Marie-Christine Barrault
Acting
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
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movieA Woman's Life
2026
Arlette
tvZodiaque
2026
Hélène Escoffier
movieThe Ties That Bind Us
2025
La mère de Sandra et Marianne
movieLa Maman du bourreau
2024
Gabrielle de Miremont
tvFiasco
2024
Huguette Valande
movieOldies But Goodies
2024
Mme. Courtillet
tvAlphonse
2023
Eve Bragnier
movieBlind Willow, Sleeping Woman
2023
Komura's Mother (voice)
movieGeorge et Sarah
2020
George Sand
movieZénon the Rebel
2019
Self - Narrator
movieDeux gouttes d'eau
2018
Elisabeth Davout
movieAll About Mothers
2018
Jacqueline
movieÀ la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017
Self - Actress (archive footage)
movieLes brumes du souvenir
2017
Alice Blondel
movieTwisting Fate
2016
Jeanne
movieToi que j'aimais tant
2014
Hélène Maupin
tvA Family Secret
2014
Nadège
movieSleight of Hand
2014
Sophie Marescot
movieMy Name Is Hmmm...
2013
La grand-mère
movieDomestic Life
2013
Nicole
movieThe Big Bad Wolf
2013
La mère
tvMurders in...
2013
Violette Rivière / Lidy Mathis / Denise Royan
movieMemories of a Disturbed Young Lady
2010
The Gynecologist
tvProfiling Paris
2009
Catherine Lepage
movieTrivial
2007
Mélanie Bérangère
tvAnge de feu
2006
Janine Cordey
movieL'empreinte de l'ange
2004
La mère suprême
movieSaint-Germain ou La négociation
2003
Chaterine de Médicis
movieAzzurro
2000
Elizabeth Broyer
movieLa Dilettante
1999
Thérèse Rambert
movieLe grand Batre
1997
Thérèse
tvLe Grand Batre
1997
Thérèse Cabreyrolle d'Azérac
movieObsession
1997
Ella Beckmann
movieLove, Math and Sex
1997
La prof de maths
movieMon père avait raison
1996
Germaine Bellanger
Tendre piège
1996
Françoise
movieBonsoir
1994
Marie Wileska
movieCrazy Love
1993
Louise
tvMarie Curie, une femme honorable
1991
Marie Curie
movieGallant Ladies
1990
Jacquette de Bourdeille
movieWomen in Prison
1988
La surveillante chef
movieThe Student
1988
Self (uncredited)
movieSanguines
1988
Nedie
movieThe Abyss
1988
Hilzonde
movieAdieu, je t'aime
1988
Nicole Dupré
The Lizard King
1988
Beatrice Aumond
movieManuela's Loves
1987
Manuela
Vaudeville
1986
Madeleine
movieThe Satin Slipper
1986
La lune
moviePower Of Evil
1985
Sylvie
movieA Better Life
1985
Véronique's mother
moviePianoforte
1985
La mère de Maria / Andrea
movieLouise... l'insoumise
1985
Mme Royer
movieSwann in Love
1984
Madame Verdurin
movieA Love in Germany
1983
Maria Wyler
movieLes Mots pour le dire
1983
Eliane Saint-Jean
movieL'Amour trop fort
1981
Rose-Marie de Boisel
tvPetit déjeuner compris
1980
Marie-Louise Leroux
movieMy Dearest
1980
Jeanne Rivière
moviePerceval
1978
La Reine Guenevievre
movieThe Savage State
1978
Laurence Laurençon
movieThe Medusa Touch
1978
Patricia
movieLe Chandelier
1977
Jacqueline
Henry James Stories
1976
Miss Jessel
movieCousin, Cousine
1975
Marthe
John Glückstadt
1975
Hanna Hansen
movieLe Tour d'Écrou
1974
Miss Jessel
movieAn Ideal Husband
1972
Lady Chiltern
movieLove in the Afternoon
1972
Dream Sequence
movieMenace
1972
Francoise
movieLe Sagouin
1972
Léone
tvLes Sesterain ou le miroir 2000
1971
Martine Lauzon
movieLe Misanthrope
1971
Célimène
movieLancelot of the Lake
1970
Reine Guinevere
movieDistracted
1970
Lisa Gastier
movieMy Night at Maud's
1969
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