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Jeanne Moreau

Acting Born Jan 23, 1928 Died Jul 31, 2017 Paris, France 231 credits
231
Total Credits
1949–2025
77 Years Career Span
72
Vault Titles
10
Key Co-Stars

Biography

Jeanne Moreau 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. Moreau began playing small roles in films in 1949 and eventually achieved prominence as the star of several notable films. She was a prolific actress during the 1960s, continuing to appear in films until her death in 2017. Moreau received a César Award for Best Actress and a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress. She was also recognized at the Cannes Film Festival. Moreau was born in Paris, France, on January 23, 1928, and passed away on July 31, 2017, at the age of 89.

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Career

Career overview

Jeanne Moreau established herself as a leading actress of the Comédie-Française through her theatrical performances. She began playing small roles in films in 1949. Moreau's breakthrough in cinema came with the release of Lift to the Scaffold (UK)/Elevator to the Gallows (USA) in 1958, directed by Louis Malle. This marked the beginning of her prominent career in film.

Throughout the 1960s, Moreau continued to appear in notable films, including Jules et Jim in 1962, directed by François Truffaut. Her prolific career spanned multiple decades, with her last known film appearances occurring before her death in 2017. Moreau's extensive body of work includes numerous films, with a total of 222 known credits.

Moreau received recognition for her acting, including a César Award for Best Actress, a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress, and a Cannes Film Award.

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Known for

Film

Ain't Misbehavin

as Self
Film

Night People

as Self

Dead Like Me

as Laura
Film

Love Actually

as Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)

Les Misérables

as Mère Innocente

Vivement dimanche

as Self
Film

EverAfter

as Grande Dame
Film

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

as Self - Guest
Film

The Clothes in the Wardrobe

as Lili
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Get Out

as Sister Banville
Film

The Lover

as Narrator (voice)
Film

Until the End of the World

as Edith Farber

Frequent co-stars

Geoffrey Blake 13 shared titles
Gabriel Hogan 11 shared titles
Sophia Lillis 10 shared titles
Jean-Claude Brialy 5 shared titles
Z Infante 4 shared titles
Peter Cushing 4 shared titles
Christopher Lee 4 shared titles
Wyatt Oleff 3 shared titles
Jack Dylan Grazer 3 shared titles
Jacob Ming-Trent 3 shared titles

Career timeline

BardotThe Life of Mirrors
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Morceaux de Cannes
Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolClaudia Cardinale, la créature du secretAndré Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
They'll Love Me When I'm DeadJeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Baden Baden · Thanks
François Truffaut l'insoumisMagician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Ain't MisbehavinSalvo · ThanksVenice 70: Future ReloadedL'Habit ne fait pas le moine
Gebo and the ShadowClose UpA Lady in ParisThe Bardot mysteryLullaby to my Father
Bouquet finalAgnès Varda: From Here to ThereA Bad Encounter
Dispositif 47 - The Second Death
VisageCarmelLooking for TruffautEleanor's SecretBulles de Vian
One Day You'll UnderstandSous les vents de NeptuneChâteau en SuèdeIl était une fois... « Jules et Jim »
DisengagementTo Each His Own CinemaThe DeepA City Runs Through the Festival
The Countess of CastiglioneRoméo et Juliette
Ashes and SnowThe Accursed KingsGo WestGo West · Associate ProducerTime to Leave
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
Love ActuallyThe Birch-Tree Meadow · WriterThe Passions of Louis MalleHot House
Heart of the Festival
LisaLisa · SongsBride of Trailer CampCet amour-làZaïde, un petit air de vengeance
Les MisérablesFassbinder's WomenThe Prince's ManuscriptOrson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
BalzacBalzac: A Life of Passion
Vivement dimancheEverAfter
Scene by SceneA Witch's Way of LoveLove & Confusions
Catherine the GreatI Love You, I Love You NotThe ProprietorThe Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Beyond the CloudsBelle ÉpoqueOne Hundred and One NightsThe World of Jacques DemyOrson Welles: The One-Man Band
Inside the Actors Studio
The Clothes in the WardrobeFrançois Truffaut: Stolen PortraitsThe AbsenceMap of the Human HeartA Foreign Field
The LoverLa nuit de l'océanSee You Tomorrow
Until the End of the WorldThe Old Lady Who Walked in the SeaAnna KaramazoffThe Suspended Step of the StorkFilming Under Pressure

Full Filmography

231 titles
  • Bardot (2025) as archive footage
  • The Life of Mirrors (2025)
  • Belmondo: The Incorrigible (2022)
  • Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
  • Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019) as Self - Actress (archive footage)
  • Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema (2019) as Self - Actress (archive footage)
  • They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) as Self (archive footage)
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  • Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit (2018) as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
  • Baden Baden (2016) Thanks
  • François Truffaut l'insoumis (2014) as Self (archive footage)
  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) as Self - Actress (archive footage)
  • Ain't Misbehavin (2013) as Self
  • Salvo (2013) Thanks
  • Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) as (voice)
  • L'Habit ne fait pas le moine (2013) as Madeleine
  • Gebo and the Shadow (2012) as Candidinha
  • Close Up (2012) as Self (archive footage)
  • A Lady in Paris (2012) as Frida
  • The Bardot mystery (2012)
  • Lullaby to my Father (2012) as Narrator (voice)
  • Bouquet final (2011) as Marie
  • Agnès Varda: From Here to There (2011) as Self
  • A Bad Encounter (2011) as Gaby
  • Dispositif 47 - The Second Death (2010) as Self (archive footage)
  • Visage (2009) as Jeanne
  • Carmel (2009) as Narrator
  • Looking for Truffaut (2009) as Self (archive footage)
  • Eleanor's Secret (2009) as Aunt Eléonore (voice)
  • Bulles de Vian (2009) as Self
  • Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller (2009) as Self
  • One Day You'll Understand (2008) as Rivka
  • Sous les vents de Neptune (2008) as Josette
  • Château en Suède (2008) as Agathe Falsen
  • Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim » (2008) as Self (actrice, rôle de Catherine)
  • Disengagement (2007) as Françoise
  • To Each His Own Cinema (2007) as The old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")
  • The Deep (2007) as Ruth Warriner
  • A City Runs Through the Festival (2007) as Self
  • The Countess of Castiglione (2006) as Principessa Sisi Altieri
  • Roméo et Juliette (2006) as Laurence
  • Ashes and Snow (2005) as French Narrator (voice)
  • The Accursed Kings (2005) as Mahaut d'Artois
  • Go West (2005) as Novinar
  • Go West (2005) Associate Producer
  • Time to Leave (2005) as Laura
  • French Beauty (2005) as Self
  • The Other Side of Welles (2005) as Self
  • Akoibon (2005) as Madame Paule
  • A Cursed Monarchy (2005) as Mahaut d'Artois
  • Autogram (2005) as Jeanne Moreau
  • François Truffaut, une autobiographie (2004) as Self
  • Love Actually (2003) as Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)
  • The Birch-Tree Meadow (2003) Writer
  • The Passions of Louis Malle (2003) as Self - Interviewee
  • Hot House (2003) as Léo
  • Heart of the Festival (2002) as Self (archive footage)
  • Lisa (2001) as Lisa (old)
  • Lisa (2001) Songs
  • Bride of Trailer Camp (2001) as (archive footage)
  • Cet amour-là (2001) as Marguerite Duras
  • Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance (2001) as Anna Shermann
  • Les Misérables (2000) as Mère Innocente
  • Fassbinder's Women (2000) as Self
  • The Prince's Manuscript (2000) as Alessandra Wolf (Licy)
  • Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote (2000) as Self
  • Balzac (1999) as Charlotte-Laure
  • Balzac: A Life of Passion (1999) as Charlotte-Laure
  • Vivement dimanche (1998) as Self
  • EverAfter (1998) as Grande Dame
  • Scene by Scene (1997) as Self
  • A Witch's Way of Love (1997) as Eglantine
  • Love & Confusions (1997) as Libra
  • Catherine the Great (1996) as Elizabeth
  • I Love You, I Love You Not (1996) as Nana
  • The Proprietor (1996) as Adrienne Mark
  • The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful (1996) as Self
  • Beyond the Clouds (1995) as Friend
  • Belle Époque (1995) as Récitante
  • One Hundred and One Nights (1995) as Mr. Cinéma's First Ex-wife
  • The World of Jacques Demy (1995) as Self
  • Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995) as Self (segment "The Deep") (archive footage)
  • To Make a Film Is to Be Alive (1995) as Self (uncredited)
  • Inside the Actors Studio (1994) as Self - Guest
  • The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993) as Lili
  • François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1993) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Absence (1993) as Writer's Wife
  • Map of the Human Heart (1993) as Sister Banville
  • A Foreign Field (1993) as Angelique
  • My Name is Victor (1993) as Rose
  • The Lover (1992) as Narrator (voice)
  • La nuit de l'océan (1992) as Hélène Sauveterre
  • See You Tomorrow (1992) as Tete
  • Until the End of the World (1991) as Edith Farber
  • The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (1991) as Lady M
  • Anna Karamazoff (1991) as Woman
  • The Suspended Step of the Stork (1991) as The Woman
  • Filming Under Pressure (1991) as Self
  • Stars 90 (1990) as Self
  • Nikita (1990) as Armande
  • Alberto Express (1990) as The Baroness
  • Au coeur de Nikita (1990) as Self
  • Wim Wenders in Tokyo (1990) as Self
  • With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film (1990) as Self
  • La Femme fardée (1990) as La Doria
  • Screen One (1989) as Angelique
  • The Architecture of Doom (1989) as French narrator (voice)
  • Calling the Shots (1988) as Self
  • Sacrée soirée (1987) as Self
  • Nulle part ailleurs (1987) as Self
  • Miracle Healing (1987) as Sabine
  • Francois Simon the Presence (1986) as Self
  • Le Tiroir secret (1986) as Vivi
  • The Nonentity (1986) as Barbesitzerin
  • Agatha Christie’s The Last Seance (1986) as Madame Exe
  • Sauve-toi, Lola (1986) as Marie-Aude Schneider
  • Screen Two (1985) as Lili
  • Vicious Circle (1985) as Ines
  • Vivement Truffaut (1985) as Narrator / Self / Catherine
  • Lillian Gish (1984) as Self
  • Lillian Gish (1984) Producer
  • Lillian Gish (1984) Director
  • The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel (1984) as Self
  • L'Intoxe (1983) as Marie-Pierre
  • A Thousand Billion Dollars (1982) as Madame Benoît-Lambert
  • Querelle (1982) as Lysiane
  • The Trout (1982) as Lou
  • The Orson Welles Story (1982) as Self
  • Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1981) as Lili Marlene
  • Heat of Desire (1981) as Hélène
  • The Adolescent (1979) as La narratrice (voice) (uncredited)
  • The Adolescent (1979) Director
  • The Adolescent (1979) Writer
  • Ciné regards (1978) as Self
  • Auf los geht's los (1977) as Self
  • Cérémonie des César (1976) as Self - President
  • Mr. Klein (1976) as Florence
  • The Last Tycoon (1976) as Didi
  • Lumière (1976) as Sarah
  • Lumière (1976) Director
  • Lumière (1976) Writer
  • Apostrophes (1975) as Self
  • Midi Première (1975) as Self
  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
  • The Garden That Tilts (1975) as Maria
  • Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète (1975) as Self
  • French Provincial (1975) as Berthe
  • Hu-Man (1975) as Sylvana
  • Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self
  • Going Places (1974) as Jeanne Pirolle
  • Creezy (1974) as Renee Vibert
  • The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (1974) as The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")
  • The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973) as Self
  • Nathalie Granger (1973) as L'autre femme
  • Omnibus: François Truffaut (1973) as Self
  • Joanna Francesa (1973) as Joana
  • Midi trente (1972) as Self
  • Le Grand Échiquier (1972) as Self
  • Repeated Absences (1972) as La voix de la nostalgie (voice)
  • Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! (1972) as Self - Host /Interviewer
  • Dear Louise (1972) as Louise
  • Vagabond Humor (1972) as Myriam Bingeot
  • Côté cour, côté champs (1971) as Lady with Little Dog (uncredited)
  • Langlois (1970) as Self
  • Countdown to Vengeance (1970) as Madeleine
  • Alex in Wonderland (1970) as Self
  • Monte Walsh (1970) as Martine Bernard
  • Jeanne raconte Jeanne (1970) as Self
  • Diane's Body (1969) as Diane Vallier
  • The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
  • The Bride Wore Black (1968) as Julie Kohler
  • Portrait d'Orson Welles (1968) as Self
  • The Immortal Story (1968) as Virginie Ducrot
  • Great Catherine (1968) as Catherine
  • The Oldest Profession (1967) as Mimi Guillotine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
  • The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) as Anna
  • Mademoiselle (1966) as Mademoiselle
  • Dim Dam Dom (1965) as Self
  • Chimes at Midnight (1965) as Doll Tearsheet
  • Viva Maria! (1965) as Maria II
  • Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau (1965) as Self
  • The Car That Became a Star (1965) as The Marchioness of Frinton (archive footage)
  • The Train (1964) as Christine
  • Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) as Céléstine
  • The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) as The Marchioness of Frinton
  • Mata Hari, Agent H21 (1964) as Mata Hari
  • The Fire Within (1963) as Eva
  • Banana Peel (1963) as Cathy / Mme Volney
  • Bay of Angels (1963) as Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre
  • The Victors (1963) as French Woman
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • The Trial (1962) as Marika Burstner
  • Jules and Jim (1962) as Catherine
  • Eva (1962) as Eva Olivier
  • A Woman Is a Woman (1961) as Self (uncredited)
  • La Notte (1961) as Lidia
  • Seven Days… Seven Nights (1960) as Anne Desbarèdes
  • The Dialogue of the Carmelites (1960) as Mother Marie of the Incarnation
  • Five Branded Women (1960) as Ljuba
  • Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur (1960) as Narrator (voice)
  • Discorama (1959) as Self
  • The 400 Blows (1959) as La Femme avec le chien
  • The 400 Blows (1959) Thanks
  • Dangerous Love Affairs (1959) as Juliette Valmont
  • Elevator to the Gallows (1958) as Florence Carala
  • Three Days to Live (1958) as Jeanne Fortin
  • The Lovers (1958) as Jeanne Tournier
  • Not Delivered (1958) as Jacqueline Tourieu
  • Back to the Wall (1958) as Gloria Decrey
  • Until the Last One (1957) as Gina
  • The Strange Mr. Steve (1957) as Florence
  • Demoniac (1957) as Agnès Vanaux
  • Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
  • The Wages of Sin (1956) as Angèle Ribot
  • M'sieur la Caille (1955) as Fernande
  • Hi-Jack Highway (1955) as Alice
  • Les Hommes en blanc (1955) as Marianne Déjazet
  • Reflets de Cannes (1954) as Self
  • Queen Margot (1954) as Marguerite de Valois, "La Reine Margot"
  • Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954) as Josy
  • The Secrets of the Bed (1954) as Jeanne Plisson (segment "Billet de logement, Le")
  • The Scheming Women (1954) as Mona Rémi, la femme de Paul
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • Julietta (1953) as Rosie Facibey
  • Inside a Girls' Dormitory (1953) as Julie, la serveuse
  • La Joie de vivre (1952) as Marianne
  • The Man in My Life (1952) as Suzanne Dubreuil
  • Dr. Schweitzer (1952) as Marie Winter
  • Three Sinners (1950) as Martine Annequin
  • Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1950) as La môme Pâquerette
  • Last Love (1949) as Michèle

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Jeanne Moreau is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Ain't Misbehavin (2013), Night People (1954), Dead Like Me (2003), Love Actually (2003).

When and where was Jeanne Moreau born?

Jeanne Moreau was born on January 23, 1928 in Paris, France. They passed away on July 31, 2017.

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Jeanne Moreau has accumulated over 231 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1949 to 2025.

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Jeanne Moreau 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. Moreau began playing small roles in films in 1949 and eventually achieved prominence as the star of several notable films. She w...

Jeanne Moreau by the numbers

231credits
197films
34TV series
1949–2025active years

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