Macha Méril

Macha Méril

Known for
Acting
Born
September 3, 1940 (age 86)
Birthplace
Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]

Biography

Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina (born 3 September 1940), known by her stage name Macha Méril, is a French actress and writer. Méril is descended by her father from the Russian princely house Gagarin and by her mother from a Ukrainian noble family. She appeared in 125 films between 1959 and 2012, including films directed by Jean-Luc Godard (A Married Woman / Une femme mariée), Luis Buñuel (Belle de jour), and Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Chinese Roulette). She also appeared in the Quebec television series Lance et Compte. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Helga Ulmann in Dario Argento's Deep Red and in Aldo Lado's Night Train Murders (1975). Description above from the Wikipedia article Macha Méril,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Betrayal and Retribution - The Spawn of the Last House on the Left poster

Betrayal and Retribution - The Spawn of the Last House on the Left

Movie · as Self

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Lettres du bagne

Lettres du bagne

Movie · as Anne-Marie Gavrinis

2026
Vieillir et jouir sans entraves poster

Vieillir et jouir sans entraves

Movie · as Self - Actress / Writer

2025
Les mille et une vies de Philippe Bouvard poster

Les mille et une vies de Philippe Bouvard

Movie · as Self

2025
The Veiled Lady poster

The Veiled Lady

Movie · as Herself

2024
Les Boules de Noël poster

Les Boules de Noël

Movie · as Simone

2024
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema poster

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

Movie · as Self - Actress

2023
Godard Cinema poster

Godard Cinema

Movie · as Self

2023
Enquête parallèle poster

Enquête parallèle

TV · as Colette Chaperot · 5 eps

2022
Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée poster

Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée

Movie · as Self

2022
Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda Lear poster

Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda Lear

Movie · as Self

2022
Michel Legrand, enchanted music poster

Michel Legrand, enchanted music

Movie

2022
The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Solidarity concert for Ukraine poster

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Solidarity concert for Ukraine

Movie

2022
The Unexpected Getaway poster

The Unexpected Getaway

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées poster

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2021
La Dernière Partie poster

La Dernière Partie

Movie · as Louise

2021
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort poster

Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort

Movie · as self

2021
Un monde, un regard poster

Un monde, un regard

TV · 1 ep

2020
Belle belle belle poster

Belle belle belle

Movie · as Lili

2020
Les secrets de François Truffaut poster

Les secrets de François Truffaut

Movie · as Self

2019
The Unexpected Child poster

The Unexpected Child

Movie · as Christine

2018
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse poster

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

Movie · as Self

2018
Cannes 1968, révolution au palais poster

Cannes 1968, révolution au palais

Movie · as Self

2017
Mr. Stein Goes Online poster

Mr. Stein Goes Online

Movie · as Marie

2017
Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris poster

Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris

Movie · as (voice)

2016
Alliances rouge sang poster

Alliances rouge sang

Movie · as Béatrice

2015
Folie passagère poster

Folie passagère

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
La Trouvaille de Juliette poster

La Trouvaille de Juliette

Movie · as Juliette

2012
Against Their Will poster

Against Their Will

Movie · as Alice Fabre (old)

2012
Ten Minutes from Naturists poster

Ten Minutes from Naturists

Movie · as Suzy Dulac, tante de Patrick

2012
Seasons of Love poster

Seasons of Love

Movie · as Henriette Marcenat

2012
Happiness Never Comes Alone poster

Happiness Never Comes Alone

Movie · as Fanfan Keller

2011
The Nights of Alice poster

The Nights of Alice

Movie · as Bettina

2008
Guy Gilles poster

Guy Gilles

Movie · as Self

2007
René Bousquet ou le grand arrangement poster

René Bousquet ou le grand arrangement

Movie · as Évelyne Baylet

2006
Mademoiselle Gigi poster

Mademoiselle Gigi

Movie · as Mamita

2006
On n'est pas couché poster

On n'est pas couché

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2004
Clochemerle poster

Clochemerle

Movie · as Baroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche

2003
Bel-Ami poster

Bel-Ami

Movie · as Mme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel

2003
Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments poster

Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2003
Belle grand mère, La Trattoria poster

Belle grand mère, La Trattoria

Movie · as Joséphine, dite « Babou »

2001
Méditerranée poster

Méditerranée

TV · as Carla Valbonne · 5 eps

2000
Le sciamane poster

Le sciamane

Movie · as Claudia's mother

1999
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon poster

Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon

Movie · as Self

1998
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries poster

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

Movie · as Madame Beauvier

1998
Belle Grand-Mère poster

Belle Grand-Mère

Movie · as Babou

1998
Vivement dimanche poster

Vivement dimanche

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Joséphine, Guardian Angel poster

Joséphine, Guardian Angel

TV · as Tania · 1 ep

1996
A Crucial Test poster

A Crucial Test

Movie · as Catherine

1995
Son of Gascogne poster

Son of Gascogne

Movie · as Self

1994
Délit mineur poster

Délit mineur

Movie · as Madeleine

1993
Le Don

Le Don

Movie · as Margherita

1993
Berlin '39 poster

Berlin '39

Movie · as Madame Vic

1993
L'éternel mari poster

L'éternel mari

Movie · as Claudia

1993
To Remember poster

To Remember

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

1992
Fish Soup poster

Fish Soup

Movie · as Caterina

1992
Double Vision poster

Double Vision

Movie · as Mrs. Perfect

1991
Meeting Venus poster

Meeting Venus

Movie · as Miss Malikoff

1991
The Cocottes poster

The Cocottes

Movie · as Mme Rose

1991
A Simple Story poster

A Simple Story

Movie · as La vedova del Roccella

1989
La Vouivre poster

La Vouivre

Movie · as La rodinet

1989
Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin poster

Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin

TV · as Tatiana · 1 ep

1988
La Trajectoire amoureuse poster

La Trajectoire amoureuse

Movie · as La babouchka

1987
Chez le médecin poster

Chez le médecin

Movie · as Mme Desrues

1986
Follow My Gaze poster

Follow My Gaze

Movie · as La femme à l'ouvre boîte

1986
Duet for One poster

Duet for One

Movie · as Anya

1986
Lance et Compte poster

Lance et Compte

TV · as Maroussia Lambert · 13 eps

1985
Vagabond poster

Vagabond

Movie · as Madame Landier

1985
Les Rois du gag poster

Les Rois du gag

Movie · as Jacqueline

1985
The Chicks poster

The Chicks

Movie · as Françoise

1985
Télématin poster

Télématin

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1985
Au nom de tous les miens poster

Au nom de tous les miens

TV · as Mère de Martin · 8 eps

1985
Colette poster

Colette

TV · as Colette · 3 eps

1984
Wild Animals poster

Wild Animals

Movie · as Sylvia

1983
Deadly Circuit poster

Deadly Circuit

Movie · as Madeleine Beauvoir

1983
For Those I Loved poster

For Those I Loved

Movie · as Martin's Mother

1983
Le Grand Carnaval poster

Le Grand Carnaval

Movie · as Mme Armande Labrouche

1982
L'Apprentissage de la ville poster

L'Apprentissage de la ville

Movie · as Luc's mother

1982
Le Crime d'amour poster

Le Crime d'amour

Movie · as Jeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont

1982
Champs-Elysées poster

Champs-Elysées

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1981
Beau Pere poster

Beau Pere

Movie · as la Maîtresse de maison

1981
Bolero poster

Bolero

Movie · as Magda Kremer

1981
Le bonheur des tristes poster

Le bonheur des tristes

Movie · as Madeleine

1981
Le rose di Danzica poster

Le rose di Danzica

TV · as Elvira · 3 eps

1980
Tender Cousins poster

Tender Cousins

Movie · as Mère de Julien

1979
Le rose di Danzica poster

Le rose di Danzica

Movie · as Elvira von Lehner

1979
Night of The Flowers poster

Night of The Flowers

Movie · as Macha

1979
La promessa poster

La promessa

TV · as Signora Heller · 2 eps

1979
Morte a passo di valzer poster

Morte a passo di valzer

TV · as Lady Flora Drayton · 3 eps

1978
Tanto va la gatta al lardo... poster

Tanto va la gatta al lardo...

Movie · as Vera

1978
Robert et Robert poster

Robert et Robert

Movie · as Agathe

1978
Your Turn, My Turn poster

Your Turn, My Turn

Movie · as Marianne

1978
Ridendo e scherzando poster

Ridendo e scherzando

Movie · as Susy

1978
Rock 'n Roll poster

Rock 'n Roll

Movie · as Annalisa

1978
Ciné regards poster

Ciné regards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
Chinese Roulette poster

Chinese Roulette

Movie · as Traunitz

1977
Emmenez-moi au Ritz poster

Emmenez-moi au Ritz

Movie · as Barbara

1977
Pasión poster

Pasión

Movie · as Bianca

1977
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo poster

Ride bene... chi ride ultimo

Movie · as principessa Esmeralda Benti Contini

1977
A Second Hand Lady poster

A Second Hand Lady

Movie · as Clelia, la madre di Simona

1976
Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe poster

Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe

Movie · as baronessa Valeria Lamia

1976
Peccatori di provincia poster

Peccatori di provincia

Movie · as Vincenzina Lo Curcio

1975
Late Night Trains poster

Late Night Trains

Movie · as The Lady on the Train

1975
Il registratore poster

Il registratore

Movie · as Ms. Collins

1975
Son tornate a fiorire le rose poster

Son tornate a fiorire le rose

Movie · as Linda De Simone

1975
The Man of the Winds poster

The Man of the Winds

Movie · as Anna

1975
The Last Day of School Before Christmas poster

The Last Day of School Before Christmas

Movie · as Egle

1975
Deep Red poster

Deep Red

Movie · as Helga Ulmann

1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche poster

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1974
Chinese In Paris poster

Chinese In Paris

Movie · as Madeleine

1974
Amore mio non farmi male poster

Amore mio non farmi male

Movie · as Linda De Simone

1972
We Won't Grow Old Together poster

We Won't Grow Old Together

Movie · as Françoise

1971
We Are All in Temporary Liberty poster

We Are All in Temporary Liberty

Movie · as Gisella, wife of Mario De Rossi

1970
Conjugal Love poster

Conjugal Love

Movie · as Leda

1968
Wall Engravings poster

Wall Engravings

Movie · as Jeanne Delaître

1968
Don't Play with Martians poster

Don't Play with Martians

Movie · as Maryvonne Guéguen

1967
Belle de Jour poster

Belle de Jour

Movie · as Renée

1967
Horizon poster

Horizon

Movie · as Elisa

1966
The Defector poster

The Defector

Movie · as Frieda Hoffmann

1966
Pop Age poster

Pop Age

Movie · as Self

1965
Rampage at Apache Wells poster

Rampage at Apache Wells

Movie · as Lizzy

1965
Dim Dam Dom poster

Dim Dam Dom

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1964
The Married Woman poster

The Married Woman

Movie · as Charlotte

1964
The Little Misses poster

The Little Misses

Movie · as Caroline

1964
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc poster

Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc

Movie · as Nicole

1964
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise poster

Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise

Movie · as Nicole

1963
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? poster

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

Movie · as Jacqueline Edwards

1963
Sweet and Sour poster

Sweet and Sour

Movie · as La striptisiste

1962
Adorable Liar poster

Adorable Liar

Movie · as Sophie

1962
Love on a Pillow poster

Love on a Pillow

Movie · as Raphaële

1962
Sign of the Lion poster

Sign of the Lion

Movie · as La Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited)

1960
The Itchy Palm poster

The Itchy Palm

Movie · as Yvette

1960
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries

The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries

TV · as Countess Janine St. Alyre · 1 ep