Jeanne Moreau
Department: Acting
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
Chimes at Midnight
1965
Elevator to the Gallows
1958
Jules and Jim
1962
The Trial
1962
The Victors
1963
A Cursed Monarchy
2005
The Train
1964
Until the End of the World
1991
Time to Leave
2005
The Lovers
1958
The Fire Within
1963
A Thousand Billion Dollars
1982
Going Places
1974
Vivement Truffaut
1985
The Bride Wore Black
1968
Nathalie Granger
1973
Omnibus: François Truffaut
1973
Viva Maria!
1965
One Day You'll Understand
2008
Beyond the Clouds
1995
Nikita
1990
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
1954
La Notte
1961
Diary of a Chambermaid
1964
Map of the Human Heart
1993
Mademoiselle
1966
Dangerous Love Affairs
1959
Bay of Angels
1963
The Last Tycoon
1976
French Provincial
1975
I Love You, I Love You Not
1996
A Witch's Way of Love
1997
Miracle Healing
1987
Close Up
2012
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
1984
Creezy
1974
Disengagement
2007
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
Vagabond Humor
1972
Queen Margot
1954
Hi-Jack Highway
1955
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
1995
Julietta
1953
Monte Walsh
1970
Visage
2009
Banana Peel
1963
Seven Days… Seven Nights
1960
The Trout
1982
The Immortal Story
1968
Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller
2009
Eva
1962
One Hundred and One Nights
1995
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
1991
Mr. Klein
1976
The Scheming Women
1954
Three Sinners
1950
Three Days to Live
1958
Looking for Truffaut
2009
Back to the Wall
1958
The Oldest Profession
1967
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960
The Proprietor
1996
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
A City Runs Through the Festival
2007
Gebo and the Shadow
2012
Five Branded Women
1960
A Foreign Field
1993
Great Catherine
1968
Until the Last One
1957
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
1974
Lullaby to my Father
2012
Go West
2005
A Lady in Paris
2012
The World of Jacques Demy
1995
Lumière
1976
Ain't Misbehavin
2013
Château en Suède
2008
Love & Confusions
1997
Lisa
2001
Roméo et Juliette
2006
Mata Hari, Agent H21
1964
Demoniac
1957
Anna Karamazoff
1991
Dear Louise
1972
Joanna Francesa
1973
Heat of Desire
1981
Not Delivered
1958
Autogram
2005
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
2000
The Suspended Step of the Stork
1991
Dr. Schweitzer
1952
Cet amour-là
2001
The Prince's Manuscript
2000
Eleanor's Secret
2009
The Wages of Sin
1956
The Sailor from Gibraltar
1967
Akoibon
2005
Balzac: A Life of Passion
1999
The 400 Blows
1959
The Garden That Tilts
1975
La Femme fardée
1990
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
1953
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur
1960
The Deep
2007
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
Love Actually
2003
Diane's Body
1969
Hu-Man
1975
Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance
2001
A Woman Is a Woman
1961
The Nonentity
1986
My Name is Victor
1993
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
1981
Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim »
2008
Côté cour, côté champs
1971
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
1995
Langlois
1970
Carmel
2009
The Strange Mr. Steve
1957
Catherine the Great
1996
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
2004
Portrait: Orson Welles
1968
Francois Simon the Presence
1986
EverAfter
1998
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990
Countdown to Vengeance
1970
L'Intoxe
1983
Repeated Absences
1972
Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés
1950
Les Hommes en blanc
1955
La nuit de l'océan
1992
Last Love
1949
L'Habit ne fait pas le moine
2013
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Dispositif 47 - The Second Death
2010
Alberto Express
1990
Bulles de Vian
2009
M'sieur la Caille
1955
Sauve-toi, Lola
1986
The Man in My Life
1952
Bouquet final
2011
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
2019
François Truffaut l'insoumis
2014
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993
The Architecture of Doom
1989
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
See You Tomorrow
1992
The Absence
1993
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990
Hot House
2003
Jeanne raconte Jeanne
1970
Querelle
1982
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018
Alex in Wonderland
1970
The Other Side of Welles
2005
Calling the Shots
1988
The Lover
1992
The Car That Became a Star
1965
Filming Under Pressure
1991
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
1972
The Secrets of the Bed
1954
A Bad Encounter
2011
Sous les vents de Neptune
2008
Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau
1965
Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète
1975
The Adolescent
1979
Lillian Gish
1984
Vicious Circle
1985
Au coeur de Nikita
1990
Agatha Christie’s The Last Seance
1986
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
The Passions of Louis Malle
2003
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
French Beauty
2005
The Life of Mirrors
2025
The Orson Welles Story
1982
Fassbinder's Women
2000
Heart of the Festival
2002
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
The Oscars
1953
Les Misérables
2000
Balzac
1999
Nulle part ailleurs
1987
Screen One
1989
Belle Époque
1995
The Accursed Kings
2005
Le Tiroir secret
1986
Scene by Scene
1997
Spécial cinéma
1974
The Countess of Castiglione
2006
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Auf los geht's los
1977
Dim Dam Dom
1965
Midi trente
1972
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Midi Première
1975
Apostrophes
1975
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Discorama
1959
Vivement dimanche
1998
Stars 90
1990
Cinépanorama
1956
Sacrée Soirée
1987
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2011
Reflets de Cannes
1954
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Cérémonie des César
1976