
Macha Méril
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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
Credits

Beau Pere (1981)
as la Maîtresse de maison

Wild Animals (1984)
as Sylvia

Tender Cousins (1980)
as Mère de Julien

Belle de Jour (1967)
as Renée

The Defector (1966)
as Frieda Hoffmann

Deadly Circuit (1983)
as Madeleine Beauvoir

Deep Red (1975)
as Helga Ulmann

Chinese In Paris (1974)
as Madeleine

Vagabond (1985)
as Madame Landier

Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris (2017)
as (voice)

Fish Soup (1992)
as Caterina

The Chicks (1985)
as Françoise

Rampage at Apache Wells (1965)
as Lizzy

Le Grand Carnaval (1983)
as Mme Armande Labrouche

Ten Minutes from Naturists (2012)
as Suzy Dulac, tante de Patrick

We Won't Grow Old Together (1972)
as Françoise

Chinese Roulette (1977)
as Traunitz

Happiness Never Comes Alone (2012)
as Fanfan Keller

Seasons of Love (2012)
as Henriette Marcenat

Duet for One (1986)
as Anya

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Solidarity concert for Ukraine (2022)
Actor

Le Crime d'amour (1982)
as Jeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont

Sign of the Lion (1962)
as La Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited)

The Married Woman (1964)
as Charlotte

For Those I Loved (1983)
as Martin's Mother

Adorable Liar (1962)
as Sophie

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
as Madame Beauvier

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
as Jacqueline Edwards

Sweet and Sour (1963)
as La striptisiste

Love on a Pillow (1962)
as Raphaële

Les Rois du gag (1985)
as Jacqueline

Your Turn, My Turn (1978)
as Marianne

Late Night Trains (1975)
as The Lady on the Train

Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments (2003)
as Self - Interviewee

Emmenez-moi au Ritz (1977)
as Barbara

Bolero (1981)
as Magda Kremer

L'éternel mari (1993)
as Claudia

Bel-Ami (2003)
as Mme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel

Godard Cinema (2023)
as Self

3rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master Race (2012)
as Alice Fabre (old)

René Bousquet ou le grand arrangement (2007)
as Évelyne Baylet

Vieillir et jouir sans entraves (2026)
as Self - Actress / Writer

Mr. Stein Goes Online (2017)
as Marie

Son of Gascogne (1995)
as Self

Alliances rouge sang (2016)
as Béatrice

Le rose di Danzica (1979)
as Elvira von Lehner

Conjugal Love (1970)
as Leda

Follow My Gaze (1986)
as La femme à l'ouvre boîte

Peccatori di provincia (1976)
as Vincenzina Lo Curcio

Meeting Venus (1991)
as Miss Malikoff

La Vouivre (1989)
as La rodinet

A Simple Story (1991)
as La vedova del Roccella

Double Vision (1992)
as Mrs. Perfect

Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise (1964)
as Nicole

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse (2018)
as Self

The Nights of Alice (2011)
as Bettina

The Itchy Palm (1960)
as Yvette

The Cocottes (1991)
as Mme Rose

Guy Gilles (2008)
as Self

A Second Hand Lady (1977)
as Clelia, la madre di Simona

Horizon (1967)
as Elisa

The Little Misses (1964)
as Caroline

Il registratore (1975)
as Ms. Collins

The Last Day of School Before Christmas (1975)
as Egle

La Trouvaille de Juliette (2014)
as Juliette

Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc (1964)
as Nicole

Les Boules de Noël (2024)
as Simone

Délit mineur (1994)
as Madeleine

Le bonheur des tristes (1981)
as Madeleine

Belle Grand-Mère (1998)
as Babou

Ridendo e scherzando (1978)
as Susy

Tanto va la gatta al lardo... (1978)
as Vera

Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe (1976)
as baronessa Valeria Lamia

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema (2024)
as Self - Actress

We Are All in Temporary Liberty (1971)
as Gisella, wife of Mario De Rossi

Amore mio non farmi male (1974)
as Linda De Simone

Ride bene... chi ride ultimo (1977)
as principessa Esmeralda Benti Contini

Mademoiselle Gigi (2006)
as Mamita

Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon (1999)
as Self

Don't Play with Martians (1968)
as Maryvonne Guéguen

Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda Lear (2022)
as Self

Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée (2022)
as Self

Robert et Robert (1978)
as Agathe

Son tornate a fiorire le rose (1975)
as Linda De Simone

Night of The Flowers (1979)
as Macha

Clochemerle (2004)
as Baroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche

A Crucial Test (1996)
as Catherine

Berlin '39 (1993)
as Madame Vic

Wall Engravings (1968)
as Jeanne Delaître

Michel Legrand, enchanted music (2022)
Actor

L'Apprentissage de la ville (1982)
as Luc's mother

The Unexpected Child (2019)
as Christine

Belle belle belle (2020)
as Lili

Le sciamane (2000)
as Claudia's mother

Belle grand mère, La Trattoria (2003)
as Joséphine, dite « Babou »

Pasión (1977)
as Bianca

La Dernière Partie (2021)
as Louise

Rock 'n Roll (1978)
as Annalisa
Le Don (1993)
as Margherita

Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort (2021)
as self

Pop Age (1966)
as Self

Cannes 1968, révolution au palais (2018)
as Self

The Man of the Winds (1975)
as Anna





