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Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau was a notable French actress, singer, screenwriter, and director. She made her theatrical debut in 1947 and later established herself as one of the leading actresses at the Comédie-Française. Moreau started her film career in 1949, achieving prominence with a starring role in 'Elevator to the Gallows'. Frequently referred to as one of the best actors globally, Moreau received several awards for her work, including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for 'Seven Days... Seven Nights' and the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for 'Viva Maria!'. She also directed several films, starting with 1976's 'Lumière'. Moreau remained active in cinema into the 2010s, earning the César Award for Best Actress for 'The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea' and various lifetime achievement awards. Her collaborator Orson Welles honoured her as 'the greatest actress in the world'.
Moreau was born in Paris, the daughter of Katherine (née Buckley), a dancer, and Anatole-Désiré Moreau, a restaurateur. Moreau's father was French; her mother was English, a native of Oldham, Lancashire. Moreau attended the Conservatoire de Paris, studying acting. She later began her career in theatre in 1947 before starting in film two years later. Throughout her prestigious career, she teamed up with many esteemed New Wave and avant-garde directors. These collaborations resulted in some of the most iconic films of the 20th century. Besides acting, Moreau was also a talented vocalist, releasing several albums and even performing with Frank Sinatra in 1984.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Jeanne Moreau
Born: Paris, France
Citizenship: French
Birthday: January 23, 1928
Occupations: Actress, Screenwriter, Film Director
Years Active: 1947-2015
Children: 1
Spouses: Jean-Louis Richard, William Friedkin
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Awards and Nominations Received by Jeanne Moreau
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Movies Featuring Jeanne Moreau
Chimes at Midnight
Jules and Jim
The Train
The Bride Wore Black (1968)
The World of Jacques Demy
Elevator to the Gallows
Map of the Human Heart
Cet amour-là
The Last Tycoon
Lullaby to my Father
A Lady in Paris
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Ain’t Misbehavin
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
François Truffaut l’insoumis
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
Les Misérables
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
Go West
The Accursed Kings
Trois minutes
Akoibon
Roméo et Juliette
Alberto Express
A City Runs Through the Festival
Heat of Desire
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
Querelle
The Trout
To Each His Own Cinema
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
The Suspended Step of the Stork
A Thousand Billion Dollars
Lillian Gish
Disengagement
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Miracle Healing
Calling the Shots
The Architecture of Doom
Anna Karamazoff
Seven Days… Seven Nights
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
A Foreign Field
The Absence
Julietta
Catherine the Great
La Notte
Eva
Joanna Francesa
Mr. Klein
Monte Walsh
Alex in Wonderland
Dear Louise
Bay of Angels
Five Branded Women
The Garden That Tilts
Viva Maria!
Queen Margot
Jeanne raconte Jeanne
The Sailor from Gibraltar
The Trial
The Immortal Story
The Car That Became a Star
The Victors
Sous les vents de Neptune
Countdown to Vengeance
The Fire Within
The Lovers
Going Places
I Love You, I Love You Not
Hi-Jack Highway
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
A Woman Is a Woman
Not Delivered
Nathalie Granger
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Portrait: Orson Welles
Balzac
The Scheming Women
Three Sinners
The Bride Wore Black
Demoniac
Banana Peel
Diary of a Chambermaid
The Oldest Profession
One Day You’ll Understand
A Witch’s Way of Love
Inside a Girls’ Dormitory
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Langlois
Back to the Wall
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
Three Days to Live
French Provincial
Lumière
Love & Confusions
One Hundred and One Nights
Elevator to the Gallows
The Strange Mr. Steve
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Mata Hari, Agent H21
Great Catherine
Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau
Eleanor’s Secret
Les Liaisons dangereuses
The Proprietor
Mademoiselle
The 400 Blows
Repeated Absences
Career Timeline
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2007
Trois minutes
Self
A City Runs Through the Festival
Self
To Each His Own Cinema
The old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")
Disengagement
Françoise
1995
The World of Jacques Demy
Catherine the Great
Elizabeth
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
Self (segment "The Deep") (archive footage)
One Hundred and One Nights
Mr. Cinéma's First Ex-wife
1991
The Suspended Step of the Stork
The Woman
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
Lady M
Anna Karamazoff
Woman
1990
Alberto Express
The Baroness
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Self
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
Self
1972
Dear Louise
Louise
Nathalie Granger
L'autre femme
Repeated Absences
La voix de la nostalgie (voice)
1970
Monte Walsh
Martine Bernard
Alex in Wonderland
Self
Jeanne raconte Jeanne
Self
Countdown to Vengeance
Madeleine
Langlois
Self
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")
1968
The Immortal Story
Virginie Ducrot
Portrait: Orson Welles
Self
The Bride Wore Black
Julie Kohler
Great Catherine
Catherine
1967
Chimes at Midnight
The Sailor from Gibraltar
Anna
The Oldest Profession
Mimi Guillotine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
1965
The Train
Viva Maria!
Maria II
The Car That Became a Star
The Marchioness of Frinton (archive footage)
Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau
Self
1964
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
The Marchioness of Frinton
Diary of a Chambermaid
Céléstine
Mata Hari, Agent H21
Mata Hari
1963
Bay of Angels
Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre
The Victors
French Woman
The Fire Within
Eva
Banana Peel
Cathy / Mme Volney
1960
Seven Days… Seven Nights
Anne Desbarèdes
Five Branded Women
Ljuba
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Mother Marie of the Incarnation
1958
The Lovers
Jeanne Tournier
Not Delivered
Jacqueline Tourieu
Back to the Wall
Gloria Decrey
Elevator to the Gallows
Florence Carala
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