Jeanne Moreau
Born | January 23, 1928 |
Hometown | Paris, France |
Height | 5'3" (1.59m) |
Spouse | Jean-Louis Richard (m 1949 - 1951) , Jean-Louis Richard (m 1949 - 1964) , William Friedkin (m 1977 - 1979) |
Children | Jerome Richard |
Parents | Anatole-Désiré Moreau , Katherine Moreau |
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Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
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1967 | British Academy of Film & Television Arts | Foreign Actress | Viva Maria! | Winner |
1963 | British Academy of Film & Television Arts | Foreign Actress | Jules and Jim | Nominated |
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• An article about the career of the actor Jeanne Moreau said the character she played in the 1958 film Lift to the Scaffold, Florence Carala, had a murderous plan to make herself and her equally ruthless husband rich. In the movie Carala actually conspired with her lover to kill her husband (Farewell to complex, questing Jeanne Moreau, 1 August, page 3).
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