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.
British Academy Film Awards
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cannes Film Festival
Best Actress
Known For
Love Actually
(2003)
Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)
EverAfter
(1998)
Grande Dame
The Lover
(1992)
Narrator
Jules and Jim
(1962)
Catherine
The Train
(1964)
Christine
The 400 Blows
(1959)
Woman with Dog
La Femme Nikita
(1990)
Armande
Elevator to the Gallows
(1958)
Florence Carala
Until the End of the World
(1991)
Edith Farber
La Notte
(1961)
Lidia
Diary of a Chambermaid
(1964)
Céléstine
Going Places
(1974)
Jeanne Pirolle
Mr. Klein
(1976)
Florence Klein
To Each His Own Cinema
(2007)
The old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")
Time to Leave
(2005)
Laura
The Bride Wore Black
(1968)
Julie Kohler
Full Filmography
Acting
Last Love
(1949)
Michèle
Three Sinners
(1950)
Martine Annequin
Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés
(1950)
La môme Pâquerette
The Man in My Life
(1952)
Suzanne Dubreuil
Dr. Schweitzer
(1952)
Marie Winter
Julietta
(1953)
Rosie Facibey
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
(1953)
Julie, la serveuse
Queen Margot
(1954)
Marguerite de Valois, "La Reine Margot"
The Scheming Women
(1954)
Mona Rémi, la femme de Paul
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
(1954)
Josy
The Secrets of the Bed
(1954)
Jeanne Plisson
Hi-Jack Highway
(1955)
Alice
Les hommes en blanc
(1955)
Marianne Déjazet
M'sieur la Caille
(1955)
Fernande
The Wages of Sin
(1956)
Angèle Ribot
Demoniac
(1957)
Agnès Vanaux
Until the Last One
(1957)
Gina
The Strange Mr. Steve
(1957)
Florence
Back to the Wall
(1958)
Gloria Decrey
Three Days to Live
(1958)
Jeanne Fortin
The Lovers
(1958)
Jeanne Tournier
Not Delivered
(1958)
Jacqueline Tourieu
Elevator to the Gallows
(1958)
Florence Carala
The 400 Blows
(1959)
Woman with Dog
Dangerous Liaisons
(1959)
Juliette Valmont
Seven Days… Seven Nights
(1960)
Anne Desbarèdes
Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur
(1960)
Narrator (voice)
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
(1960)
Mère Marie de l'Incarnation
Five Branded Women
(1960)
Ljuba
La Notte
(1961)
Lidia
A Woman Is a Woman
(1961)
Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Eva
(1962)
Eva Olivier
The Trial
(1962)
Marika Burstner
Jules and Jim
(1962)
Catherine
The Fire Within
(1963)
Eva
The Victors
(1963)
French Woman
Banana Peel
(1963)
Cathy / Mme Volney
Bay of Angels
(1963)
Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre
Diary of a Chambermaid
(1964)
Céléstine
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
(1964)
The Marchioness of Frinton
Mata Hari, Agent H21
(1964)
Mata Hari
The Train
(1964)
Christine
Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau
(1965)
Self
Viva Maria!
(1965)
Maria II
The Car That Became a Star
(1965)
The Marchioness of Frinton (archiveFootage)
Chimes at Midnight
(1965)
Doll Tearsheet
Mademoiselle
(1966)
Mademoiselle
The Sailor from Gibraltar
(1967)
Anna
The Oldest Profession
(1967)
Mimi Guillotine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
Great Catherine
(1968)
Catherine
The Bride Wore Black
(1968)
Julie Kohler
Portrait: Orson Welles
(1968)
Self
The Immortal Story
(1968)
Virginie Ducrot
Diane's Body
(1969)
Diane Vallier
Countdown to Vengeance
(1970)
Madeleine
Jeanne raconte Jeanne
(1970)
Herself
Monte Walsh
(1970)
Martine Bernard
Langlois
(1970)
Self
Alex in Wonderland
(1970)
Herself
Vagabond Humor
(1972)
Myriam Bingeot
Dear Louise
(1972)
Repeated Absences
(1972)
La voix de la nostalgie (voice)
Vive le cinema!
(1972)
Omnibus: François Truffaut
(1973)
Self
Nathalie Granger
(1973)
L'autre femme
Joanna Francesa
(1973)
Creezy
(1974)
Renee Vibert
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
(1974)
The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")
Going Places
(1974)
Jeanne Pirolle
Hu-Man
(1975)
Sylvana
Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète
(1975)
French Provincial
(1975)
Berthe
The Garden That Tilts
(1975)
Maria
Lumière
(1976)
Sarah
Mr. Klein
(1976)
Florence Klein
The Last Tycoon
(1976)
Didi
The Adolescent
(1979)
La narratrice (voice) (uncredited)
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
(1981)
Lili Marlene
Heat of Desire
(1981)
Hélène
Querelle
(1982)
Lysiane
The Trout
(1982)
Lou
A Thousand Billion Dollars
(1982)
Madame Benoît-Lambert
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
(1983)
Self
Lillian Gish
(1983)
Herself
L'Intoxe
(1983)
Marie-Pierre
Vivement Truffaut
(1985)
Récitante / Narrator / Self / Catherine
Vicious Circle
(1985)
Ines
Sauve-toi, Lola
(1986)
Marie-Aude Schneider
The Nonentity
(1986)
Barbesitzerin
Francois Simon the Presence
(1986)
Self
Miracle Healing
(1987)
Sabine
Calling the Shots
(1988)
Self
The Architecture of Doom
(1989)
French narrator (voice)
Alberto Express
(1990)
La Femme Nikita
(1990)
Armande
La Femme fardée
(1990)
La Doria
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
(1990)
Self
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
(1990)
Self
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
(1991)
Lady M
Until the End of the World
(1991)
Edith Farber
Filming Under Pressure
(1991)
Self
Anna Karamazoff
(1991)
Woman
The Suspended Step of the Stork
(1991)
The Woman
See You Tomorrow
(1992)
Tete
La nuit de l'océan
(1992)
Hélène Sauveterre
The Lover
(1992)
Narrator
The Absence
(1993)
Writer's Wife
My Name is Victor
(1993)
Rose
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
(1993)
Self (archive footage)
The Summer House
(1993)
Lili
Map of the Human Heart
(1993)
Sister Banville
A Foreign Field
(1993)
Angelique
The World of Jacques Demy
(1995)
Self
One Hundred and One Nights
(1995)
Mr. Cinéma's First Ex-wife
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
(1995)
Self (segment "The Deep") (archive footage)
Beyond the Clouds
(1995)
Friend
Catherine the Great
(1996)
Elizabeth
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
The Proprietor
(1996)
Adrienne Mark
I Love You, I Love You Not
(1996)
Nana
Love & Confusions
(1997)
Libra
Witch Way Love
(1997)
Eglantine
EverAfter
(1998)
Grande Dame
Balzac: A Life of Passion
(1999)
Charlotte-Laure
The Prince's Manuscript
(2000)
Alessandra Wolf (Licy)
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
(2000)
Self
Cet amour-là
(2001)
Marguerite Duras
Lisa
(2001)
Lisa (old)
Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance
(2001)
Anna Shermann
Hot House
(2003)
Léo
Love Actually
(2003)
Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
(2004)
Self
Go West
(2005)
Novinar
Akoibon
(2005)
Madame Paule
A Cursed Monarchy
(2005)
Mahaut d'Artois
Time to Leave
(2005)
Laura
The Other Side of Welles
(2005)
Self
Autogram
(2005)
Jeanne Moreau
Roméo et Juliette
(2006)
Laurence
The Deep
(2007)
Ruth Warriner
To Each His Own Cinema
(2007)
The old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")
Three Minutes
(2007)
Disengagement
(2007)
Françoise
A City Runs Through the Festival
(2007)
Self
Château en Suède
(2008)
Agathe Falsen
One Day You'll Understand
(2008)
Rivka
Sous les vents de Neptune
(2008)
Josette
Carmel
(2009)
Narrator
Eleanor's Secret
(2009)
Aunt Eléonore (voice)
Looking for Truffaut
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Face
(2009)
Jeanne
Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller
(2009)
Self
Bulles de Vian
(2009)
Self
Dispositif 47 - The Second Death
(2010)
A Bad Encounter
(2011)
Gaby
Bouquet final
(2011)
Marie
A Lady in Paris
(2012)
Frida
Lullaby to my Father
(2012)
Narrator (voice)
Gebo and the Shadow
(2012)
Candidinha
Close Up
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
Ain't Misbehavin
(2013)
Self
L'Habit ne fait pas le moine
(2013)
Madeleine
Venezia 70 – Future Reloaded: Amos Gitai
(2013)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
(2014)
Self - Actress (archive footage)
François Truffaut l'insoumis
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
(2018)
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
(2019)
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
(2019)
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Crew
Directing
Writing
Production
Sound