Jean Seberg
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 13, 1938
- Died
- August 30, 1979 (aged 40)
- Birthplace
- Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Godard by Godard
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Movie
Mike Wallace Is Here
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Philippe Garrel - Portrait d'un artiste
Movie · as archive footage
Jean Seberg: American Actress
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
From the Journals of Jean Seberg
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Blue of the Origins
Movie
The Wild Duck
Movie · as Gina Ekdal, seine Frau
White Horses of Summer
Movie · as Lea Kingsburg
The Big Delirium
Movie · as Emily
Mousey
Movie · as Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson
Les Hautes solitudes
Movie
Ballad for Billy the Kid
Movie · as The Star
The Corruption of Chris Miller
Movie · as Ruth Miller
The Assassination
Movie · as Edith Lemoine
This Kind of Love
Movie · as Giovanna
Camorra
Movie · as Luisa
Kill!
Movie · as Emily Hamilton
Macho Callahan
Movie · as Alexandra Mountford
Airport
Movie · as Tanya Livingston
Dead of Summer
Movie · as Joyce Grasse
Paint Your Wagon
Movie · as Elizabeth Woodling
Pendulum
Movie · as Adele Matthews
No Name City
Movie · as Self
Birds in Peru
Movie · as Adriana
The Road to Corinth
Movie · as Shanny
The Looters
Movie · as Colleen O'Hara
A Fine Madness
Movie · as Lydia West
Line of Demarcation
Movie · as Mary de Damville
Moment to Moment
Movie · as Kay Stanton
Diamonds Are Brittle
Movie · as Bettina Ralton
Lilith
Movie · as Lilith Arthur
Backfire
Movie · as Olga Celan
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Movie · as Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Le Grand Escroc
Movie · as Patricia
Die Drehscheibe
TV · as Self · 1 ep
In the French Style
Movie · as Christina James
Eruption
Movie · as Annette
Time Out for Love
Movie · as Ann
Playtime
Movie · as Kate Hoover
Five Day Lover
Movie · as Claire
Breathless
Movie · as Patricia Franchini
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Movie · as Barbara Holloway
The Mouse That Roared
Movie · as Helen Kokintz
Bonjour Tristesse
Movie · as Cecile
Saint Joan
Movie · as St. Joan of Arc
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self, Self (uncredited) · 1 ep