Marie-Christine Barrault

Biography

Marie-Christine Barrault (born 21 March 1944) is a French actress. She is best known for her performance in Cousin Cousine (1975) for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2010, she released her autobiography, titled This Long Way To Get To You. Marie-Christine Barrault was born in Paris, France, the daughter of Martha (née Valmier) and Max-Henri Barrault. Her parents later divorced. Barrault's father, who worked in the theatre, died while she was a teenager. With no support, her mother was unable to care for her and her brother, Alain. Barrault was raised by her grandmother, Felicite. She was mentored in acting by her aunt and uncle, French performers Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud. They initially did not support her dreams of becoming an actress. She performed in plays in secondary school and then enrolled in an acting conservatory. Barrault got her start on television in L'oeuvre (1967). She made her feature film debut in Éric Rohmer's My Night at Maud's (1969). In 1970 Barrault was featured along with Pierre Richard in the comedy film Le Distrait. In 1975 Barrault starred in Cousin Cousine, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She worked with Rohmer once again in 1978, in the role of Guinevere in Perceval le Gallois and she also has a cameo in his Chloe in the Afternoon. Barrault is not fluent in English and therefore has generally turned down offers to appear in English-language films. However, in 1980 she accepted an offer from Woody Allen to appear in his film Stardust Memories. In 1988 she was nominated for a Genie Award for her performance in No Blame. In 1991 she portrayed Marie Curie in a television mini-series. In her later career, she has preferred acting on the stage in France. In 2015, she came to Los Angeles on tour to perform in the play Les Yeux Ouverts, in which she portrays French author Marguerite Yourcenar. Barrault's first husband was producer Daniel Toscan du Plantier, whom she married in 1965. With him, she had two children, David and Ariane. Barrault was married to director Roger Vadim from 1990 until his death from cancer in 2000. She herself is a breast cancer survivor. Source: Article "Marie-Christine Barrault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Spécial cinéma

Champs-Elysées

Vivement dimanche

Sacrée soirée

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Murders in...

All Movies (96)

A Woman's Life2026 · as Arlette
The Ties That Bind Us2025 · as La mère de Sandra et Marianne
Per il mio bene2024 · as Anna
La Maman du bourreau2024 · as Gabrielle de Miremont
Oldies But Goodies2024 · as Mme. Courtillet
Tout sauf l’ennui2023 · as Self
Et doucement rallumer les étoiles2023 · as Geneviève
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman2023 · as Komura's Mother (voice)
George et Sarah2020 · as George Sand
Zénon the Rebel2019 · as Self - Narrator
Deux gouttes d'eau2018 · as Elisabeth Davout
All About Mothers2018 · as Jacqueline
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard2017 · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Les brumes du souvenir2017 · as Alice Blondel
Twisting Fate2016 · as Jeanne
Mademoiselle de la Charce2016
The Easy Way Out2015 · as Nelly
Toi que j'aimais tant2014 · as Hélène Maupin
Sleight of Hand2014 · as Sophie Marescot
My Name Is Hmmm...2013 · as La grand-mère
Domestic Life2013 · as Nicole
The Big Bad Wolf2013 · as La mère
Memories of a Disturbed Young Lady2010 · as The Gynecologist
Making Plans for Lena2009 · as Annie
Trivial2007 · as Mélanie Bérangère
Passés troubles2006 · as Béatrice
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre2005 · as Self
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens2005 · as Self
Parlez-moi d'amour2004 · as Élisa
L'empreinte de l'ange2004 · as La mère suprême
Saint-Germain ou La négociation2003 · as Chaterine de Médicis
Azzurro2000 · as Elizabeth Broyer
La Dilettante1999 · as Thérèse Rambert
Le grand Batre1997 · as Thérèse
Obsession1997 · as Ella Beckmann
Un coup de baguette magique1997 · as Jeanne
Love, Math and Sex1997 · as La prof de maths
Mon père avait raison1996 · as Germaine Bellanger
Tendre piège1996 · as Françoise
Bonsoir1994 · as Marie Wileska
Crazy Love1993 · as Louise
Jenny Marx, la femme du diable1993 · as Jenny Marx
Next Time the Fire1993 · as Elena
Necessary Love1991
Gallant Ladies1990 · as Jacquette de Bourdeille
Stormy Summer1989 · as Anne
The Silent Woman1989 · as Marianne
Women in Prison1988 · as La surveillante chef
The Student1988 · as Self (uncredited)
L'Énigme des sables1988
Sanguines1988 · as Nedie
The Abyss1988 · as Hilzonde
Adieu, je t'aime1988 · as Nicole Dupré
The Lizard King1988 · as Beatrice Aumond
Daniya, the emir's garden1988 · as Almodís
Manuela's Loves1987 · as Manuela
Vaudeville1986 · as Madeleine
L'Été 361986 · as Lise
The Satin Slipper1986 · as La lune
Power Of Evil1985 · as Sylvie
A Better Life1985 · as Véronique's mother
Pianoforte1985 · as La mère de Maria
Pianoforte1985 · as Andrea
Louise... l'insoumise1985 · as Mme Royer
Swann in Love1984 · as Madame Verdurin
A Love in Germany1983 · as Maria Wyler
Les Mots pour le dire1983 · as Eliane Saint-Jean
Table for Five1983 · as Marie
Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi1983 · as Jeanne
Mir reicht's - ich steig aus1983 · as Jane
L'Amour trop fort1981 · as Rose-Marie de Boisel
Stardust Memories1980 · as Isobel
Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme1980 · as Eva
My Dearest1980 · as Jeanne Rivière
To Woody Allen from Europe with Love1980 · as Self
Woman Between Wolf and Dog1979 · as Lieve
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen1979 · as Self
Perceval1978 · as La Reine Guenevievre
Histoire vraie1978 · as Rose
The Savage State1978 · as Laurence Laurençon
The Medusa Touch1978 · as Patricia
Le Chandelier1977 · as Jacqueline
Cousin, Cousine1975 · as Marthe
John Glückstadt1975 · as Hanna Hansen
Le Tour d'Écrou1974 · as Miss Jessel
An Ideal Husband1972 · as Lady Chiltern
Love in the Afternoon1972 · as Dream Sequence
Figaro-ci, Figaro-là1972 · as Julie
Menace1972 · as Francoise
Le Sagouin1972 · as Léone
Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu1971 · as The mother
Le Misanthrope1971 · as Célimène
Lancelot of the Lake1970 · as Reine Guinevere
Distracted1970 · as Lisa Gastier
« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur1970 · as La sœur
My Night at Maud's1969 · as Françoise

All TV Shows (25)

Zodiaque2026 · as Hélène Escoffier
Fiasco2024 · as Huguette Valande
Alphonse2023 · as Eve Bragnier
A Family Secret2014 · as Nadège
Murders in...2013 · as Violette Rivière
Murders in...2013 · as Lidy Mathis
Murders in...2013 · as Denise Royan
The Unexpected Getaway2012 · as Self
Profiling Paris2009 · as Catherine Lepage
Ange de feu2006 · as Janine Cordey
Vivement dimanche1998 · as Self
Le Grand Batre1997 · as Thérèse Cabreyrolle d'Azérac
Studio Gabriel1994 · as Self
Marie Curie, une femme honorable1991 · as Marie Curie
Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
Nulle part ailleurs1987 · as Self
Victoires de la musique1985 · as Self
Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self
Petit déjeuner compris1980 · as Marie-Louise Leroux
Henry James Stories1976 · as Miss Jessel
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
La Confession d'un enfant du siècle1974 · as Brigitte
Spécial cinéma1974 · as Self
Les Sesterain ou le miroir 20001971 · as Martine Lauzon
Les Cent Livres des Hommes1970 · as La mère