Jeanne Moreau

French actress, singer, screenwriter and director (1928-2017)

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Jeanne Moreau was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, and director who lived from 1928 to 2017. She matters because she was a prominent and versatile figure in French cinema and the arts during the 20th century.

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Paris, France

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…

Known for

The Life of Mirrors2025
Belmondo: The Incorrigible2022
Morceaux de Cannes2021
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool — Self - Actress (archive footage)2019
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema — Self - Actress (archive footage)2019
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2019
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead — Self (archive footage)2018
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit — Self / Various Roles (archive footage)2018
François Truffaut l'insoumis — Self (archive footage)2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles — Self - Actress (archive footage)2014

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Country: France
Active from: 1928
Active to: 2017

Discography

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Listeners: 129,949
Total plays: 893,377

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Instance of: human
Given name: Jeanne
Gender: female
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris
Place of death: 8th arrondissement of Paris
Spouse: William Friedkin
Occupation: director
Educated at: Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique
Languages spoken: French
Native language: French
Award: Molière Award for Best Actress
Notable work: Seven Days... Seven Nights
Participant in: 1976 Cannes Film Festival
Student of: Denis d'Inès
Field of work: theatre
Instrument: voice
Image: San Sebastian Film Festival Jeanne Moreau crop 2.jpg
Work location: France
Residence: Paris

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Commons category: Jeanne Moreau
date of birth: 1928-01-23
nominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song
name in native language: Jeanne Moreau
date of death: 2017-07-31
start of work period: 1947-00-00
place of burial: Montmartre Cemetery
end of work period: 2012-00-00
member of: Académie des beaux-arts
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Encyclopedic overview

Jeanne Moreau ( French: [ʒan mɔʁo]; 23 January 1928 – 31 July 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, director, and socialite. She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française.

Moreau began playing small roles in films in 1949, later achieving prominence with a starring role in Louis Malle's Elevator to the Gallows (1958). She was most prolific during the 1960s, winning the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Seven Days... Seven Nights (1960) and the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for Viva Maria! (1965), with additional prominent roles in La Notte (1961), Jules et Jim (1962), La baie des anges (1963), Le journal d'une femme de chambre (1964) and Mademoiselle (1966).

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