Macha Méril

ActorProductionProducer Sep 3 (age 85) Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco] 1960–2026 (66 year career)

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Biography

Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina (born 3 September 1940), known by her stage name Macha Méril, is a French actress and writer. Méril is descended by her father from the Russian princely house Gagarin and by her mother from a Ukrainian noble family. She appeared in 125 films between 1959 and 2012, including films directed by Jean-Luc Godard (A Married Woman / Une femme mariée), Luis Buñuel (Belle de jour), and Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Chinese Roulette). She also appeared in the Q…

Known For

Film

Deep Red

Helga Ulmann

Film

Belle de Jour

Renée

Film

Vagabond

Madame Landier

Film

Happiness Never Comes Alone

Fanfan Keller

Film

Pigsty

Co-Producer

Film

The Married Woman

Charlotte

Film

Chinese Roulette

Traunitz

Film

Mr. Stein Goes Online

Marie

Filmography

Acting (122)

Movies (101)

Vieillir et jouir sans entraves

2026

as Self - Actress / Writer

7.0

Les Boules de Noël

2024

as Simone

4.7

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

as Self - Actress

Godard Cinema

as Self

Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda Lear

2022

as Self

8.0

Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée

2022

as Self

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Solidarity concert for Ukraine

2022

Michel Legrand, enchanted music

La Dernière Partie

as Louise

Belle belle belle

as Lili

The Unexpected Child

as Christine

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

2018

as Self

6.0

Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris

2017

as (voice)

Mr. Stein Goes Online

as Marie

Alliances rouge sang

as Béatrice

La Trouvaille de Juliette

2014

as Juliette

1.0

Happiness Never Comes Alone

2012

as Fanfan Keller

6.1

Seasons of Love

2012

as Henriette Marcenat

2.0

Ten Minutes from Naturists

2012

as Suzy Dulac, tante de Patrick

4.6

3rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master Race

2012

as Alice Fabre (old)

7.2

The Nights of Alice

2011

as Bettina

Guy Gilles

2008

as Self

René Bousquet ou le grand arrangement

2007

as Évelyne Baylet

6.7

Mademoiselle Gigi

2006

as Mamita

Clochemerle

2004

as Baroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche

3.5

Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments

2003

as Self - Interviewee

Bel-Ami

2003

as Mme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel

8.0

Belle grand mère, La Trattoria

2003

as Joséphine, dite « Babou »

1.0

Le sciamane

2000

as Claudia's mother

Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon

1999

as Self

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

as Madame Beauvier

Belle Grand-Mère

as Babou

A Crucial Test

as Catherine

Son of Gascogne

1995

as Self

4.3

Délit mineur

1994

as Madeleine

Berlin '39

1993

as Madame Vic

7.0

Le Don

1993

as Margherita

L'éternel mari

as Claudia

Fish Soup

as Caterina

Double Vision

as Mrs. Perfect

Meeting Venus

as Miss Malikoff

The Cocottes

as Mme. Rose

A Simple Story

as La vedova del Roccella

La Vouivre

as La rodinet

Duet for One

as Anya

Follow My Gaze

as La femme à l'ouvre boîte

Vagabond

as Madame Landier

The Chicks

as Françoise

Les Rois du gag

as Jacqueline

Wild Animals

as Sylvia

Deadly Circuit

as Madeleine Beauvoir

For Those I Loved

as Martin's Mother

Le Grand Carnaval

as Mme Armande Labrouche

5.5

Le Crime d'amour

1982

as Jeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont

4.4

L'Apprentissage de la ville

1982

as Luc's mother

Beau Pere

1981

as la Maîtresse de maison

6.5

Bolero

1981

as Magda Kremer

6.9

Le bonheur des tristes

1981

as Madeleine

Tender Cousins

as Mère de Julien

Night of The Flowers

as Macha

Le rose di Danzica

as Elvira von Lehner

Tanto va la gatta al lardo...

as Vera

Your Turn, My Turn

as Marianne

Ridendo e scherzando

as Susy

Rock 'n Roll

as Annalisa

Robert et Robert

1978

as Agathe

6.1

Ride bene... chi ride ultimo

1977

as principessa Esmeralda Benti Contini

4.6

Emmenez-moi au Ritz

1977

as Barbara

Chinese Roulette

as Traunitz

Pasión

as Bianca

Una donna di seconda mano

1977

as Clelia, la madre di Simona

3.8

Peccatori di provincia

1976

as Vincenzina Lo Curcio

3.9

Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe

1976

as baronessa Valeria Lamia

5.5

Son tornate a fiorire le rose

as Linda De Simone

Deep Red

as Helga Ulmann

Late Night Trains

as The Lady on the Train

6.1

The Man of the Winds

1975

as Anna

Il registratore

1975

as Ms. Collins

The Last Day of School Before Christmas

1975

as Egle

Chinese In Paris

1974

as Madeleine

6.1

Amore mio non farmi male

1974

as Linda De Simone

4.3

We Won't Grow Old Together

1972

as Françoise

7.0

We Are All in Temporary Liberty

1971

as Gisella, wife of Mario De Rossi

Conjugal Love

as Leda

Wall Engravings

as Jeanne Delaître

Don't Play with Martians

as Maryvonne Guéguen

Belle de Jour

as Renée

Horizon

as Elisa

The Defector

as Frieda Hoffmann

Pop Age

as Self

Rampage at Apache Wells

as Lizzy

The Married Woman

as Charlotte

Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc

1964

as Nicole

6.0

Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise

1964

as Nicole

5.8

The Little Misses

1964

as Caroline

Sweet and Sour

1963

as La striptisiste

4.6

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

1963

as Jacqueline Edwards

5.8

Sign of the Lion

1962

as La Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited)

Love on a Pillow

as Raphaële

Adorable Liar

as Sophie

The Itchy Palm

as Yvette

Television (21)

Enquête parallèle

2023

as Colette Chaperot

8.0

The Unexpected Getaway

2022

as Self

9.0

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

2022

as Self (archive footage)

Un monde, un regard

Folie passagère

as Self

On n'est pas couché

as Self - Guest

Méditerranée

as Carla Valbonne

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Joséphine, Guardian Angel

as Tania

To Remember

as Narrator

Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin

as Tatiana

Lance et Compte

as Maroussia Lambert

Télématin

as Self

Au nom de tous les miens

1985

as Mère de Martin

Colette

1985

as Colette

Champs-Elysées

1982

as Self

6.3

Le rose di Danzica

1981

as Elvira

Morte a passo di valzer

1979

as Lady Flora Drayton

La promessa

1979

as Signora Heller

6.0

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Dim Dam Dom

as Self

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Pigsty

Co-Producer

Wall Engravings

Producer