Jean Seberg
Acting
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
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movieGodard by Godard
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieMike Wallace Is Here
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieDe Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017
Self (archive footage)
moviePhilippe Garrel - Portrait d'un artiste
1999
archive footage
Jean Seberg: American Actress
1997
Self (archive footage)
movieFrom the Journals of Jean Seberg
1995
Self (archive footage)
moviePreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Wild Duck
1976
Gina Ekdal, seine Frau
movieWhite Horses of Summer
1975
Lea Kingsburg
movieMousey
1974
Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson
movieThe Corruption of Chris Miller
1973
Ruth Miller
movieThe Assassination
1972
Edith Lemoine
movieCamorra
1972
Luisa
movieThis Kind of Love
1972
Giovanna
movieKill!
1971
Emily Hamilton
movieMacho Callahan
1971
Alexandra Mountford
movieDead of Summer
1970
Joyce Grasse
movieAirport
1970
Tanya Livingston
moviePaint Your Wagon
1969
Elizabeth Woodling
moviePendulum
1969
Adele Matthews
movieBirds in Peru
1968
Adriana
movieThe Looters
1967
Colleen O'Hara
movieA Fine Madness
1966
Lydia West
movieLine of Demarcation
1966
Mary de Damville
movieMoment to Moment
1966
Kay Stanton
movieDiamonds Are Brittle
1965
Bettina Ralton
movieLilith
1964
Lilith Arthur
movieBackfire
1964
Olga Celan
movieThe World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")
movieLe Grand Escroc
1964
Patricia
movieIn the French Style
1963
Christina James
movieEruption
1962
Annette
movieFive Day Lover
1961
Claire
moviePlaytime
1961
Kate Hoover
movieLet No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
Barbara Holloway
movieBreathless
1960
Patricia Franchini
movieThe Mouse That Roared
1959
Helen Kokintz
movieSaint Joan
1957
St. Joan of Arc
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Self / Self (uncredited)