Jeanne Moreau
Birthdate
January 23, 1928 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Date of Death
July 31, 2017
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
January 23, 1928 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Date of Death
July 31, 2017
Known For
Acting
Biography
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.
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.
Jeanne Moreau's LGBTQ+ Titles
Querelle
Lysiane
Acting (206)
2025
The Life of Mirrors
2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2019
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Self (archive footage)
2018
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2014
François Truffaut l'insoumis as Self (archive footage)
2013
L'Habit ne fait pas le moine as Madeleine
2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded as (voice)
2013
Ain't Misbehavin as Self
2012
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
2011
Agnès Varda: From Here to There as Self (5 episodes)
2011
A Bad Encounter as Gaby
2011
Bouquet final as Marie
2010
Dispositif 47 - The Second Death as Self (archive footage)
2009
Eleanor's Secret as Aunt Eléonore (voice)
2009
Face as Jeanne
2009
Carmel as Narrator
2009
Bulles de Vian as Self
2009
Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller as Self
2009
Looking for Truffaut as Self (archive footage)
2008
Château en Suède as Agathe Falsen
2008
Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim » as Self (actrice, rôle de Catherine)
2008
Sous les vents de Neptune as Josette
2008
One Day You'll Understand as Rivka
2007
To Each His Own Cinema as The old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")
2007
Disengagement as Françoise
2007
The Deep as Ruth Warriner
2007
A City Runs Through the Festival as Self
2006
Roméo et Juliette as Laurence
2006
The Countess of Castiglione as Principessa Sisi Altieri (2 episodes)
2005
The Accursed Kings as Mahaut d'Artois (5 episodes)
2005
Go West as Novinar
2005
A Cursed Monarchy as Mahaut d'Artois
2005
The Other Side of Welles as Self
2005
French Beauty as Self
2005
Time to Leave as Laura
2005
Akoibon as Madame Paule
2005
Autogram as Jeanne Moreau
2004
François Truffaut, une autobiographie as Self
2003
Hot House as Léo
2003
Love Actually as Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)
2003
The Passions of Louis Malle as Self - Interviewee
2001
Cet amour-là as Marguerite Duras
2001
Bride of Trailer Camp as (archive footage)
2001
Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance as Anna Shermann
2001
Lisa as Lisa (old)
2000
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote as Self
2000
Les Misérables as Mère Innocente (4 episodes)
2000
The Prince's Manuscript as Alessandra Wolf (Licy)
1999
Balzac as Charlotte-Laure (2 episodes)
1999
Balzac: A Life of Passion as Charlotte-Laure
1998
Vivement dimanche as Self (3 episodes)
1998
EverAfter as Grande Dame
1997
Scene by Scene as Self (1 episode)
1997
A Witch's Way of Love as Eglantine
1997
Love & Confusions as Libra
1996
The Proprietor as Adrienne Mark
1996
I Love You, I Love You Not as Nana
1996
Catherine the Great as Elizabeth
1995
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
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive as Self (uncredited)
1995
One Hundred and One Nights as Mr. Cinéma's First Ex-wife
1995
Belle Époque as Récitante (3 episodes)
1994
Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1993
The Clothes in the Wardrobe 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
1992
See You Tomorrow as Tete
1992
La nuit de l'océan as Hélène Sauveterre
1992
The Lover as Narrator
1991
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
1990
Wim Wenders in Tokyo as Self
1990
La Femme fardée as La Doria
1990
Alberto Express as The Baroness
1990
Stars 90 as Self (1 episode)
1990
Au coeur de Nikita as Self
1990
Nikita as Armande
1990
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film as Self
1989
The Architecture of Doom as French narrator (voice)
1989
Screen One as Angelique (1 episode)
1988
Calling the Shots as Self
1987
Sacrée Soirée as Self (2 episodes)
1987
Nulle part ailleurs as Self (1 episode)
1987
Miracle Healing as Sabine
1986
Le Tiroir secret as Vivi (1 episode)
1986
Francois Simon the Presence as Self
1986
Agatha Christie’s The Last Seance as Madame Exe
1986
Sauve-toi, Lola as Marie-Aude Schneider
1986
The Nonentity as Barbesitzerin
1985
Vivement Truffaut as Narrator / Self / Catherine
1985
Vicious Circle as Ines
1984
Lillian Gish as Self
1984
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel as Self
1983
L'Intoxe as Marie-Pierre
1982
The Trout as Lou
1982
Querelle as Lysiane
1982
The Orson Welles Story as Self
1982
A Thousand Billion Dollars as Madame Benoît-Lambert
1981
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid as Lili Marlene
1981
Heat of Desire as Hélène
1979
The Adolescent as La narratrice (voice) (uncredited)
1977
Auf los geht's los as Self (1 episode)
1976
The Last Tycoon as Didi
1976
Mr. Klein as Florence
1976
Lumière as Sarah
1975
Hu-Man as Sylvana
1975
French Provincial as Berthe
1975
Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète as Self
1975
The Garden That Tilts as Maria
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self (3 episodes)
1975
Apostrophes as Self (1 episode)
1975
Midi Première as Self (1 episode)
1974
Spécial cinéma as Self (2 episodes)
1974
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
1973
Joanna Francesa as Joana
1973
Omnibus: François Truffaut as Self
1973
Nathalie Granger as L'autre femme
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self (1 episode)
1972
Repeated Absences as La voix de la nostalgie (voice)
1972
Dear Louise as Louise
1972
Vagabond Humor as Myriam Bingeot
1972
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! as Self - Host /Interviewer
1972
Midi trente as Self (1 episode)
1972
Le Grand Échiquier as Self (3 episodes)
1971
Côté cour, côté champs as Lady with Little Dog (uncredited)
1970
Alex in Wonderland as Self
1970
Monte Walsh as Martine Bernard
1970
Langlois as Self
1970
Jeanne raconte Jeanne as Self
1970
Countdown to Vengeance as Madeleine
1969
Diane's Body as Diane Vallier
1968
Great Catherine as Catherine
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1968
The Immortal Story as Virginie Ducrot
1968
Portrait: Orson Welles as Self
1968
The Bride Wore Black as Julie Kohler
1967
The Oldest Profession as Mimi Guillotine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
1967
The Sailor from Gibraltar as Anna
1966
Mademoiselle as Mademoiselle
1965
Chimes at Midnight as Doll Tearsheet
1965
Viva Maria! as Maria II
1965
Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau as Self
1965
Dim Dam Dom as Self (2 episodes)
1965
The Car That Became a Star as The Marchioness of Frinton (archive footage)
1964
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
1963
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
1962
Eva as Eva Olivier
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self (1 episode)
1962
The Trial as Marika Burstner
1962
Jules and Jim as Catherine
1961
A Woman Is a Woman as Self (uncredited)
1961
La Notte as Lidia
1960
The Dialogue of the Carmelites as Mother Marie of the 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)
1959
Dangerous Love Affairs as Juliette Valmont
1959
The 400 Blows as Woman with Dog
1959
Discorama as Self (2 episodes)
1958
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
1957
The Strange Mr. Steve as Florence
1957
Demoniac as Agnès Vanaux
1957
Until the Last One as Gina
1956
The Wages of Sin as Angèle Ribot
1956
Cinépanorama as Self (3 episodes)
1955
Hi-Jack Highway as Alice
1955
M'sieur la Caille as Fernande
1955
Les Hommes en blanc as Marianne Déjazet
1954
Queen Margot as Marguerite de Valois, "La Reine Margot"
1954
The Secrets of the Bed as Jeanne Plisson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")
1954
The Scheming Women as Mona Rémi, la femme de Paul
1954
Reflets de Cannes as Self (1 episode)
1954
Touchez Pas au Grisbi as Josy
1953
Inside a Girls' Dormitory as Julie, la serveuse
1953
Julietta as Rosie Facibey
1953
The Oscars as Self (1 episode)
1952
Dr. Schweitzer as Marie Winter
1952
The Man in My Life as Suzanne Dubreuil
1950
Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés as La môme Pâquerette
1950
Three Sinners as Martine Annequin
1949
Last Love as Michèle
Directing (3)
1984
Lillian Gish
• Director
1979
The Adolescent
• Director
1976
Lumière
• Director
Production (2)
2005
Go West
• Associate Producer
1984
Lillian Gish
• Producer
Writing (3)
2003
The Birch-Tree Meadow
• Writer
1979
The Adolescent
• Writer
1976
Lumière
• Writer
Sound (1)
2001
Lisa
• Songs
Crew (3)
2016
Baden Baden
• Thanks
2013
Salvo
• Thanks
1959
The 400 Blows
• Thanks