Marie-Christine Barrault
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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.
Known for
Credits
Stardust Memories (1980)
as Isobel
The Student (1988)
as Self (uncredited)
My Night at Maud's (1969)
as Françoise
A Woman's Life (2026)
as Arlette
The Medusa Touch (1978)
as Patricia
The Ties That Bind Us (2025)
as La mère de Sandra et Marianne
Swann in Love (1984)
as Madame Verdurin
Love in the Afternoon (1972)
as Dream Sequence
Oldies But Goodies (2024)
as Mme. Courtillet
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre (2005)
as Self
Tendre piège (1996)
as Françoise
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2023)
as Komura's Mother (voice)
The Big Bad Wolf (2013)
as La mère
Trivial (2007)
as Mélanie Bérangère
Perceval (1978)
as La Reine Guenevievre
The Abyss (1988)
as Hilzonde
All About Mothers (2018)
as Jacqueline
Passés troubles (2006)
as Béatrice
Saint-Germain ou La négociation (2003)
as Chaterine de Médicis
The Satin Slipper (1986)
as La lune
Crazy Love (1993)
as Louise
A Love in Germany (1983)
as Maria Wyler
Histoire vraie (1978)
as Rose
Love, Math and Sex (1997)
as La prof de maths
Zénon the Rebel (2019)
as Self - Narrator
Women in Prison (1988)
as La surveillante chef
Woman Between Wolf and Dog (1979)
as Lieve
Power Of Evil (1985)
as Sylvie
Menace (1972)
as Francoise
Table for Five (1983)
as Marie
Gallant Ladies (1990)
as Jacquette de Bourdeille
My Dearest (1980)
as Jeanne Rivière
Tout sauf l’ennui (2023)
as Self
Le Chandelier (1977)
as Jacqueline
Le Tour d'Écrou (1974)
as Miss Jessel
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard (2017)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Making Plans for Lena (2009)
as Annie
Adieu, je t'aime (1988)
as Nicole Dupré
My Name Is Hmmm... (2013)
as La grand-mère
The Easy Way Out (2015)
as Nelly
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen (1979)
as Self
Manuela's Loves (1987)
as Manuela
Figaro-ci, Figaro-là (1972)
as Julie
La Maman du bourreau (2024)
as Gabrielle de Miremont
The Savage State (1978)
as Laurence Laurençon
A Better Life (1985)
as Véronique's mother
Daniya, the emir's garden (1988)
as Almodís
To Woody Allen from Europe with Love (1980)
as Self
Cousin, Cousine (1975)
as Marthe
Un coup de baguette magique (1997)
as Jeanne
Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme (1980)
as Eva
Toi que j'aimais tant (2014)
as Hélène Maupin
Twisting Fate (2016)
as Jeanne
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens (2005)
as Self
Stormy Summer (1989)
as Anne
Parlez-moi d'amour (2004)
as Élisa
Per il mio bene (2024)
as Anna
Jenny Marx, la femme du diable (1993)
as Jenny Marx
L'empreinte de l'ange (2004)
as La mère suprême
Les brumes du souvenir (2017)
as Alice Blondel
Mir reicht's - ich steig aus (1983)
as Jane
An Ideal Husband (1972)
as Lady Chiltern
Mon père avait raison (1996)
as Germaine Bellanger
Que ferait donc Faber ? (1969)
as Catherine
Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi (1983)
as Jeanne
« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur (1970)
as La sœur
Et doucement rallumer les étoiles (2023)
as Geneviève
Obsession (1997)
as Ella Beckmann
Memories of a Disturbed Young Lady (2010)
as The Gynecologist
Next Time the Fire (1993)
as Elena
Distracted (1970)
as Lisa Gastier
Deux gouttes d'eau (2018)
as Elisabeth Davout
Les Mots pour le dire (1983)
as Eliane Saint-Jean
Azzurro (2000)
as Elizabeth Broyer
L'Amour trop fort (1981)
as Rose-Marie de Boisel
Lancelot of the Lake (1970)
as Reine Guinevere
Sanguines (1988)
as Nedie
L'Énigme des sables (1988)
Actor
Vaudeville (1986)
as Madeleine
Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu (1971)
as The mother
Necessary Love (1991)
Actor
Domestic Life (2013)
as Nicole
Louise... l'insoumise (1985)
as Mme Royer
The Lizard King (1988)
as Beatrice Aumond
Le grand Batre (1997)
as Thérèse
John Glückstadt (1975)
as Hanna Hansen
L'Été 36 (1986)
as Lise
Bonsoir (1994)
as Marie Wileska
No Blame (1988)
as Suzanne
La Dilettante (1999)
as Thérèse Rambert
George et Sarah (2020)
as George Sand
Le Misanthrope (1971)
as Célimène
Sleight of Hand (2014)
as Sophie Marescot
Pianoforte (1985)
as La mère de Maria
Le Sagouin (1972)
as Léone
Mademoiselle de la Charce (2016)
Actor
The Silent Woman (1989)
as Marianne