Born in Paris on Jan. 23, 1928, Jeanne Moreau studied at the Paris Conservatory of Dramatic Arts before making both her stage and screen debut in 1948. But it was nearly a decade before she found exciting work in fledgling director Louis Malle's new wave experiments Elevator to the Gallows (1958) and The Lovers (1958), films that led to her star-making turn as Catherine in Francois Truffaut's Jules and Jim (1962).Firmly established as an international icon, Moreau went on to work with legendary directors such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Jean-Luc Godard, Orson Welles, Luis Buñuel and Philippe Agostini, often trying her hand at directing and producing along the way.
She continues to work steadily in both television and film, staying active -- and just as attractive -- in the new millennium with The Will to Resist (2002), Akoibon (2005) and Romeo et Juliette (2006), to name a few.
Diary of a ChambermaidThis wicked adaption of the Octave Mirbeau novel is classic Luis Buñuel. Jeanne Moreau is Celestine, a beautiful Parisian domestic who, upon arrival at her new job in provincial 1930s France, entrenches herself in sexual hypocrisy and scandal with Buñuel regulars Michel Piccoli (as a... Read More
The LoversBored with both her husband and her lover, housewife Jeanne Tournier (Jeanne Moreau) spends a passionate night with attractive archeologist Bernard Dubois-Lambert (Jean-Marc Bory), a tryst that leads her to rethink her life. Upon its 1958 release, Louis Malle's visually poetic erotic drama created... Read More
Elevator to the GallowsWhen the bewitching Florence (Jeanne Moreau) and her lover, Julien (Maurice Ronet), plot to kill Florence's unsuspecting husband (Jean Wall), they don't count on a technical glitch -- a broken elevator -- getting in the way of the perfect murder. Louis Malle directs this haunting French thriller in... Read More
One Day You'll UnderstandAll his life, Victor (Hippolyte Girardot) has remained in the dark when it comes to his Jewish mother's (Jeanne Moreau) side of the family. She's absorbed in the trial of Nazi criminal Klaus Barbie, but frustrates Victor with her refusal to discuss the past. When he finally uncovers documents that... Read More
Bay of AngelsWhile vacationing in Nice, problem gambler Jackie Demaistre (Jeanne Moreau, beautifully decked out in designer Pierre Cardin's creations) meets Jean Fournier (Claude Mann), a banker who's just as enamored of casinos as she is. Before too long, their attraction to the vice draws them together; but... Read More
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Carmel (2009) | NR | |
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Disengagement (2007) | NR | |
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Go West (2005) | NR | |
Cet Amour-La (2003) | NR | |
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Map of the Human Heart (1993) | R | |
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La Truite (1982) | NR | |
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Nathalie Granger (1972) | NR | |
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Mademoiselle (1966) | NR | |
Viva Maria! (1965) | NR | |
The Train (1964) | NR | |
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) | NR | |
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Eva (1962) | UR | |
Five Branded Women (1960) | NR | |
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1959) | NR | |
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