Jeanne Moreau
Film-actor · died at 89
Profile
| Age | died at 89 |
|---|---|
| Birth date | January 23, 1928 |
| Birthplace | 10. arrondissement |
| Died | July 31, 2017 |
| Profession | Film-actor, Film-director, Singer, Screenwriter |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Jeanne Moreau — Biography
Jeanne Moreau (23 January 1928 – 31 July 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter and film director. She made her theatrical debut in 1947 and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française. Moreau began taking small film roles in 1949, and rose to prominence starring in Louis Malle's Elevator to the Gallows (1958), Michelangelo Antonioni's La Notte (1961) and François Truffaut's Jules et Jim (1962). Most prolific during the 1960s, she continued to act into her eighties. Her friend and collaborator Orson Welles called her "the greatest actress in the world".
Moreau won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Moderato cantabile (1960), the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for Viva Maria! (1965) and the César Award for Best Actress for La Vieille qui marchait dans la mer (1992). She also directed several films, beginning with Lumière (1976), and received a number of lifetime achievement honours, including a BAFTA Fellowship in 1996, an honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2003 and honorary Césars in 1995 and 2008. In 2000 she became the first woman elected to the Académie des beaux-arts.
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