Jeanne Moreau
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.
Known for
2025The Life of Mirrors
2022Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2021Morceaux de Cannes
2019Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2019André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2019Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self (archive footage)
2018Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
2014François Truffaut l'insoumis
Self (archive footage)
2014Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2013L'Habit ne fait pas le moine
Madeleine
2013Venice 70: Future Reloaded
(voice)
2012Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012Gebo and the Shadow
Candidinha
2012Lullaby to my Father
Narrator (voice)
2012A Lady in Paris
Frida
2012The Bardot mystery
2011Bouquet final
Marie
2011A Bad Encounter
Gaby
2010Dispositif 47 - The Second Death
Self (archive footage)
2009Visage
Jeanne
2009Eleanor's Secret
Aunt Eléonore (voice)
2009Carmel
Narrator
2009Bulles de Vian
Self
