Jeanne Moreau

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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Adolescent

Sacrée soirée

Apostrophes

Vivement dimanche

The Dick Cavett Show

Spécial cinéma

Screen Two

All Movies (185)

• Bardot2025 · as archive footage
• The Life of Mirrors2025
• Belmondo: The Incorrigible2022
• Morceaux de Cannes2021
• Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret2019 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool2019 · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
• André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema2019 · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
• They'll Love Me When I'm Dead2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit2018 · as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
• Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles2014 · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
• François Truffaut l'insoumis2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• L'Habit ne fait pas le moine2013 · as Madeleine
• Venice 70: Future Reloaded2013 · as (voice)
• Ain't Misbehavin2013 · as Self
• A Lady in Paris2012 · as Frida
• Lullaby to my Father2012 · as Narrator (voice)
• Close Up2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Gebo and the Shadow2012 · as Candidinha
• The Bardot mystery2012
• A Bad Encounter2011 · as Gaby
• Bouquet final2011 · as Marie
• Dispositif 47 - The Second Death2010 · as Self (archive footage)
• Eleanor's Secret2009 · as Aunt Eléonore (voice)
• Visage2009 · as Jeanne
• Carmel2009 · as Narrator
• Bulles de Vian2009 · as Self
• Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller2009 · as Self
• Looking for Truffaut2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• Château en Suède2008 · as Agathe Falsen
• Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim »2008 · as Self (actrice, rôle de Catherine)
• Sous les vents de Neptune2008 · as Josette
• One Day You'll Understand2008 · as Rivka
• To Each His Own Cinema2007 · as The old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")
• Disengagement2007 · as Françoise
• The Deep2007 · as Ruth Warriner
• A City Runs Through the Festival2007 · as Self
• Roméo et Juliette2006 · as Laurence
• Go West2005 · as Novinar
• A Cursed Monarchy2005 · as Mahaut d'Artois
• The Other Side of Welles2005 · as Self
• French Beauty2005 · as Self
• Time to Leave2005 · as Laura
• Akoibon2005 · as Madame Paule
• Ashes and Snow2005 · as French Narrator (voice)
• Autogram2005 · as Jeanne Moreau
• François Truffaut, une autobiographie2004 · as Self
• Hot House2003 · as Léo
• Love Actually2003 · as Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)
• The Passions of Louis Malle2003 · as Self - Interviewee
• Heart of the Festival2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Cet amour-là2001 · as Marguerite Duras
• Bride of Trailer Camp2001 · as (archive footage)
• Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance2001 · as Anna Shermann
• Lisa2001 · as Lisa (old)
• Fassbinder's Women2000 · as Self
• Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote2000 · as Self
• The Prince's Manuscript2000 · as Alessandra Wolf (Licy)
• Balzac: A Life of Passion1999 · as Charlotte-Laure
• EverAfter1998 · as Grande Dame
• A Witch's Way of Love1997 · as Eglantine
• Love & Confusions1997 · as Libra
• The Proprietor1996 · as Adrienne Mark
• I Love You, I Love You Not1996 · as Nana
• Catherine the Great1996 · as Elizabeth
• Beyond the Clouds1995 · as Friend
• Orson Welles: The One-Man Band1995 · as Self (segment "The Deep") (archive footage)
• The World of Jacques Demy1995 · as Self
• To Make a Film Is to Be Alive1995 · as Self (uncredited)
• One Hundred and One Nights1995 · as Mr. Cinéma's First Ex-wife
• The Clothes in the Wardrobe1993 · as Lili
• A Foreign Field1993 · as Angelique
• François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits1993 · as Self (archive footage)
• Map of the Human Heart1993 · as Sister Banville
• My Name is Victor1993 · as Rose
• The Absence1993 · as Writer's Wife
• See You Tomorrow1992 · as Tete
• La nuit de l'océan1992 · as Hélène Sauveterre
• The Lover1992 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Suspended Step of the Stork1991 · as The Woman
• The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea1991 · as Lady M
• Until the End of the World1991 · as Edith Farber
• Anna Karamazoff1991 · as Woman
• Filming Under Pressure1991 · as Self
• Wim Wenders in Tokyo1990 · as Self
• La Femme fardée1990 · as La Doria
• Alberto Express1990 · as The Baroness
• Au coeur de Nikita1990 · as Self
• Nikita1990 · as Armande
• With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film1990 · as Self
• The Architecture of Doom1989 · as French narrator (voice)
• Calling the Shots1988 · as Self
• Miracle Healing1987 · as Sabine
• Francois Simon the Presence1986 · as Self
• Agatha Christie’s The Last Seance1986 · as Madame Exe
• Sauve-toi, Lola1986 · as Marie-Aude Schneider
• The Nonentity1986 · as Barbesitzerin
• Vivement Truffaut1985 · as Narrator / Self / Catherine
• Vicious Circle1985 · as Ines
• Lillian Gish1984 · as Self
• The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel1984 · as Self
• L'Intoxe1983 · as Marie-Pierre
• The Trout1982 · as Lou
• Querelle1982 · as Lysiane
• The Orson Welles Story1982 · as Self
• A Thousand Billion Dollars1982 · as Madame Benoît-Lambert
• Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid1981 · as Lili Marlene
• Heat of Desire1981 · as Hélène
• The Adolescent1979 · as La narratrice (voice) (uncredited)
• The Last Tycoon1976 · as Didi
• Mr. Klein1976 · as Florence
• Lumière1976 · as Sarah
• Hu-Man1975 · as Sylvana
• French Provincial1975 · as Berthe
• Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète1975 · as Self
• The Garden That Tilts1975 · as Maria
• The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir1974 · as The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")
• Creezy1974 · as Renee Vibert
• Going Places1974 · as Jeanne Pirolle
• Joanna Francesa1973 · as Joana
• Omnibus: François Truffaut1973 · as Self
• Nathalie Granger1973 · as L'autre femme
• Repeated Absences1972 · as La voix de la nostalgie (voice)
• Dear Louise1972 · as Louise
• Vagabond Humor1972 · as Myriam Bingeot
• Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !1972 · as Self - Host /Interviewer
• Côté cour, côté champs1971 · as Lady with Little Dog (uncredited)
• Alex in Wonderland1970 · as Self
• Monte Walsh1970 · as Martine Bernard
• Langlois1970 · as Self
• Jeanne raconte Jeanne1970 · as Self
• Countdown to Vengeance1970 · as Madeleine
• Diane's Body1969 · as Diane Vallier
• Great Catherine1968 · as Catherine
• The Immortal Story1968 · as Virginie Ducrot
• Portrait d'Orson Welles1968 · as Self
• The Bride Wore Black1968 · as Julie Kohler
• The Oldest Profession1967 · as Mimi Guillotine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
• The Sailor from Gibraltar1967 · as Anna
• Mademoiselle1966 · as Mademoiselle
• Chimes at Midnight1965 · as Doll Tearsheet
• Viva Maria!1965 · as Maria II
• Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau1965 · as Self
• The Car That Became a Star1965 · as The Marchioness of Frinton (archive footage)
• The Yellow Rolls-Royce1964 · as The Marchioness of Frinton
• The Train1964 · as Christine
• Diary of a Chambermaid1964 · as Céléstine
• Mata Hari, Agent H211964 · as Mata Hari
• The Victors1963 · as French Woman
• The Fire Within1963 · as Eva
• Bay of Angels1963 · as Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre
• Banana Peel1963 · as Cathy / Mme Volney
• Eva1962 · as Eva Olivier
• The Trial1962 · as Marika Burstner
• Jules and Jim1962 · as Catherine
• A Woman Is a Woman1961 · as Self (uncredited)
• La Notte1961 · as Lidia
• The Dialogue of the Carmelites1960 · as Mother Marie of the Incarnation
• Seven Days… Seven Nights1960 · as Anne Desbarèdes
• Five Branded Women1960 · as Ljuba
• Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur1960 · as Narrator (voice)
• Dangerous Love Affairs1959 · as Juliette Valmont
• The 400 Blows1959 · as La Femme avec le chien
• The Lovers1958 · as Jeanne Tournier
• Three Days to Live1958 · as Jeanne Fortin
• Back to the Wall1958 · as Gloria Decrey
• Elevator to the Gallows1958 · as Florence Carala
• Not Delivered1958 · as Jacqueline Tourieu
• The Strange Mr. Steve1957 · as Florence
• Demoniac1957 · as Agnès Vanaux
• Until the Last One1957 · as Gina
• The Wages of Sin1956 · as Angèle Ribot
• Hi-Jack Highway1955 · as Alice
• M'sieur la Caille1955 · as Fernande
• Les Hommes en blanc1955 · as Marianne Déjazet
• Queen Margot1954 · as Marguerite de Valois, "La Reine Margot"
• The Secrets of the Bed1954 · as Jeanne Plisson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")
• The Scheming Women1954 · as Mona Rémi, la femme de Paul
• Touchez Pas au Grisbi1954 · as Josy
• Inside a Girls' Dormitory1953 · as Julie, la serveuse
• Julietta1953 · as Rosie Facibey
• Dr. Schweitzer1952 · as Marie Winter
• The Man in My Life1952 · as Suzanne Dubreuil
• Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés1950 · as La môme Pâquerette
• Three Sinners1950 · as Martine Annequin
• Last Love1949 · as Michèle

All TV Shows (31)

• Agnès Varda: From Here to There2011 · as Self
• The Countess of Castiglione2006 · as Principessa Sisi Altieri
• The Accursed Kings2005 · as Mahaut d'Artois
• Les Misérables2000 · as Mère Innocente
• Balzac1999 · as Charlotte-Laure
• Vivement dimanche1998 · as Self
• Scene by Scene1997 · as Self
• Belle Époque1995 · as Récitante
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self - Guest
• Stars 901990 · as Self
• Screen One1989 · as Angelique
• Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
• Nulle part ailleurs1987 · as Self
• Le Tiroir secret1986 · as Vivi
• Screen Two1985 · as Lili
• Auf los geht's los1977 · as Self
• Cérémonie des César1976 · as Self - President
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Apostrophes1975 · as Self
• Midi Première1975 · as Self
• Spécial cinéma1974 · as Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• Midi trente1972 · as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Dim Dam Dom1965 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Discorama1959 · as Self
• Cinépanorama1956 · as Self
• Reflets de Cannes1954 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self