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