Jeanne Moreau
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 23, 1928
- Died
- July 31, 2017
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
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
The Road to Jericho 2026
Actor
Bardot 2025
as archive footage
The Life of Mirrors 2025
Actor
Belmondo: The Incorrigible 2022
Actor
Morceaux de Cannes 2021
Actor
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret 2019
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 2019
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
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)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit 2018
as Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Baden Baden 2016
Thanks
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles 2014
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
François Truffaut l'insoumis 2014
as Self (archive footage)
L'Habit ne fait pas le moine 2013
as Madeleine
Venice 70: Future Reloaded 2013
as (voice)
Salvo 2013
Thanks
Ain't Misbehavin 2013
as Self
A Lady in Paris 2012
as Frida
Lullaby to my Father 2012
as Narrator (voice)
Close Up 2012
as Self (archive footage)
Gebo and the Shadow 2012
as Candidinha
The Bardot mystery 2012
Actor
A Bad Encounter 2011
as Gaby
Bouquet final 2011
as Marie
Dispositif 47 - The Second Death 2010
as Self (archive footage)
Eleanor's Secret 2009
as Aunt Eléonore (voice)
Visage 2009
as Jeanne
Carmel 2009
as Narrator
Bulles de Vian 2009
as Self
- Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller
Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller 2009
as Self
- Looking for Truffaut
Looking for Truffaut 2009
as Self (archive footage)
Château en Suède 2008
as Agathe Falsen
Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim » 2008
as Self (actrice, rôle de Catherine)
One Day You'll Understand 2008
as Rivka
To Each His Own Cinema 2007
as The old woman / Self (segment "Trois Minutes")
Disengagement 2007
as Françoise
The Deep 2007
as Ruth Warriner
A City Runs Through the Festival 2007
as Self
Roméo et Juliette 2006
as Laurence
Time to Leave 2005
as Laura
Go West 2005
as Novinar, Associate Producer
The Other Side of Welles 2005
as Self
French Beauty 2005
as Self
Akoibon 2005
as Madame Paule
Ashes and Snow 2005
as French Narrator (voice)
Autogram 2005
as Jeanne Moreau
François Truffaut, une autobiographie 2004
as Self
Hot House 2003
as Léo
Love Actually 2003
as Taxi Passenger at Marseille Airport (uncredited)
The Passions of Louis Malle 2003
as Self - Interviewee
The Birch-Tree Meadow 2003
Writer
Heart of the Festival 2002
as Self (archive footage)
Cet amour-là 2001
as Marguerite Duras
- Bride of Trailer Camp
Bride of Trailer Camp 2001
as (archive footage)
Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance 2001
as Anna Shermann
Lisa 2001
as Lisa (old), Songs
Fassbinder's Women 2000
as Self
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote 2000
as Self
The Prince's Manuscript 2000
as Alessandra Wolf (Licy)
Balzac: A Life of Passion 1999
as Charlotte-Laure
EverAfter 1998
as Grande Dame
A Witch's Way of Love 1997
as Eglantine
Love & Confusions 1997
as Libra
The Proprietor 1996
as Adrienne Mark
I Love You, I Love You Not 1996
as Nana
Catherine the Great 1996
as Elizabeth
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful 1996
as Self
Beyond the Clouds 1995
as Friend
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band 1995
as Self (segment "The Deep") (archive footage)
The World of Jacques Demy 1995
as Self
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive 1995
as Self (uncredited)
One Hundred and One Nights 1995
as Mr. Cinéma's First Ex-wife
The Clothes in the Wardrobe 1993
as Lili
A Foreign Field 1993
as Angelique
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits 1993
as Self (archive footage)
Map of the Human Heart 1993
as Sister Banville
My Name is Victor 1993
as Rose
The Absence 1993
as Writer's Wife
See You Tomorrow 1992
as Tete
La nuit de l'océan 1992
as Hélène Sauveterre
The Lover 1992
as Narrator (voice)
The Suspended Step of the Stork 1991
as The Woman
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea 1991
as Lady M
Until the End of the World 1991
as Edith Farber
Anna Karamazoff 1991
as Woman
Filming Under Pressure 1991
as Self
Wim Wenders in Tokyo 1990
as Self
La Femme fardée 1990
as La Doria
Alberto Express 1990
as The Baroness
Au coeur de Nikita 1990
as Self
Nikita 1990
as Armande
- With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film 1990
as Self
The Architecture of Doom 1989
as French narrator (voice)
Calling the Shots 1988
as Self
Miracle Healing 1987
as Sabine
Francois Simon the Presence 1986
as Self
- Agatha Christie’s The Last Seance
Agatha Christie’s The Last Seance 1986
as Madame Exe
Sauve-toi, Lola 1986
as Marie-Aude Schneider
The Nonentity 1986
as Barbesitzerin
Vivement Truffaut 1985
as Narrator / Self / Catherine
- Vicious Circle
Vicious Circle 1985
as Ines
Lillian Gish 1984
as Self, Producer, Director
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel 1984
as Self
L'Intoxe 1983
as Marie-Pierre
The Trout 1982
as Lou
Querelle 1982
as Lysiane
The Orson Welles Story 1982
as Self
A Thousand Billion Dollars 1982
as Madame Benoît-Lambert
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid 1981
as Lili Marlene
Heat of Desire 1981
as Hélène
The Adolescent 1979
as La narratrice (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer
The Last Tycoon 1976
as Didi
Mr. Klein 1976
as Florence
Lumière 1976
as Sarah, Director, Writer
Hu-Man 1975
as Sylvana
French Provincial 1975
as Berthe
- Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète
Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète 1975
as Self
The Garden That Tilts 1975
as Maria
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir 1974
as The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")
Creezy 1974
as Renee Vibert
Going Places 1974
as Jeanne Pirolle
Joanna Francesa 1973
as Joana
- Omnibus: François Truffaut
Omnibus: François Truffaut 1973
as Self
Nathalie Granger 1973
as L'autre femme
Repeated Absences 1972
as La voix de la nostalgie (voice)
Dear Louise 1972
as Louise
Vagabond Humor 1972
as Myriam Bingeot
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! 1972
as Self - Host /Interviewer
- Côté cour, côté champs
Côté cour, côté champs 1971
as Lady with Little Dog (uncredited)
Alex in Wonderland 1970
as Self
Monte Walsh 1970
as Martine Bernard
Langlois 1970
as Self
Jeanne raconte Jeanne 1970
as Self
Countdown to Vengeance 1970
as Madeleine
Diane's Body 1969
as Diane Vallier
Great Catherine 1968
as Catherine
The Immortal Story 1968
as Virginie Ducrot
Portrait: Orson Welles 1968
as Self
The Bride Wore Black 1968
as Julie Kohler
The Oldest Profession 1967
as Mimi Guillotine (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
The Sailor from Gibraltar 1967
as Anna
Mademoiselle 1966
as Mademoiselle
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 Yellow Rolls-Royce 1964
as The Marchioness of Frinton
The Train 1964
as Christine
Diary of a Chambermaid 1964
as Céléstine
Mata Hari, Agent H21 1964
as Mata Hari
The Victors 1963
as French Woman
The Fire Within 1963
as Eva
Bay of Angels 1963
as Jacqueline 'Jackie' Demaistre
Banana Peel 1963
as Cathy / Mme Volney
Eva 1962
as Eva Olivier
The Trial 1962
as Marika Burstner
Jules and Jim 1962
as Catherine
A Woman Is a Woman 1961
as Self (uncredited)
La Notte 1961
as Lidia
The Dialogue of the Carmelites 1960
as Mother Marie of the Incarnation
Seven Days… Seven Nights 1960
as Anne Desbarèdes
Five Branded Women 1960
as Ljuba
- Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur
Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur 1960
as Narrator (voice)
Dangerous Love Affairs 1959
as Juliette Valmont
The 400 Blows 1959
as La Femme avec le chien, Thanks
The Lovers 1958
as Jeanne Tournier
Three Days to Live 1958
as Jeanne Fortin
Back to the Wall 1958
as Gloria Decrey
Elevator to the Gallows 1958
as Florence Carala
Not Delivered 1958
as Jacqueline Tourieu
The Strange Mr. Steve 1957
as Florence
Demoniac 1957
as Agnès Vanaux
Until the Last One 1957
as Gina
The Wages of Sin 1956
as Angèle Ribot
Hi-Jack Highway 1955
as Alice
M'sieur la Caille 1955
as Fernande
Les Hommes en blanc 1955
as Marianne Déjazet
Queen Margot 1954
as Marguerite de Valois, "La Reine Margot"
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
Touchez Pas au Grisbi 1954
as Josy
Inside a Girls' Dormitory 1953
as Julie, la serveuse
Julietta 1953
as Rosie Facibey
Dr. Schweitzer 1952
as Marie Winter
The Man in My Life 1952
as Suzanne Dubreuil
Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés 1950
as La môme Pâquerette
Three Sinners 1950
as Martine Annequin
Last Love 1949
as Michèle
Credits from TMDB.