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.
Known For
| Birth Location | Paris, France |
|---|---|
| Born | 1928-01-23 |
| Died | 2017-07-31 |
Movies
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
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
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
Eleanor's Secret
as Aunt Eléonore (voice)
2009
Face
as Jeanne
2009
2009
Bulles de Vian
as Self
2009
2009
Looking for Truffaut
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Château en Suède
as Agathe Falsen
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
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
Time to Leave
as Laura
2005
Akoibon
as Madame Paule
2005
Autogram
as Jeanne Moreau
2005
2004
Hot House
as Léo
2003
Love Actually
as Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)
2003
Cet amour-là
as Marguerite Duras
2001
Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance
as Anna Shermann
2001
Lisa
as Lisa (old)
2001
2000
The Prince's Manuscript
as Alessandra Wolf (Licy)
2000
Balzac: A Life of Passion
as Charlotte-Laure
1999
EverAfter
as Grande Dame
1998
Witch Way Love
as Eglantine
1997
Love & Confusions
as Libra
1997
The Proprietor
as Adrienne Mark
1996
I Love You, I Love You Not
as Nana
1996
Catherine the Great
as Elizabeth
1996
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Beyond the Clouds
as Friend
1995
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
as Self (segment "The Deep") (archive footage)
1995
The World of Jacques Demy
as Self
1995
One Hundred and One Nights
as Mr. Cinéma's First Ex-wife
1995
The Summer House
as Lili
1993
A Foreign Field
as Angelique
1993
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
as Self (archive footage)
1993
Map of the Human Heart
as Sister Banville
1993
My Name is Victor
as Rose
1993
The Absence
as Writer's Wife
1993
See You Tomorrow
as Tete
1992
La nuit de l'océan
as Hélène Sauveterre
1992
The Lover
as Narrator
1992
The Suspended Step of the Stork
as The Woman
1991
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
as Lady M
1991
Until the End of the World
as Edith Farber
1991
Anna Karamazoff
as Woman
1991
Filming Under Pressure
as Self
1991
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
as Self
1990
La Femme fardée
as La Doria
1990
1990
La Femme Nikita
as Armande
1990
1990
The Architecture of Doom
as French narrator (voice)
1989
Calling the Shots
as Self
1988
Miracle Healing
as Sabine
1987
Francois Simon the Presence
as Self
1986
Sauve-toi, Lola
as Marie-Aude Schneider
1986
The Nonentity
as Barbesitzerin
1986
Vivement Truffaut
as Récitante / Narrator / Self / Catherine
1985
Vicious Circle
as Ines
1985
1983
L'Intoxe
as Marie-Pierre
1983
Lillian Gish
as Herself
1983
The Trout
as Lou
1982
Querelle
as Lysiane
1982
A Thousand Billion Dollars
as Madame Benoît-Lambert
1982
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
as Lili Marlene
1981
Heat of Desire
as Hélène
1981
The Adolescent
as La narratrice (voice) (uncredited)
1979
The Last Tycoon
as Didi
1976
Mr. Klein
as Florence Klein
1976
Lumière
as Sarah
1976
Hu-Man
as Sylvana
1975
French Provincial
as Berthe
1975
The Garden That Tilts
as Maria
1975
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
as The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")
1974
Creezy
as Renee Vibert
1974
Going Places
as Jeanne Pirolle
1974
1973
Omnibus: François Truffaut
as Self
1973
Nathalie Granger
as L'autre femme
1973
Repeated Absences
as La voix de la nostalgie (voice)
1972
1972
Vagabond Humor
as Myriam Bingeot
1972
1972
Alex in Wonderland
as Herself
1970
Monte Walsh
as Martine Bernard
1970
Langlois
as Self
1970
Countdown to Vengeance
as Madeleine
1970
Jeanne raconte Jeanne
as Herself
1970
Diane's Body
as Diane Vallier
1969
Great Catherine
as Catherine
1968
Portrait: Orson Welles
as Self
1968
The Immortal Story
as Virginie Ducrot
1968
The Bride Wore Black
as Julie Kohler
1968
The Oldest Profession
as Mimi Guillotine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
1967
The Sailor from Gibraltar
as Anna
1967
Mademoiselle
as Mademoiselle
1966
Chimes at Midnight
as Doll Tearsheet
1965
Viva Maria!
as Maria II
1965
1965
The Car That Became a Star
as The Marchioness of Frinton (archiveFootage)
1965
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as The Marchioness of Frinton
1964
The Train
as Christine
1964
Diary of a Chambermaid
as Céléstine
1964
Mata Hari, Agent H21
as Mata Hari
1964
The Victors
as French Woman
1963
The Fire Within
as Eva
1963
Bay of Angels
as Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre
1963
Banana Peel
as Cathy / Mme Volney
1963
The Trial
as Marika Burstner
1962
Eva
as Eva Olivier
1962
Jules and Jim
as Catherine
1962
A Woman Is a Woman
as Woman in Bar (uncredited)
1961
La Notte
as Lidia
1961
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
as Mère Marie de l'Incarnation
1960
Seven Days… Seven Nights
as Anne Desbarèdes
1960
Five Branded Women
as Ljuba
1960
Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur
as Narrator (voice)
1960
Dangerous Liaisons
as Juliette Valmont
1959
The 400 Blows
as Woman with Dog
1959
The Lovers
as Jeanne Tournier
1958
Three Days to Live
as Jeanne Fortin
1958
Back to the Wall
as Gloria Decrey
1958
Elevator to the Gallows
as Florence Carala
1958
Not Delivered
as Jacqueline Tourieu
1958
Mr. Steve
as Florence
1957
Demoniac
as Agnès Vanaux
1957
Until the Last One
as Gina
1957
The Wages of Sin
as Angèle Ribot
1956
Hi-Jack Highway
as Alice
1955
M'sieur la Caille
as Fernande
1955
Les hommes en blanc
as Marianne Déjazet
1955
Queen Margot
as Marguerite de Valois, "La Reine Margot"
1954
The Secrets of the Bed
as Jeanne Plisson
1954
The Scheming Women
as Mona Rémi, la femme de Paul
1954
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
as Josy
1954
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
as Julie, la serveuse
1953
Julietta
as Rosie Facibey
1953
Dr. Schweitzer
as Marie Winter
1952
The Man in My Life
as Suzanne Dubreuil
1952
Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés
as La môme Pâquerette
1950
Three Sinners
as Martine Annequin
1950
Last Love
as Michèle
1949
Movies
Baden Baden
Thanks
2016
Salvo
Thanks
2013
Go West
Associate Producer
2005
The Birch-Tree Meadow
Writer
2003
Lisa
Songs
2001
Lillian Gish
Producer
1983
Lillian Gish
Director
1983
The Adolescent
Writer
1979
The Adolescent
Director
1979
Lumière
Writer
1976
Lumière
Director
1976
The 400 Blows
Thanks
1959
