Jeanne Moreau

ActorCrewProductionWriterSound Jan 23 (died age 89) Paris, France 1949–2025 (76 year career)

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Biography

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 1960…

Known For

Film

Love Actually

Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)

Film

The 400 Blows

La Femme avec le chien

Film

Nikita

Armande

Film

EverAfter

Grande Dame

Film

Jules and Jim

Catherine

Film

La Notte

Lidia

Film

Elevator to the Gallows

Florence Carala

Film

The Trial

Marika Burstner

Filmography

Acting (210)

Movies (180)

The Life of Mirrors

2025

André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema

2019

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

7.0

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

2019

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

7.2

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

2019

6.8

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

2018

as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

7.0

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

6.5

François Truffaut l'insoumis

2014

as Self (archive footage)

5.7

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

as (voice)

Ain't Misbehavin

as Self

L'Habit ne fait pas le moine

as Madeleine

A Lady in Paris

as Frida

Lullaby to my Father

as Narrator (voice)

Close Up

as Self (archive footage)

Gebo and the Shadow

as Candidinha

Bouquet final

as Marie

A Bad Encounter

as Gaby

Dispositif 47 - The Second Death

2010

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Eleanor's Secret

2009

as Aunt Eléonore (voice)

6.8

Bulles de Vian

2009

as Self

5.0

Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller

2009

as Self

Visage

as Jeanne

Carmel

as Narrator

Looking for Truffaut

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim »

2008

as Self (actrice, rôle de Catherine)

Château en Suède

2008

as Agathe Falsen

One Day You'll Understand

2008

as Rivka

5.8

Sous les vents de Neptune

2008

as Josette

8.0

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

as The old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")

6.5

A City Runs Through the Festival

as Self

Disengagement

as Françoise

Roméo et Juliette

as Laurence

French Beauty

as Self

Akoibon

as Madame Paule

Go West

as Novinar

Time to Leave

as Laura

A Cursed Monarchy

as Mahaut d'Artois

The Other Side of Welles

2005

as Self

Autogram

2005

as Jeanne Moreau

François Truffaut, une autobiographie

2004

as Self

6.2

Love Actually

2003

as Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)

7.1

Hot House

2003

as Léo

4.0

The Passions of Louis Malle

2003

as Self - Interviewee

Heart of the Festival

2002

as Self (archive footage)

4.0

Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance

2001

as Anna Shermann

Lisa

2001

as Lisa (old)

3.2

Bride of Trailer Camp

2001

as (archive footage)

Cet amour-là

2001

as Marguerite Duras

6.5

Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote

as Self

Fassbinder's Women

as Self

The Prince's Manuscript

2000

as Alessandra Wolf (Licy)

8.2

Balzac: A Life of Passion

as Charlotte-Laure

EverAfter

as Grande Dame

A Witch's Way of Love

as Eglantine

Love & Confusions

as Libra

Catherine the Great

as Elizabeth

I Love You, I Love You Not

as Nana

The Proprietor

as Adrienne Mark

Beyond the Clouds

as Friend

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

1995

as Self (segment "The Deep") (archive footage)

6.4

One Hundred and One Nights

1995

as Mr. Cinéma's First Ex-wife

6.0

The World of Jacques Demy

1995

as Self

6.8

To Make a Film Is to Be Alive

1995

as Self (uncredited)

A Foreign Field

1993

as Angelique

The Clothes in the Wardrobe

1993

as Lili

5.6

Map of the Human Heart

1993

as Sister Banville

6.2

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

1993

as Self (archive footage)

The Absence

as Writer's Wife

My Name is Victor

as Rose

The Lover

1992

as Narrator (voice)

7.0

See You Tomorrow

1992

as Tete

La nuit de l'océan

1992

as Hélène Sauveterre

Until the End of the World

1991

as Edith Farber

6.8

Filming Under Pressure

1991

as Self

The Suspended Step of the Stork

1991

as The Woman

6.8

The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea

as Lady M

Anna Karamazoff

as Woman

Nikita

as Armande

Wim Wenders in Tokyo

as Self

With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

1990

as Self

Au coeur de Nikita

1990

as Self

Alberto Express

1990

as The Baroness

La Femme fardée

1990

as La Doria

5.8

The Architecture of Doom

1989

as French narrator (voice)

7.2

Calling the Shots

1988

as Self

Miracle Healing

1987

as Sabine

5.3

Francois Simon the Presence

1986

as Self

Agatha Christie’s The Last Seance

1986

as Madame Exe

The Nonentity

1986

as Barbesitzerin

6.0

Sauve-toi, Lola

1986

as Marie-Aude Schneider

Vicious Circle

1985

as Ines

Vivement Truffaut

1985

as Narrator / Self / Catherine

6.0

Lillian Gish

1984

as Self

6.5

The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel

1984

as Self

7.0

L'Intoxe

1983

as Marie-Pierre

The Orson Welles Story

as Self

The Trout

as Lou

Querelle

as Lysiane

A Thousand Billion Dollars

1982

as Madame Benoît-Lambert

7.0

Heat of Desire

1981

as Hélène

5.1

Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid

1981

as Lili Marlene

4.4

The Adolescent

1979

as La narratrice (voice) (uncredited)

Mr. Klein

as Florence

The Last Tycoon

as Didi

Lumière

as Sarah

Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète

1975

as Self

French Provincial

as Berthe

Hu-Man

as Sylvana

The Garden That Tilts

as Maria

Going Places

as Jeanne Pirolle

The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir

1974

as The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")

Creezy

as Renee Vibert

Nathalie Granger

as L'autre femme

Omnibus: François Truffaut

1973

as Self

Joanna Francesa

as Joana

Dear Louise

as Louise

Repeated Absences

as La voix de la nostalgie (voice)

4.3

Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !

1972

as Self - Host /Interviewer

Vagabond Humor

1972

as Myriam Bingeot

2.0

Côté cour, côté champs

1971

as Lady with Little Dog (uncredited)

Monte Walsh

as Martine Bernard

Langlois

as Self

Countdown to Vengeance

1970

as Madeleine

5.7

The Deep

1970

as Ruth Warriner

Alex in Wonderland

1970

as Self

5.5

Jeanne raconte Jeanne

1970

as Self

Diane's Body

as Diane Vallier

The Bride Wore Black

as Julie Kohler

Great Catherine

as Catherine

The Immortal Story

as Virginie Ducrot

Portrait: Orson Welles

1968

as Self

5.8

The Oldest Profession

1967

as Mimi Guillotine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")

4.9

The Sailor from Gibraltar

as Anna

Mademoiselle

as Mademoiselle

Chimes at Midnight

as Doll Tearsheet

Viva Maria!

as Maria II

Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau

1965

as Self

The Car That Became a Star

1965

as The Marchioness of Frinton (archive footage)

6.0

The Train

1964

as Christine

7.6

Diary of a Chambermaid

as Céléstine

Mata Hari, Agent H21

as Mata Hari

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964

as The Marchioness of Frinton

6.1

Bay of Angels

1963

as Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre

The Fire Within

as Eva

The Victors

as French Woman

Banana Peel

as Cathy / Mme Volney

The Trial

as Marika Burstner

Jules and Jim

as Catherine

Eva

as Eva Olivier

La Notte

as Lidia

A Woman Is a Woman

as Self (uncredited)

Five Branded Women

as Ljuba

Seven Days… Seven Nights

1960

as Anne Desbarèdes

6.2

The Dialogue of the Carmelites

1960

as Mother Marie of the Incarnation

6.7

Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur

1960

as Narrator (voice)

The 400 Blows

1959

as La Femme avec le chien

8.0

Dangerous Love Affairs

as Juliette Valmont

Back to the Wall

as Gloria Decrey

Elevator to the Gallows

as Florence Carala

The Lovers

as Jeanne Tournier

Not Delivered

as Jacqueline Tourieu

Three Days to Live

as Jeanne Fortin

Demoniac

as Agnès Vanaux

The Strange Mr. Steve

as Florence

Until the Last One

as Gina

The Wages of Sin

as Angèle Ribot

Hi-Jack Highway

as Alice

M'sieur la Caille

as Fernande

Les Hommes en blanc

as Marianne Déjazet

The Scheming Women

1954

as Mona Rémi, la femme de Paul

5.0

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

1954

as Josy

7.2

Queen Margot

1954

as Marguerite de Valois, "La Reine Margot"

6.9

The Secrets of the Bed

1954

as Jeanne Plisson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")

2.7

Inside a Girls' Dormitory

1953

as Julie, la serveuse

Julietta

as Rosie Facibey

Dr. Schweitzer

as Marie Winter

The Man in My Life

as Suzanne Dubreuil

Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés

1950

as La môme Pâquerette

Three Sinners

as Martine Annequin

Last Love

as Michèle

Television (30)

Agnès Varda: From Here to There

2011

as Self

6.4

The Countess of Castiglione

2006

as Principessa Sisi Altieri

The Accursed Kings

as Mahaut d'Artois

Les Misérables

as Mère Innocente

Balzac

as Charlotte-Laure

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Scene by Scene

as Self

Belle Époque

as Récitante

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self - Guest

Stars 90

as Self

Screen One

as Angelique

Sacrée Soirée

as Self

Nulle part ailleurs

as Self

Le Tiroir secret

as Vivi

Auf los geht's los

as Self

Cérémonie des César

as Self - President

Midi Première

as Self

Apostrophes

as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

as Self

6.0

Spécial cinéma

1974

as Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Midi trente

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Dim Dam Dom

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

Discorama

1959

as Self

Cinépanorama

as Self

Reflets de Cannes

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (12)

Movies (12)

Baden Baden

Thanks

Salvo

Thanks

Go West

Associate Producer

The Birch-Tree Meadow

Writer

Lisa

Songs

Lillian Gish

Director

Lillian Gish

Producer

The Adolescent

Director

The Adolescent

Writer

Lumière

Director

Lumière

Writer

The 400 Blows

Thanks