Jean Seberg
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 13, 1938
- Died
- August 30, 1979
- Birthplace
- Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
Jean Dorothy Seberg (November 13, 1938 – August 30, 1979) was an American actress who lived half her life in France. She appeared in 34 films in Hollywood and in Europe, including Saint Joan, Bonjour Tristesse, Breathless, Lilith, The Mouse That Roared, Moment to Moment, A Fine Madness, Paint Your Wagon, Airport, Macho Callahan, and Gang War in Naples. She was also one of the best-known targets of the FBI COINTELPRO project. Her targeting was a well-documented retaliation for her support of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s. Seberg died at the age of 40 in Paris, with police ruling her death a probable suicide. Romain Gary, Seberg's second husband, called a press conference shortly after her death where he publicly blamed the FBI's campaign against Seberg for her deteriorating mental health. Gary claimed that Seberg "became psychotic" after the media reported a false story that the FBI planted about her becoming pregnant with a Black Panther's child in 1970. Romain Gary stated that Seberg had repeatedly attempted suicide on the anniversary of the child's death, August 25.
Filmography
Godard by Godard 2023
as Self (archive footage)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible 2022
Actor
Mike Wallace Is Here 2019
as Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France 2017
as Self (archive footage)
Philippe Garrel - Portrait d'un artiste 1999
as archive footage
Jean Seberg: American Actress 1997
as Self (archive footage)
From the Journals of Jean Seberg 1995
as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker 1991
as Self (archive footage)
The Blue of the Origins 1979
Actor
The Wild Duck 1976
as Gina Ekdal, seine Frau
The Big Delirium 1975
as Emily
White Horses of Summer 1975
as Lea Kingsburg
Les Hautes solitudes 1974
Actor
- Ballad for Billy the Kid
Ballad for Billy the Kid 1974
as The Star, Director, Screenplay, Producer
Mousey 1974
as Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson
The Corruption of Chris Miller 1973
as Ruth Miller
The Assassination 1972
as Edith Lemoine
Camorra 1972
as Luisa
This Kind of Love 1972
as Giovanna
Kill! 1971
as Emily Hamilton
Macho Callahan 1971
as Alexandra Mountford
Dead of Summer 1970
as Joyce Grasse
Airport 1970
as Tanya Livingston
Paint Your Wagon 1969
as Elizabeth Woodling
Pendulum 1969
as Adele Matthews
No Name City 1969
as Self
Birds in Peru 1968
as Adriana
The Road to Corinth 1967
as Shanny
The Looters 1967
as Colleen O'Hara
A Fine Madness 1966
as Lydia West
Line of Demarcation 1966
as Mary de Damville
Moment to Moment 1966
as Kay Stanton
Diamonds Are Brittle 1965
as Bettina Ralton
Lilith 1964
as Lilith Arthur
Backfire 1964
as Olga Celan
Le Grand Escroc 1964
as Patricia
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers 1964
as Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")
In the French Style 1963
as Christina James
Eruption 1962
as Annette
Five Day Lover 1961
as Claire
Playtime 1961
as Kate Hoover
Time Out for Love 1961
as Ann
Let No Man Write My Epitaph 1960
as Barbara Holloway
Breathless 1960
as Patricia Franchini
The Mouse That Roared 1959
as Helen Kokintz
Bonjour Tristesse 1958
as Cecile
Saint Joan 1957
as St. Joan of Arc
Credits from TMDB.