Thursday, February 19, 2009

Jeanne Moreau -French Actress


Jeanne Moreau (born 23 January, 1928) is a BAFTAand César Awards-winning French actressscreenwriter and director.

She worked with many of the best known New Wave and avant-garde directors. François Truffaut's explosive New Wave film Jules et Jim (1962), her biggest international success, is centred on her magnetic starring role, and is perhaps her most famous film. She has also worked with a number of other notable directors such as Michelangelo Antonioni (La notte and Beyond the Clouds), Jean-Luc Godard (A Woman Is a Woman), Orson Welles (Chimes at Midnight), Luis Buñuel (Diary of a Chambermaid), Elia Kazan(The Last Tycoon), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Querelle), and Wim Wenders (Until the End of the World).

Moreau has enjoyed success as a vocalist. She has released several albums and once performed with Frank Sinatra at Carnegie Hall. In addition to acting, Moreau has also worked behind the camera, as a writer, director and produce

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