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Jeanne Moreau ( French pronunciation: [ʒan mɔʁo]; 23 January 1928 – 31 July 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, director, and socialite. She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française.
Actress: Jules and Jim. When people gave Louis Malle credit for making a star of Jeanne Moreau in Elevator to the Gallows (1958) immediately followed by The Lovers (1958), he would point out that Moreau by that time had already been "recognized as the prime stage actress of her generation."
Jun 13, 2024 · Jeanne Moreau (born January 23, 1928, Paris, France—died July 31, 2017, Paris) was an actress best known for her multifaceted performances in French New Wave films of the 1950s and ’60s, although she continued her prolific film career into the 21st century.
Jul 31, 2017 · Jeanne Moreau, the sensual, gravel-voiced actress who became the face of the New Wave, France’s iconoclastic mid-20th-century film movement, most notably in François Truffaut’s “ Jules and Jim ,”...
Jul 31, 2017 · Jeanne Moreau Was an Actress Who Helped Define the New Wave, and Went Beyond. 6 minute read. French actress Jeanne Moreau wearing a chiffon gown. Bert Stern—Condé Nast via Getty Images. By...
Jul 31, 2017 · Moreau was the key film actress of her time, a thinking man’s cinephile sexpot, a role model for liberated women, and so much more than that. The key to her work and her achievement lies in the playful way that she ended her interview with me: “I live for the now … and then.”
Jul 31, 2017 · Jeanne Moreau, the actor best known for her performance in French New Wave classic Jules et Jim, has died aged 89 at her home in Paris, her agent has said.
Jul 31, 2017 · Award-winning French actress Jeanne Moreau died on Monday at age 89. The husky-voiced cinema star had a seven-decade career that included work with some of the world’s most acclaimed directors,...
Jul 31, 2017 · Jeanne Moreau, an actress inextricably linked to the rise of French New Wave cinema and who ascended to become one of her country’s most revered performers, has died. She was 89 years old.
Jul 31, 2017 · Jeanne Moreau, the French actress, who has died aged 89, was one of the most accomplished and attractive exponents of feminine sensibility and sullen sensuality; she worked with many of the...
