Marie Rivière

ActorDirectorCinematographerEditorWriter Dec 22 (age 69) Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France 1978–2026 (48 year career)

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Biography

Marie Rivière (born 22 December 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is known for her collaborations with director Éric Rohmer. From a working-class background, Marie Rivière grew up on a housing estate/project in Montreuil before working as a schoolteacher, then as a shop assistant. At 21, having seen L'Amour l'après-midi, she sent a letter and photo to Éric Rohmer. He saw her in his office at Les films du losange, in the presence of Arielle Dombasle and Thierry Lhermitte, and offered …

Known For

Film

The Green Ray

Delphine

Film

Just the Two of Us

Blanche’s Mother

Film

My Donkey, My Lover & I

Claire

Film

A Tale of Winter

Dora

Film

A Tale of Autumn

Isabelle

Film

The Aviator's Wife

Anne

Film

Courted

Marie-Laure Racine

Film

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle

L'arnaqueuse - Swindler

Filmography

Acting (65)

Movies (65)

At Work

2026

as Paul's Mother

6.5

Queen Mom

2025

as Responsable Maintenance

Température ambiante

Bonus Malus

The Assembly Line

as Robert’s mum

Just the Two of Us

as Blanche’s Mother

Marinaleda

My Donkey, My Lover & I

as Claire

Dark Flow

Eva voudrait

as Emmanuelle

Féminin plurielles

as Professor

Down by Love

as Mère Anna

Courted

as Marie-Laure Racine

This Summer Feeling

as Adélaïde

Deux rivages

Madeleine and the Two Apaches

2014

as Madeleine

Sex, Love & Therapy

as Martine

A Castle in Italy

as Nathan's Mother

El Turrrf

as Suzanne

Bright Days Ahead

as Jocelyne

My Sense of Modesty

Under the Snow

Washed Ashore

Memory Lane

as Aude

In the Company of Éric Rohmer

2010

as Self

Hideaway (Le refuge)

2009

as La femme sur la plage

6.1

Actresses

2007

as The costume designer

5.0

Love Is in the Air

2005

as La mère de Charlotte

Time to Leave

as Mère

Le Canapé rouge

Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens

2005

as Self

10.0

Clandestino

2003

as La conductrice

Zéro défaut

2003

as Simone

The Lady and the Duke

2001

as Madame Laurent

6.4

Samia

2000

as La conseillère d'orientation

Marie-Line

as Louise

Girls Can't Swim

as Anne-Marie

Venus Beauty Institute

1999

as La cliente aux bottines fourées

5.8

A Tale of Autumn

1998

as Isabelle

7.1

Muriel's Parents Are Desperate

as La mere

The Stolen Diary

as Lucie

A Tale of Winter

as Dora

Adrien's Sleep

Le bonheur se porte large

1988

as Isabelle

Les lutteurs immobiles

1988

as Judith

7.0

Rosette vole les voleurs

1988

as Rosette's friend

5.0

La nuit du coucou

1987

as Françoise Bonnot

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle

1987

as L'arnaqueuse - Swindler

7.4

Rosette cherche une chambre

1987

as Florence

The Green Ray

1986

as Delphine

7.5

Rosette vend des roses

1985

as Rosette's friend

5.5

Folie suisse

1985

as Anna Daubigny

Raison perdue

1984

as Paula

4.3

The Adventures of Rosette

1983

7.3

Rosette sort le soir

1983

as Marie

Chassé-croisé

1982

2.0

Cinématon XVIII

1982

as N°172 / N°173

The Aviator's Wife

1981

as Anne

7.2

Catherine de Heilbronn

1980

as Brigitte

6.0

Heart to Heart

1979

as Une élève du cours de dactylo (uncredited)

5.8

Perceval

1978

as Pucelle / Dame / Fille de Garin

Médiumnité

Cinématon

as N°172 / N°173

Life the Way It Is

as Florence

Shreklife

as Nadège

Crew (7)

Movies (7)

In the Company of Éric Rohmer

2010

Director

In the Company of Éric Rohmer

2010

Director of Photography

In the Company of Éric Rohmer

2010

Editor

In the Company of Éric Rohmer

2010

Writer

Le Canapé rouge

Director

Le Canapé rouge

Writer

The Green Ray

Writer