Jeanne Moreau
Known for: Acting
Born: January 23, 1928
Died: July 31, 2017
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
188 movies · 34 TV shows, newest first
8.3
Bardot
2025
NR
The Life of Mirrors
2025
8.2
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
2.0
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
7.3
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019
7.1
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
7.0
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
2019
7.1
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
7.0
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018
5.9
Baden Baden
2016
6.5
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
5.8
François Truffaut l'insoumis
2014
5.5
L'Habit ne fait pas le moine
2013
5.0
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
5.8
Salvo
2013
6.2
Ain't Misbehavin
2013
6.0
A Lady in Paris
2012
7.5
Lullaby to my Father
2012
9.5
Close Up
2012
6.6
Gebo and the Shadow
2012
10.0
The Bardot mystery
2012
6.5
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2011
NR
A Bad Encounter
2011
1.0
Bouquet final
2011
9.0
Dispositif 47 - The Second Death
2010
6.8
Eleanor's Secret
2009
5.5
Visage
2009
7.0
Carmel
2009
5.0
Bulles de Vian
2009NR
Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller
20097.0
Looking for Truffaut
2009
NR
Château en Suède
2008
NR
Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim »
2008
NR
Sous les vents de Neptune
2008
5.7
One Day You'll Understand
2008
6.4
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
4.9
Disengagement
2007
7.0
The Deep
2007
6.7
A City Runs Through the Festival
2007
4.7
Roméo et Juliette
2006
8.0
The Countess of Castiglione
2006
4.8
The Accursed Kings
2005
6.0
Go West
2005
6.0
A Cursed Monarchy
2005
10.0
The Other Side of Welles
2005
10.0
French Beauty
2005
6.5
Time to Leave
2005
4.9
Akoibon
2005
7.3
Ashes and Snow
2005
NR
Autogram
2005
6.6
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
2004
5.0
Hot House
2003
7.1
Love Actually
2003
10.0
The Passions of Louis Malle
2003
7.6
The Birch-Tree Meadow
2003
6.7
Heart of the Festival
2002
6.9
Cet amour-là
2001NR
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
7.0
Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance
2001
4.6
Lisa
2001
5.3
Fassbinder's Women
2000
6.3
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
2000
6.9
Les Misérables
2000
8.2
The Prince's Manuscript
2000
5.7
Balzac: A Life of Passion
1999
8.5
Balzac
1999
3.6
Vivement dimanche
1998
7.5
EverAfter
1998
6.0
Scene by Scene
1997
5.2
A Witch's Way of Love
1997
4.9
Love & Confusions
1997
7.0
The Proprietor
1996
5.3
I Love You, I Love You Not
1996
5.6
Catherine the Great
1996
10.0
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
6.2
Beyond the Clouds
1995
6.7
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
1995
6.9
The World of Jacques Demy
1995
7.0
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
1995
6.1
One Hundred and One Nights
199510.0
Belle Époque
1995
NR
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
6.0
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
1993
7.0
A Foreign Field
1993
5.6
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993
6.3
Map of the Human Heart
1993
8.0
My Name is Victor
1993
6.5
The Absence
1993
8.0
See You Tomorrow
1992
8.0
La nuit de l'océan
1992
7.0
The Lover
1992
6.9
The Suspended Step of the Stork
1991
5.4
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
1991
6.7
Until the End of the World
1991
5.1
Anna Karamazoff
1991
NR
Filming Under Pressure
1991
7.0
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
1990
6.0
La Femme fardée
1990
9.0
Alberto Express
1990
6.2
Stars 90
1990
NR
Au coeur de Nikita
1990
7.1
Nikita
19907.0
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990
7.4
The Architecture of Doom
1989
7.2
Screen One
1989
9.0
Calling the Shots
1988
5.7
Sacrée soirée
1987
6.1
Nulle part ailleurs
1987
5.4
Miracle Healing
1987
4.3
Le Tiroir secret
1986
NR
Francois Simon the Presence
19868.0
Agatha Christie’s The Last Seance
1986
8.0
Sauve-toi, Lola
1986
6.1
The Nonentity
1986
7.5
Vivement Truffaut
19858.0
Vicious Circle
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
6.5
Lillian Gish
1984
7.0
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
1984
NR
L'Intoxe
1983
5.9
The Trout
1982
6.6
Querelle
1982
8.5
The Orson Welles Story
1982
6.9
A Thousand Billion Dollars
1982
5.0
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
1981
5.5
Heat of Desire
1981
4.8
The Adolescent
1979
5.0
Ciné regards
1978
8.0
Auf los geht's los
1977
6.3
The Last Tycoon
1976
7.2
Mr. Klein
1976
4.6
Cérémonie des César
1976
6.7
Lumière
1976
5.3
Hu-Man
1975
5.3
French Provincial
197510.0
Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète
1975
6.7
The Garden That Tilts
1975
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
8.5
Apostrophes
1975
9.0
Midi Première
1975
9.5
Spécial cinéma
1974
6.8
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
1974
5.8
Creezy
1974
6.7
Going Places
1974
4.5
Joanna Francesa
1973NR
Omnibus: François Truffaut
1973
6.1
Nathalie Granger
1973
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
4.6
Repeated Absences
1972
5.5
Dear Louise
1972
4.7
Vagabond Humor
1972
NR
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
1972
6.0
Midi trente
1972
8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
19729.0
Côté cour, côté champs
1971
5.5
Alex in Wonderland
1970
6.3
Monte Walsh
1970
5.3
Langlois
1970
NR
Jeanne raconte Jeanne
1970
5.8
Countdown to Vengeance
1970
5.0
Diane's Body
1969
5.9
Great Catherine
1968
7.1
The Immortal Story
1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
6.9
Portrait: Orson Welles
1968
7.1
The Bride Wore Black
1968
5.0
The Oldest Profession
1967
5.8
The Sailor from Gibraltar
1967
7.0
Mademoiselle
1966
7.2
Chimes at Midnight
1965
6.0
Viva Maria!
1965
NR
Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau
1965
8.0
Dim Dam Dom
1965
6.3
The Car That Became a Star
1965
6.1
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
7.6
The Train
1964
7.1
Diary of a Chambermaid
1964
5.7
Mata Hari, Agent H21
1964
6.3
The Victors
1963
7.6
The Fire Within
1963
6.7
Bay of Angels
1963
5.9
Banana Peel
1963
5.9
Eva
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
7.4
The Trial
1962
7.5
Jules and Jim
1962
7.3
A Woman Is a Woman
1961
7.9
La Notte
1961
7.4
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960
6.2
Seven Days… Seven Nights
1960
6.1
Five Branded Women
19609.0
Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur
1960
6.5
Dangerous Love Affairs
1959
8.0
The 400 Blows
1959
8.0
Discorama
1959
6.6
The Lovers
1958
5.4
Three Days to Live
1958
6.5
Back to the Wall
1958
7.6
Elevator to the Gallows
1958
6.2
Not Delivered
1958
5.4
The Strange Mr. Steve
1957
6.3
Demoniac
1957
6.0
Until the Last One
1957
4.5
The Wages of Sin
1956
8.7
Cinépanorama
1956
6.5
Hi-Jack Highway
1955
7.0
M'sieur la Caille
1955
10.0
Les Hommes en blanc
1955
7.1
Queen Margot
1954
3.8
The Secrets of the Bed
1954
5.6
The Scheming Women
1954
5.0
Reflets de Cannes
1954
7.2
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
1954
5.4
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
1953
6.4
Julietta
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
5.3
Dr. Schweitzer
1952
NR
La Joie de vivre
1952
6.0
The Man in My Life
1952
7.5
Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés
1950
7.0
Three Sinners
1950
7.5
Last Love
1949