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