“Every tombstone in the cemetery was for a Moreau.”
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Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau 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.
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entertainment · French actress, singer, screenwriter, director and socialite (1928–2017) · film actor · film director · singer · screenwriter · film producer · stage actor · actor · recording artist · director · also Jeanne Moreau, Moreau
Born 23 January 1928 · Died 31 July 2017 · Q106099
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2026· 1 entry
2021· 1 entry
Released album “Les 50 plus belle chansons”.
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2020· 1 entry
Released album “L’histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant”.
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2017· 9 entries
Released album “Le Tourbillon de ma vie”.
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The Guardian: Jeanne Moreau: the intelligent, complex star who lit up the French New Wave
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The Guardian: Jeanne Moreau obituary
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The Guardian: Jeanne Moreau: a life in pictures
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The Guardian: Jeanne Moreau, star of Jules et Jim, dies aged 89
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Died 2017-07-31.
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“physical beauty is a disgrace”
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Moreau died on 31 July 2017 at her home in Paris at the age of 89.
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“Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.”
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2012· 3 entries
Released album “Les Introuvables, Coffret 1”.
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Released album “Les Introuvables, Coffret 2”.
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Awarded Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit (2012).
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “Le Condamné à mort”.
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2009· 1 entry
Moreau signed a petition in support of director Roman Polanski, who had been detained while traveling to a film festival in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse charges, which the petition argued would undermine the traditi
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary César (2008).
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2005· 3 entries
Released album “Succès et confidences”.
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Awarded Stanislavsky Award (2005).
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Was awarded with the Stanislavsky Award at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded Honorary Palme d'Or (2003).
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Released album “Les Succès 1963-2003”.
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2002· 1 entry
Released album “Chansons”.
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2001· 1 entry
The Guardian: Jeanne Moreau: 'Living is risking'
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2000· 2 entries
Won Golden Bear (2000).
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Released album “L’Album collection”.
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Donostia Award (1998).
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award (1997).
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1996· 2 entries
Awarded BAFTA Fellowship (1996).
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A Cannes Golden Palm in 2003, and another César Award in 2008
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary César (1995).
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1994· 2 entries
Released album “L’Histoire de Babar”.
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Released album “... toujours”.
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1992· 2 entries
Awarded César Award for Best Actress for The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (1992).
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Won Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement (1992).
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1991· 1 entry
Released album “Le Tourbillon”.
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded Molière Award for Best Actress (1988).
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Awarded Officer of Arts and Letters (1988).
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1983· 1 entry
Was head of the jury at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival
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1981· 1 entry
Released album “Jeanne Moreau chante Norge sur des musiques de Philippe-Gérard”.
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1973· 1 entry
Released ep “Joanna Francesa”.
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1971· 1 entry
Moreau was a signatory of the Manifesto of the 343 which publicly announced that she had obtained an illegal abortion
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1970· 1 entry
Released album “Jeanne chante Jeanne”.
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1968· 1 entry
Released album “Les Chansons de Clarisse”.
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1967· 2 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Viva Maria! (1967).
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Released album “Jeanne Moreau chante Bassiak”.
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1966· 1 entry
Released ep “Bande originale du film « Viva Maria ! »”.
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1963· 3 entries
Released album “Jeanne Moreau”.
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Released ep “Peau de banane”.
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Released ep “J'ai la mémoire qui flanche”.
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1961· 1 entry
Released ep “Jules et Jim”.
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1960· 1 entry
Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Seven Days... Seven Nights (1960).
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1949· 1 entry
Later achieving prominence with a starring role in Louis Malle's Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
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1947· 2 entries
And established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française
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Moreau made her theatrical debut at the Avignon Festival
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1928· 1 entry
Born 1928-01-23.
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