Jeanne Moreau: a life in pictures
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
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Jeanne Moreau was born on 23 January 1928 in Paris, where this shot of her was taken in the 1940s
Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex/Shutterstock
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Julietta, 1953
Moreau with Jean Marais in one of her early film rolesPhotograph: Columbia/Allstar
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Touchez Pas au Grisbi, 1954
Moreau, centre, with Dora Doll and Jean Gabin, starred as a dancer in this French-Italian crime dramaPhotograph: Ronald Grant Archive
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Gas-Oil, 1955
Moreau in Gilles Grangier’s drama, translated as Hi-Jack HighwayPhotograph: Cinetext/Allstar Collection/Intermondia Films
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Lift to the Scaffold, 1958
Miles Davis (pictured with Moreau) provided the score for Louis Malle’s crime thriller, one of the early signature works of the French New WavePhotograph: Bettmann Archive
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Les Amants, 1958
Moreau won best actress at the Venice film festival for her performance in Louis Malle’s controversial drama The LoversPhotograph: The Criterion Collection/Allstar
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses, 1959
Annette Stroyberg (left) and Moreau on the set of Les Liaisons Dangereuses with Stroyberg’s husband, the film director Roger VadimPhotograph: Life Picture Collection/Getty Images
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Jeanne Moreau at the Cannes film festival in May 1958
Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex/Shutterstock
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Five Branded Women, 1960
Vera Miles, Barbara Bel Geddes, Carla Gravina, Silvana Mangano and Jeanne Moreau starred in a story of Yugoslav women fighting the NazisPhotograph: Gjon Mili/Life Picture Collection/Getty Images
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Seven Days… Seven Nights (Moderato Cantabile), 1960
Moreau won best actress at Cannes for her performance alongside Jean-Paul BelmondoPhotograph: Royal Films/Allstar
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La Notte, 1960
Marcello Mastroianni with Moreau in the Italian drama written and directed by Michelangelo AntonioniPhotograph: Ronald Grant Archive
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Eva, 1962
Moreau played the title role in Joseph Losey’s drama, set in VenicePhotograph: Ronald Grant Archive
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Le Journal d’une Femme de Chambre, 1964
Moreau with Georges Géret in Luis Buñuel’s satirical drama Diary of a ChambermaidPhotograph: Ronald Grant Archive
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The Train, 1964
Moreau with Burt Lancaster (right) in John Frankenheimer’s second world war filmPhotograph: Universal/Allstar
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Moreau wearing chiffon for a 1965 Vogue shoot
Photograph: Bert Stern/Condé Nast via Getty Images
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Viva Maria!, 1965
Moreau won the Bafta for best foreign actress for her performance alongside Brigitte Bardot (left) in Louis Malle’s comedyPhotograph: United Artists/Allstar
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Chimes at Midnight, 1965
Pictured with co-star and director Orson WellesPhotograph: Ronald Grant Archive
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Mademoiselle, 1966
Moreau, pictured with Ettore Manni, played a villainous teacher in Tony Richardson’s dramaPhotograph: Allstar
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La Mariée Était en Noir, 1968
Moreau starred in the thriller The Bride Wore Black – one of her many collaborations with François TruffautPhotograph: United Artists/Allstar
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Fashion statement
Moreau with her great friend Pierre Cardin and Yves Saint Laurent (right) in 1970Photograph: REX/Shutterstock
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Les Valseuses, 1974
Moreau with Gérard Depardieu in Bertrand Blier’s Going PlacesPhotograph: www.ronaldgrantarchive.com
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Lumière, 1976
Moreau’s directorial debutPhotograph: www.ronaldgrantarchive.com
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Querelle, 1982
Moreau starred in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s drama, his final film before his deathPhotograph: Triumph/Allstar
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Le Paltoquet, 1986
Moreau, here with Michel Piccoli, won the César award for best supporting actressPhotograph: Alamy
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La Vieille Qui Marchait dans la Mer, 1991
Moreau, pictured with Michel Serrault, won the César award for best actress for her performance in The Old Lady Who Walked in the SeaPhotograph: Alamy
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Until the End of the World, 1991
Pictured with Max von Sydow in Wim Wenders’ sci-fi dramaPhotograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Warner Bros
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Le Temps Qui Reste, 2005
Moreau played Laura in François Ozon’s dramaPhotograph: Allstar
