Marie-Christine Barrault
Biography
Marie-Christine Barrault (born 21 March 1944) is a French actress. She is best known for her performance in Cousin Cousine (1975) for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2010, she released her autobiography, titled This Long Way To Get To You. Marie-Christine Barrault was born in Paris, France, the daughter of Martha (née Valmier) and Max-Henri Barrault. Her parents later divorced. Barrault's father, who worked in the theatre, died while she was a teenager. With no support, her mother was unable to care for her and her brother, Alain. Barrault was raised by her grandmother, Felicite. She was mentored in acting by her aunt and uncle, French performers Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud. They initially did not support her dreams of becoming an actress. She performed in plays in secondary school and then enrolled in an acting conservatory. Barrault got her start on television in L'oeuvre (1967). She made her feature film debut in Éric Rohmer's My Night at Maud's (1969). In 1970 Barrault was featured along with Pierre Richard in the comedy film Le Distrait. In 1975 Barrault starred in Cousin Cousine, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She worked with Rohmer once again in 1978, in the role of Guinevere in Perceval le Gallois and she also has a cameo in his Chloe in the Afternoon. Barrault is not fluent in English and therefore has generally turned down offers to appear in English-language films. However, in 1980 she accepted an offer from Woody Allen to appear in his film Stardust Memories. In 1988 she was nominated for a Genie Award for her performance in No Blame. In 1991 she portrayed Marie Curie in a television mini-series. In her later career, she has preferred acting on the stage in France. In 2015, she came to Los Angeles on tour to perform in the play Les Yeux Ouverts, in which she portrays French author Marguerite Yourcenar. Barrault's first husband was producer Daniel Toscan du Plantier, whom she married in 1965. With him, she had two children, David and Ariane. Barrault was married to director Roger Vadim from 1990 until his death from cancer in 2000. She herself is a breast cancer survivor. Source: Article "Marie-Christine Barrault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Hélène Maupin
Toi que j'aimais tant
Mélanie Bérangère
La Disparue de Deauville
Marie Wileska
Bonsoir
Komura's Mother (voice)
Saules aveugles, femme endormie
Isobel
Stardust Memories
Marthe
Cousin, Cousine
La sœur
« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur
Nicole
La Vie domestique
Annie
Non Ma Fille, Tu N'iras Pas Danser
Patricia
The Medusa Touch
George Sand
George et Sarah
Geneviève
Et doucement rallumer les étoiles
Elena
La prossima volta il fuoco
Madeleine
Vaudeville
Manuela
Le Jupon rouge
La surveillante chef
Prisonnières
Françoise
Ma nuit chez Maud
Louise
Amour fou
Self (uncredited)
L'étudiante
Elizabeth Broyer
Azzurro
Chaterine de Médicis
Saint-Germain ou La négociation
La Reine Guenevievre
Perceval le Gallois
Thérèse Rambert
La Dilettante
Béatrice
Passés troubles
La prof de maths
C'est la tangente que je préfère
Ella Beckmann
Obsession
Léone
Le sagouin
Almodís
Daniya, jardín del harem
Jacqueline
Le Chandelier
La lune
Le Soulier de Satin
Madame Verdurin
Un amour de Swann
Nedie
Sanguines
Jeanne
Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi
Lieve
Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf
Andrea
Pianoforte
La mère de Maria
Pianoforte
La mère
Le Grand Méchant Loup
La grand-mère
Je m'appelle Hmmm...
Julie
Figaro-ci, Figaro-là
Rose
Histoire vraie
The mother
Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu
Célimène
Le Misanthrope
Hanna Hansen
John Glückstadt
Marie
Table for Five
Germaine Bellanger
Mon père avait raison
Sophie Marescot
La Main Passe
Thérèse
Le grand Batre
Dream Sequence
L'Amour l'après-midi
Self - Actress (archive footage)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Self
Tout sauf l’ennui
Lisa Gastier
Le Distrait
Véronique's mother
Le Meilleur de la Vie
Jeanne Rivière
Ma Chérie
Élisa
Parlez-moi d'amour
Mme. Courtillet
Maison de retraite 2
Françoise
Tendre piège
Eliane Saint-Jean
Les mots pour le dire
Sylvie
Le pouvoir du mal
L'Énigme des sables
Self
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
L'amore necessario
Marie Curie
Marie Curie, Une Femme Honorable
Gabrielle de Miremont
La maman du bourreau
Jeanne
Un coup de baguette magique
The Gynecologist
Mémoires d'une jeune fille dérangée
Laurence Laurençon
L'État sauvage
Jeanne
À tous les vents du ciel
Miss Jessel
Le Tour d'Écrou
Jane
Mir reicht's - ich steig aus
Hilzonde
L'oeuvre au noir
Alice Blondel
Les brumes du souvenir
Jacquette de Bourdeille
Dames galantes
Lady Chiltern
Un mari idéal
Lise
L'été 36
Eva
Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme
Francoise
Les intrus
Jacqueline
La fête des mères
Mme Royer
Louise... l'insoumise
Reine Guinevere
Lancelot du Lac
Elisabeth Davout
Deux gouttes d'eau
Self
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
Self
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
Nicole Dupré
Adieu, je t'aime
Marianne
Une Femme Tranquille
Self - Narrator
Zénon l’insoumis, entre Marguerite Yourcenar et André Delvaux
Maria Wyler
Eine Liebe in Deutschland
Nelly
L'Art de la fugue
Mademoiselle de la Charce
Anne
Un été d'orages
Beatrice Aumond
The Lizard King
La mère suprême
L'empreinte de l'ange
Rose-Marie de Boisel
L'Amour trop fort
Anna
Per il mio bene
La mère de Sandra et Marianne
L'Attachement
Jenny Marx
Jenny Marx, la femme du diable
La Vie d'une Femme
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
96
Gender
Female
Birthday
1944-03-21
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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