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Jean Seberg

Born
November 13, 1938
Died
August 30, 1979
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Jean Dorothy Seberg (November 13, 1938 – August 30, 1979) was an American actress who lived half her life in France. She appeared in 34 films in Hollywood and in Europe, including Saint Joan, Bonjour Tristesse, Breathless, Lilith, The Mouse That Roared, Moment to Moment, A Fine Madness, Paint Your Wagon, Airport, Macho Callahan, and Gang War in Naples. She was also one of the best-known targets of the FBI COINTELPRO project. Her targeting was a well-documented retaliation for her support of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s. Seberg died at the age of 40 in Paris, with police ruling her death a probable suicide. Romain Gary, Seberg's second husband, called a press conference shortly after her death where he publicly blamed the FBI's campaign against Seberg for her deteriorating mental health. Gary claimed that Seberg "became psychotic" after the media reported a false story that the FBI planted about her becoming pregnant with a Black Panther's child in 1970. Romain Gary stated that Seberg had repeatedly attempted suicide on the anniversary of the child's death, August 25.
Known For
Airport
(1970)
Tanya Livingston
Breathless
(1960)
Patricia Franchini
Bonjour Tristesse
(1958)
Cecile
Paint Your Wagon
(1969)
Elizabeth Woodling
Lilith
(1964)
Lilith Arthur
The Assassination
(1972)
Edith Lemoine
The Mouse That Roared
(1959)
Helen Kokintz
Macho Callahan
(1971)
Alexandra Mountford
Pendulum
(1969)
Adele Matthews
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
Mousey
(1974)
Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson
Mike Wallace Is Here
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Saint Joan
(1957)
St. Joan of Arc
Full Filmography
Acting
Saint Joan
(1957)
St. Joan of Arc
Bonjour Tristesse
(1958)
Cecile
The Mouse That Roared
(1959)
Helen Kokintz
Breathless
(1960)
Patricia Franchini
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
(1960)
Barbara Holloway
Time Out for Love
(1961)
Ann
Playtime
(1961)
Kate Hoover
Five Day Lover
(1961)
Claire
Eruption
(1962)
Annette
In the French Style
(1963)
Christina James
Lilith
(1964)
Lilith Arthur
Backfire
(1964)
Olga Celan
Le Grand Escroc
(1964)
Patricia
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
(1964)
Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Diamonds Are Brittle
(1965)
Bettina Ralton
Line of Demarcation
(1966)
Mary de Damville
A Fine Madness
(1966)
Lydia West
Moment to Moment
(1966)
Kay Stanton
Who's Got the Black Box?
(1967)
Shanny
The Looters
(1967)
Colleen O'Hara
Birds in Peru
(1968)
Adriana
Paint Your Wagon
(1969)
Elizabeth Woodling
Pendulum
(1969)
Adele Matthews
Airport
(1970)
Tanya Livingston
Dead of Summer
(1970)
Joyce Grasse
Kill!
(1971)
Emily Hamilton
Macho Callahan
(1971)
Alexandra Mountford
The Assassination
(1972)
Edith Lemoine
Camorra
(1972)
Luisa
This Kind of Love
(1972)
Giovanna
The Corruption of Chris Miller
(1973)
Ruth Miller
Mousey
(1974)
Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson
The High Solitudes
(1974)
Ballad for Billy the Kid
(1974)
The Star
White Horses of Summer
(1975)
Lea Kingsburg
The Big Delirium
(1975)
Emily
The Wild Duck
(1976)
Gina Ekdal, seine Frau
The Blue of the Origins
(1979)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
From the Journals of Jean Seberg
(1995)
Self
Jean Seberg: American Actress
(1997)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Godard by Godard
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Directing
Writing
Production
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