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Jeanne Moreau (French: [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 .
- Lift to the Scaffold (1958) Director: Louis Malle. The first inklings of a seismic cinematic shift are evident as Jeanne Moreau distractedly wanders along the Champs-Elysées in this classic thriller.
- Les Amants (1958) Director: Louis Malle. “I know it when I see it,” declared Justice Potter Stewart in dismissing the claim that Louis Malle’s depiction of female sexual pleasure constituted pornography.
- La notte (1961) Director: Michelangelo Antonioni. Fresh from winning the best actress award at Cannes for Peter Brook’s Moderato Cantabile (1960), Moreau gives another memorable performance in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Golden Bear-winning feminist treatise on marital ennui.
- Jules et Jim (1962) Director: François Truffaut. Although what the director himself called a “subversive film of total sweetness” represents a masterclass in French New Wave technique, François Truffaut’s adaptation of Henri-Pierre Roché’s 1953 novel depends heavily on the luminous femininity of Moreau, as her character Catherine embarks upon a dangerous liaison with bohemian best friends Jules and Jim (Oskar Werner and Henri Serre).
Jul 31, 2017 · Actress Jeanne Moreau, one of French cinema's biggest stars of the last 60 years, has died at the age of 89. Moreau is probably best known for her role in Francois Truffaut's 1962 new wave film...
Jul 31, 2017 · Jeanne Moreau (23 January 1928 – 31 July 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.
Jeanne Moreau. 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."
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In 1964, the Spanish surrealist director Luis Bunuel cast Moreau to play the chambermaid who discovers her ability to influence the lives of her masters in Diary of a Chambermaid. Bunuel thought Jeanne was a marvellous actress and particularly admired the way she walked.
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Aug 8, 2017 · Inspired by Truffaut and his intellectual friends, Moreau returned to the cinema with renewed enthusiasm, starring in Roger Vadim’s, Les Liaisons Dangereux, Moderato Cantabile, (Seven days and Seven Nights), opposite Jean Paul Belmondo, directed by Peter Brook.
