Jeanne Moreau |
Jeanne Moreau: a life in pictures
French actor Jeanne Moreau has died at the age of 89. Best known for her role in François Truffaut’s New Wave classic Jules et Jim, she worked with many of the leading art house directors of the time including Louis Malle, Roger Vadim, Michelangelo Antonioni and Luis Buñuel
Jeanne Moreau was born on 23 January 1928 in Paris, where this shot of her was taken in the 1940s |
Julietta, 1953 Moreau with Jean Marais in one of her early film roles |
Touchez Pas au Grisbi, 1954 Moreau, centre, with Dora Doll and Jean Gabin, starred as a dancer in this French-Italian crime drama Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive |
Gas-Oil, 1955 Moreau in Gilles Grangier’s drama, translated as Hi-Jack Highway Photograph: Cinetext/Allstar Collection/Intermondia Films |
Lift to the Scaffold, 1958 Miles Davis (pictured with Moreau) provided the score for Louis Malle’s crime thriller, one of the early signature works of the French New Wave Photograph: Bettmann Archive |
Les Amants, 1958 Moreau won best actress at the Venice film festival for her performance in Louis Malle’s controversial drama The Lovers Photograph: The Criterion Collection/Allstar |
Jeanne Moreau at the Cannes film festival in May 1958 Photograph: Sipa |
Seven Days… Seven Nights (Moderato Cantabile), 1960 Moreau won best actress at Cannes for her performance alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo Photograph: Royal Films/Allstar |
La Notte, 1960 Marcello Mastroianni with Moreau in the Italian drama written and directed by Michelangelo Antonioni Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive |
Eva, 1962 Moreau played the title role in Joseph Losey’s drama, set in Venice Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive |
Le Journal d’une Femme de Chambre, 1964 Moreau with Georges Géret in Luis Buñuel’s satirical drama Diary of a Chambermaid Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive |
The Train, 1964 Moreau with Burt Lancaster (right) in John Frankenheimer’s second world war film Photograph: Universal/Allstar |
Moreau wearing chiffon for a 1965 Vogue shoot Photograph: Bert Stern |
Viva Maria!, 1965 Moreau won the Bafta for best foreign actress for her performance alongside Brigitte Bardot (left) in Louis Malle’s comedy |
Chimes at Midnight, 1965 Pictured with co-star and director Orson Welles Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive |
Mademoiselle, 1966 Moreau, pictured with Ettore Manni, played a villainous teacher in Tony Richardson’s drama |
La Mariée Était en Noir, 1968 Moreau starred in the thriller The Bride Wore Black – one of her many collaborations with François Truffaut |
Fashion statement Moreau with her great friend Pierre Cardin and Yves Saint Laurent (right) in 1970 |
Les Valseuses, 1974 Moreau with Gérard Depardieu in Bertrand Blier’s Going Places |
Lumière, 1976 |
Querelle, 1982 Moreau starred in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s drama, his final film before his death |
Le Paltoquet, 1986 Moreau, here with Michel Piccoli, won the César award for best supporting actress |
La Vieille Qui Marchait dans la Mer, 1991 Moreau, pictured with Michel Serrault, won the César award for best actress for her performance in The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea |
Until the End of the World, 1991 Pictured with Max von Sydow in Wim Wenders’ sci-fi drama |
Le Temps Qui Reste, 2005 Moreau played Laura in François Ozon’s drama |
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