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Macha Méril

Acting Born Sep 3, 1940 Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco] 24 credits

Biography

Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina (born 3 September 1940), known by her stage name Macha Méril, is a French actress and writer.

Méril is descended by her father from the Russian princely house Gagarin and by her mother from a Ukrainian noble family. She appeared in 125 films between 1959 and 2012, including films directed by Jean-Luc Godard (A Married Woman / Une femme mariée), Luis Buñuel (Belle de jour), and Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Chinese Roulette).

She also appeared in the Quebec television series Lance et Compte. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Helga Ulmann in Dario Argento's Deep Red and in Aldo Lado's Night Train Murders (1975).

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Full filmography

  • Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
  • Vivement dimanche (1998) as Self
  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
  • To Remember (1993) as Narrator
  • Télématin (1985) as Self
  • Beau Pere (1981) as la Maîtresse de maison
  • On n'est pas couché (2006) as Self - Guest
  • Joséphine, Guardian Angel (1997) as Tania
  • Tender Cousins (1980) as Mère de Julien
  • Il était une fois Champs-Élysées (2022) as Self (archive footage)
  • Dim Dam Dom (1965) as Self
  • The Unexpected Getaway (2022) as Self
  • Belle de Jour (1967) as Renée
  • Lance et Compte (1986) as Maroussia Lambert
  • Folie passagère (2015) as Self
  • Deep Red (1975) as Helga Ulmann
  • Un monde, un regard (2021)
  • Au nom de tous les miens (1985) as Mère de Martin
  • Vagabond (1985) as Madame Landier
  • Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin (1989) as Tatiana
  • Enquête parallèle (2023) as Colette Chaperot
  • The Defector (1966) as Frieda Hoffmann
  • Happiness Never Comes Alone (2012) as Fanfan Keller
  • Méditerranée (2001) as Carla Valbonne