Miller
as Ruth Miller
1973
The Assassination
as Edith Lemoine
1972
Camorra
as Luisa
1972
This Kind of Love
as Giovanna
1972
Kill!
as Emily Hamilton
1971
Macho Callahan
as Alexandra Mountford
1971
Dead of Summer
as Joyce Grasse
1970
Airport
as Tanya Livingston
1970
Paint Your Wagon
as Elizabeth Woodling
1969
Pendulum
as Adele Matthews
1969
No Name City
as Self
1969
Birds in Peru
as Adriana
1968
The Road to Corinth
as Shanny
1967
The Looters
as Colleen O'Hara
1967
A Fine Madness
as Lydia West
1966
Line of Demarcation
as Mary de Damville
1966
Moment to Moment
as Kay Stanton
1966
Diamonds Are Brittle
as Bettina Ralton
1965
Lilith
as Lilith Arthur
1964
Backfire
as Olga Celan
1964
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
as Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")
1964
Le Grand Escroc
as Patricia
1964
In the French Style
as Christina James
1963
Eruption
as Annette
1962
Five Day Lover
as Claire
1961
Playtime
as Kate Hoover
1961
Time Out for Love
as Ann
1961
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Barbara Holloway
1960
Breathless
as Patricia Franchini
1960
The Mouse That Roared
as Helen Kokintz
1959
Bonjour Tristesse
as Cecile
1958
Saint Joan
as St. Joan of Arc
1957
