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One of the most recognizable faces of the French cinema, and ... one of its most celebrated, Jeanne Moreau is a legend in her own right. Combining off-kilter beauty with strong character, Moreau came to embody forthright, devil-may-care sensuality in such films as Jules and Jim and The Bride Wore Black. Comparing her to some of her best-known colleagues, Ginette Vincendeau noted, "Where Brigitte Bardot was sex and Catherine Deneuve elegance, Moreau incarnated intellectual femininity." Born in Paris on January 23, 1928, Moreau was the daughter of an English dancer and a French barman who divorced when she was eleven. Growing up in Nazi-occupied Paris, she began to discover her love of literature and the theatre, and, opposing her father's wishes, she decided to become an actress. While still a student at the Paris Conservatoire, Moreau made her stage debut at the 1947 Avignon Theatre Festival.
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Jeanne Moreau is one of today's most distinguished motion picture actresses. She made her stage and screen debut in 1948 in her native France. American audiences first saw her in two films directed by Louis Malle, Elevator to the Gallows (... known as Frantic) and The Lovers. Through the sixties she worked with such celebrated directors as Michaelangelo Antonioni (La Notte), Joseph Losey (Eva), Orson Welles (The Trial and Chimes at Midnight) and Louis Bunuel (Diary of a Chambermaid).
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When Louis Malle's directorial debut L'Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (Elevator To The Gallows) appeared to make her an overnight sensation in 1958, Jeanne Moreau in fact already had 10 years of film experience and a successful theatre career under her belt. Jean-Louis Barrault directed her at the Comédie Française, and she played opposite Jean Gabin in Jacques Becker's Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (1954).
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After an acting career that began in 1948 and has embraced more than 110 movies, Jeanne Moreau has become immortal. For her fans this may not be news. But on Wednesday, dressed in the embroidered uniform mandated by Napoleon, just two weeks from her 73rd birthday, Ms. Moreau became the first woman to be inducted into France's Academy of Fine Arts. Now, according to French tradition, she can really be called une immortelle.
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Jeanne Moreau plays Jeanne Tournier, the wife of a newspaper publisher. Constantly distracted and unsatisfied, she finds solace in a young archeologist, played by Jean-Marc Bory. A sensation upon its release, this film contributed to the reputations of both Moreau and its director, Louis Malle, establishing him as a significant French talent.
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Jeanne Moreau was born in Paris in 1928. Her mother was English and her father was French. She graduated from the Paris Conservatory of Dramatic Art and made both her stage and screen debuts in 1948. Her stage career did well, but it was not until Louis Malle launched her into stardom with Ascenseur pour l'Echafaud (Frantic) in 1957 that she gained international screen recognition. She is considered one of France's most respected stars who incarnates femininity and intelligence, strength and vulnerability in a wide range of roles. She has appeared in more than one hundred films, notably La Notte by Antonioni, Jules and Jim by Truffaut, The Trial by Welles and Until the End of the World by Wenders.
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