Jean Seberg
Biography
Jean Dorothy Seberg (November 13, 1938 – August 30, 1979) was an American actress who lived half her life in France. She appeared in 34 films in Hollywood and in Europe, including Saint Joan, Bonjour Tristesse, Breathless, Lilith, The Mouse That Roared, Moment to Moment, A Fine Madness, Paint Your Wagon, Airport, Macho Callahan, and Gang War in Naples. She was also one of the best-known targets of the FBI COINTELPRO project. Her targeting was a well-documented retaliation for her support of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s. Seberg died at the age of 40 in Paris, with police ruling her death a probable suicide. Romain Gary, Seberg's second husband, called a press conference shortly after her death where he publicly blamed the FBI's campaign against Seberg for her deteriorating mental health. Gary claimed that Seberg "became psychotic" after the media reported a false story that the FBI planted about her becoming pregnant with a Black Panther's child in 1970. Romain Gary stated that Seberg had repeatedly attempted suicide on the anniversary of the child's death, August 25.
Known For
Patricia Franchini
À bout de souffle
Cecile
Bonjour Tristesse
Tanya Livingston
Airport
Elizabeth Woodling
Paint Your Wagon
Ruth Miller
La corrupción de Chris Miller
Helen Kokintz
The Mouse That Roared
Lilith Arthur
Lilith
Ann
Les Grandes Personnes
Lydia West
A Fine Madness
Mary de Damville
La Ligne de démarcation
Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson
Mousey
St. Joan of Arc
Saint Joan
Shanny
La Route de Corinthe
Edith Lemoine
L'Attentat
Barbara Holloway
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Olga Celan
Échappement libre
Kay Stanton
Moment to Moment
Christina James
In the French Style
Self (archive footage)
Godard par Godard
Emily Hamilton
Kill!
Giovanna
Questa specie d'amore
Adele Matthews
Pendulum
Adriana
Les oiseaux vont mourir au Pérou
Gina Ekdal, seine Frau
Die Wildente
Joyce Grasse
Ondata di calore
Luisa
Camorra
Bettina Ralton
Un milliard dans un billard
Colleen O'Hara
Estouffade à la Caraïbe
Lea Kingsburg
Bianchi cavalli d'Agosto
Les Hautes solitudes
Self (archive footage)
From the Journals of Jean Seberg
Kate Hoover
La Récréation
Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
Claire
L'Amant de cinq jours
Alexandra Mountford
Macho Callahan
Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Les Plus Belles Escroqueries du monde
Self
No Name City
The Star
Ballad for Billy the Kid
Le Bleu des origines
Emily
Le grand délire
Annette
Congo vivo
Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self (archive footage)
Jean Seberg: American Actress
Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, le dernier roi de France
Patricia
Le Grand Escroc
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
45
Gender
Female
Birthday
1938-11-13
Place of Birth
Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
Also Known As
Jean Dorothy Seberg