Jeanne Moreau
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 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.
Filmography
Bardot
2025
as archive footage
The Life of Mirrors
2025
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
2019
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
François Truffaut l'insoumis
2014
as Self (archive footage)
L'Habit ne fait pas le moine
2013
as Madeleine
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
as (voice)
Ain't Misbehavin
2013
as Self
A Lady in Paris
2012
as Frida
Lullaby to my Father
2012
as Narrator (voice)
Close Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Gebo and the Shadow
2012
as Candidinha
The Bardot mystery
2012
A Bad Encounter
2011
as Gaby
Bouquet final
2011
as Marie
Dispositif 47 - The Second Death
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Eleanor's Secret
2009
as Aunt Eléonore (voice)
Visage
2009
as Jeanne