Biography
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 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.
Awards & recognition
- Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit · 2012
- Honorary César · 2008
- Honorary Palme d'Or · 2003
- Donostia Award · 1998
- European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award · 1997
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- BAFTA Fellowship · 1996
- Honorary César · 1995
- César Award — Best Actress · 1992
- Molière Award — Best Actress · 1988
- BAFTA Award — Best Actress in a Leading Role · 1967
- Cannes Film Festival Award — Best Actress · 1960
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- BAFTA Fellowship · 1996 · nominated
- César Award — Best Actress · 1992 · nominated
- César Award — Best Actress · 1988 · nominated
- César Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1987 · nominated
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Original Song · 1984 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The 400 Blows
La Notte
The Train
The Fire Within
Elevator to the Gallows
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Jules and Jim
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Trial
The Architecture of Doom
A Woman Is a Woman
Mr. Klein
Chimes at Midnight
Touchez pas au grisbi
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Love Actually
La Femme Nikita
The Bride Wore Black
The Immortal Story
Diary of a Chambermaid
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
The Proprietor
The Lover
Mademoiselle
The World of Jacques Demy
A Thousand Billion Dollars
Eleanor's Secret
The Dick Cavett Show
Until the End of the World
Going Places
Bay of Angels
Gebo and the Shadow
Querelle
The Lovers
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Time to Leave
Dangerous Love Affairs
Back to the Wall
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
The Victors
Hi-Jack Highway
The Last Tycoon
Map of the Human Heart
Seven Days... Seven Nights
One Hundred and One Nights
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Go West
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
The Trout