Jean Seberg

Biography

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

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Cinépanorama

Breathless

Airport

Paint Your Wagon

Bonjour Tristesse

Lilith

All Movies (47)

• Godard by Godard2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Belmondo: The Incorrigible2022
• Mike Wallace Is Here2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• De Gaulle, the Last King of France2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Philippe Garrel - Portrait d'un artiste1999 · as archive footage
• Jean Seberg: American Actress1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• From the Journals of Jean Seberg1995 · as Self (archive footage)
• Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker1991 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Blue of the Origins1979
• The Wild Duck1976 · as Gina Ekdal, seine Frau
• The Big Delirium1975 · as Emily
• White Horses of Summer1975 · as Lea Kingsburg
• Les Hautes solitudes1974
• Ballad for Billy the Kid1974 · as The Star
• Mousey1974 · as Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson
• The Corruption of Chris Miller1973 · as Ruth Miller
• The Assassination1972 · as Edith Lemoine
• Camorra1972 · as Luisa
• This Kind of Love1972 · as Giovanna
• Kill!1971 · as Emily Hamilton
• Macho Callahan1971 · as Alexandra Mountford
• Dead of Summer1970 · as Joyce Grasse
• Airport1970 · as Tanya Livingston
• Paint Your Wagon1969 · as Elizabeth Woodling
• Pendulum1969 · as Adele Matthews
• No Name City1969 · as Self
• Birds in Peru1968 · as Adriana
• The Road to Corinth1967 · as Shanny
• The Looters1967 · as Colleen O'Hara
• A Fine Madness1966 · as Lydia West
• Line of Demarcation1966 · as Mary de Damville
• Moment to Moment1966 · as Kay Stanton
• Diamonds Are Brittle1965 · as Bettina Ralton
• Lilith1964 · as Lilith Arthur
• Backfire1964 · as Olga Celan
• The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers1964 · as Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")
• Le Grand Escroc1964 · as Patricia
• In the French Style1963 · as Christina James
• Eruption1962 · as Annette
• Five Day Lover1961 · as Claire
• Playtime1961 · as Kate Hoover
• Time Out for Love1961 · as Ann
• Let No Man Write My Epitaph1960 · as Barbara Holloway
• Breathless1960 · as Patricia Franchini
• The Mouse That Roared1959 · as Helen Kokintz
• Bonjour Tristesse1958 · as Cecile
• Saint Joan1957 · as St. Joan of Arc

All TV Shows (5)

• Die Drehscheibe1964 · as Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• Cinépanorama1956 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self (uncredited)