Jeanne moreau

GREAT ACTOR RETRO: Jeanne Moreau.

Moreau spanned generations, not merely in her life and in her career but in her ideas and in the art of her times.

On Monday, July 31, 2017, the French actress, singer and director Jeanne Moreau passed away at the age of 89. In honor of Moreau's life, here's a look back at some of the late actress's most iconic moments.

Jeanne Moreau was a French actress who made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française. She was the daughter of a Folies Bergere dancer. Moreau played minor roles in movies from 1949 but it wasn’t until Louis Malle’s Elevator to the Gallows (1958) quickly followed … Continue reading "‘I shall die very young…maybe 70, maybe 80, maybe 90’ – Pictures of Jeanne Moreau"

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French actress Jeanne Moreau stars as the Russian Empress in ‘Great Catherine’, directed by Gordon Flemyng and based on the play by George Bernard Shaw, 1968.

French actor Jeanne Moreau has died at the age of 89. Best known for her role in François Truffaut’s New Wave classic Jules et Jim, she worked with many of the leading art house directors of the time including Louis Malle, Roger Vadim, Michelangelo Antonioni and Luis Buñuel