Marie-Christine Barrault
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 21, 1944 (age 82)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
Biography
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.
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Filmography
A Woman's Life
Movie · as Arlette
Zodiac
TV · as Hélène Escoffier · 6 eps
The Ties That Bind Us
Movie · as La mère de Sandra et Marianne
Oldies But Goodies
Movie · as Mme. Courtillet
La Maman du bourreau
Movie · as Gabrielle de Miremont
Per il mio bene
Movie · as Anna
Fiasco
TV · as Huguette Valande · 7 eps
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Movie · as Komura's Mother (voice)
Et doucement rallumer les étoiles
Movie · as Geneviève
Tout sauf l’ennui
Movie · as Self
Alphonse
TV · as Eve Bragnier · 6 eps
George et Sarah
Movie · as George Sand
Zénon the Rebel
Movie · as Self - Narrator
All About Mothers
Movie · as Jacqueline
Deux gouttes d'eau
Movie · as Elisabeth Davout
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Movie · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Les brumes du souvenir
Movie · as Alice Blondel
Twisting Fate
Movie · as Jeanne
Mademoiselle de la Charce
Movie
The Easy Way Out
Movie · as Nelly
Toi que j'aimais tant
Movie · as Hélène Maupin
Sleight of Hand
Movie · as Sophie Marescot
A Family Secret
TV · as Nadège · 6 eps
Domestic Life
Movie · as Nicole
The Big Bad Wolf
Movie · as La mère
My Name Is Hmmm...
Movie · as La grand-mère
Murders in...
TV · as Lidy Mathis, Denise Royan, Violette Rivière · 1 ep
The Unexpected Getaway
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Memories of a Disturbed Young Lady
Movie · as The Gynecologist
Making Plans for Lena
Movie · as Annie
Profiling Paris
TV · as Catherine Lepage · 1 ep
Trivial
Movie · as Mélanie Bérangère
Passés troubles
Movie · as Béatrice
Ange de feu
TV · as Janine Cordey · 2 eps
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
Movie · as Self
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
Movie · as Self
Parlez-moi d'amour
Movie · as Élisa
L'empreinte de l'ange
Movie · as La mère suprême
Saint-Germain ou La négociation
Movie · as Chaterine de Médicis
Azzurro
Movie · as Elizabeth Broyer
La Dilettante
Movie · as Thérèse Rambert
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Love, Math and Sex
Movie · as La prof de maths
Obsession
Movie · as Ella Beckmann
Le grand Batre
Movie · as Thérèse
Un coup de baguette magique
Movie · as Jeanne
Le Grand Batre
TV · as Thérèse Cabreyrolle d'Azérac · 9 eps
Mon père avait raison
Movie · as Germaine Bellanger
Tendre piège
Movie · as Françoise
Bonsoir
Movie · as Marie Wileska
Studio Gabriel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Next Time the Fire
Movie · as Elena
Crazy Love
Movie · as Louise
Jenny Marx, la femme du diable
Movie · as Jenny Marx
Necessary Love
Movie
Marie Curie, une femme honorable
TV · as Marie Curie · 3 eps
Gallant Ladies
Movie · as Jacquette de Bourdeille
The Silent Woman
Movie · as Marianne
Stormy Summer
Movie · as Anne
Women in Prison
Movie · as La surveillante chef
The Student
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Daniya, the emir's garden
Movie · as Almodís
Sanguines
Movie · as Nedie
L'Énigme des sables
Movie
The Abyss
Movie · as Hilzonde
Adieu, je t'aime
Movie · as Nicole Dupré
The Lizard King
Movie · as Beatrice Aumond
No Blame
Movie · as Suzanne
Manuela's Loves
Movie · as Manuela
Nulle part ailleurs
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Vaudeville
Movie · as Madeleine
The Satin Slipper
Movie · as La lune
L'Été 36
Movie · as Lise
Pianoforte
Movie · as La mère de Maria, Andrea
A Better Life
Movie · as Véronique's mother
Power Of Evil
Movie · as Sylvie
Louise... l'insoumise
Movie · as Mme Royer
Victoires de la musique
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Swann in Love
Movie · as Madame Verdurin
Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi
Movie · as Jeanne
Table for Five
Movie · as Marie
Les Mots pour le dire
Movie · as Eliane Saint-Jean
Mir reicht's - ich steig aus
Movie · as Jane
A Love in Germany
Movie · as Maria Wyler
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 3 eps
L'Amour trop fort
Movie · as Rose-Marie de Boisel
Stardust Memories
Movie · as Isobel
My Dearest
Movie · as Jeanne Rivière
Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme
Movie · as Eva
To Woody Allen from Europe with Love
Movie · as Self
Petit déjeuner compris
TV · as Marie-Louise Leroux · 6 eps
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
Movie · as Lieve
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
Movie · as Self
The Medusa Touch
Movie · as Patricia
Perceval
Movie · as La Reine Guenevievre
Histoire vraie
Movie · as Rose
The Savage State
Movie · as Laurence Laurençon
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Le Chandelier
Movie · as Jacqueline
The Marquise of O
Movie · as La Marquise (voice)
Henry James Stories
TV · as Miss Jessel · 1 ep
Cousin, Cousine
Movie · as Marthe
John Glückstadt
Movie · as Hanna Hansen
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Le Tour d'Écrou
Movie · as Miss Jessel
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self · 3 eps
La Confession d'un enfant du siècle
TV · as Brigitte · 2 eps
Le Sagouin
Movie · as Léone
Figaro-ci, Figaro-là
Movie · as Julie
Love in the Afternoon
Movie · as Dream Sequence
An Ideal Husband
Movie · as Lady Chiltern
Menace
Movie · as Francoise
Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu
Movie · as The mother
Le Misanthrope
Movie · as Célimène
Les Sesterain ou le miroir 2000
TV · as Martine Lauzon · 13 eps
« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur
Movie · as La sœur
Distracted
Movie · as Lisa Gastier
Lancelot of the Lake
Movie · as Reine Guinevere
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
TV · as La mère · 2 eps
My Night at Maud's
Movie · as Françoise
Que ferait donc Faber ?
Movie · as Catherine
Tout pour le mieux
Movie · as Palma Lori