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
An Ideal Husband (1972)
as Lady Chiltern
Tendre piège (1996)
as Françoise
My Dearest (1980)
as Jeanne Rivière
The Ties That Bind Us (2025)
as La mère de Sandra et Marianne
Le Chandelier (1977)
as Jacqueline
Swann in Love (1984)
as Madame Verdurin
Passés troubles (2006)
as Béatrice
Vaudeville (1986)
as Madeleine
Love in the Afternoon (1972)
as Dream Sequence
Stardust Memories (1980)
as Isobel
Women in Prison (1988)
as La surveillante chef
The Abyss (1988)
as Hilzonde
Crazy Love (1993)
as Louise
My Night at Maud's (1969)
as Françoise
Menace (1972)
as Francoise
Histoire vraie (1978)
as Rose
Manuela's Loves (1987)
as Manuela
A Woman's Life (2026)
as Arlette
Zénon the Rebel (2019)
as Self - Narrator
Trivial (2007)
as Mélanie Bérangère
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2023)
as Komura's Mother (voice)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
as Patricia
Que ferait donc Faber ? (1969)
as Catherine
The Student (1988)
as Self (uncredited)
Tout sauf l’ennui (2023)
as Self
Oldies But Goodies (2024)
as Mme. Courtillet
Saint-Germain ou La négociation (2003)
as Chaterine de Médicis
L'empreinte de l'ange (2004)
as La mère suprême
Daniya, the emir's garden (1988)
as Almodís
The Savage State (1978)
as Laurence Laurençon
A Love in Germany (1983)
as Maria Wyler
Adieu, je t'aime (1988)
as Nicole Dupré
Distracted (1970)
as Lisa Gastier
The Big Bad Wolf (2013)
as La mère
Obsession (1997)
as Ella Beckmann
La Maman du bourreau (2024)
as Gabrielle de Miremont
Love, Math and Sex (1997)
as La prof de maths
Louise... l'insoumise (1985)
as Mme Royer
The Satin Slipper (1986)
as La lune
Domestic Life (2013)
as Nicole
Woman Between Wolf and Dog (1979)
as Lieve
The Lizard King (1988)
as Beatrice Aumond
Cousin, Cousine (1975)
as Marthe
Parlez-moi d'amour (2004)
as Élisa
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen (1979)
as Self
Per il mio bene (2024)
as Anna
Twisting Fate (2016)
as Jeanne
My Name Is Hmmm... (2013)
as La grand-mère
Gallant Ladies (1990)
as Jacquette de Bourdeille
Table for Five (1983)
as Marie
Le grand Batre (1997)
as Thérèse
Necessary Love (1991)
Actor
Sanguines (1988)
as Nedie
Et doucement rallumer les étoiles (2023)
as Geneviève
Perceval (1978)
as La Reine Guenevievre
George et Sarah (2020)
as George Sand
Memories of a Disturbed Young Lady (2010)
as The Gynecologist
Les brumes du souvenir (2017)
as Alice Blondel
L'Été 36 (1986)
as Lise
Figaro-ci, Figaro-là (1972)
as Julie
« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur (1970)
as La sœur
Making Plans for Lena (2009)
as Annie
La Dilettante (1999)
as Thérèse Rambert
The Silent Woman (1989)
as Marianne
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard (2017)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Deux gouttes d'eau (2018)
as Elisabeth Davout
Toi que j'aimais tant (2014)
as Hélène Maupin
Stormy Summer (1989)
as Anne
The Easy Way Out (2015)
as Nelly
Mon père avait raison (1996)
as Germaine Bellanger
Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi (1983)
as Jeanne
Azzurro (2000)
as Elizabeth Broyer
Bonsoir (1994)
as Marie Wileska
L'Amour trop fort (1981)
as Rose-Marie de Boisel
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre (2005)
as Self
Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu (1971)
as The mother
Jenny Marx, la femme du diable (1993)
as Jenny Marx
All About Mothers (2018)
as Jacqueline
Le Tour d'Écrou (1974)
as Miss Jessel
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens (2005)
as Self
Next Time the Fire (1993)
as Elena
Mir reicht's - ich steig aus (1983)
as Jane
Les Mots pour le dire (1983)
as Eliane Saint-Jean
Pianoforte (1985)
as La mère de Maria
Power Of Evil (1985)
as Sylvie
Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme (1980)
as Eva
To Woody Allen from Europe with Love (1980)
as Self
Un coup de baguette magique (1997)
as Jeanne
A Better Life (1985)
as Véronique's mother
Lancelot of the Lake (1970)
as Reine Guinevere
John Glückstadt (1975)
as Hanna Hansen
Le Sagouin (1972)
as Léone
Sleight of Hand (2014)
as Sophie Marescot
L'Énigme des sables (1988)
Actor
Le Misanthrope (1971)
as Célimène
Mademoiselle de la Charce (2016)
Actor