Marie-Christine Barrault

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Age

Movies

Born: March 21, 1944
From: Paris, France

Biography

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.

Works

96 films

Tendre piège

199610.0

My Dearest

19804.8

The Ties That Bind Us

20257.1

An Ideal Husband

197210.0

Trivial

20074.2

The Student

19885.9

Stardust Memories

19806.9

The Medusa Touch

19786.8

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

20236.6

Love in the Afternoon

19727.3

My Night at Maud's

19697.6

Saint-Germain ou La négociation

20037.0

Passés troubles

20061.0

Swann in Love

19845.6

The Abyss

19885.4

Zénon the Rebel

2019

A Woman's Life

2026

Histoire vraie

197810.0

Oldies But Goodies

20245.3

Crazy Love

19937.0

Women in Prison

19884.2

Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre

20058.0

L'empreinte de l'ange

20048.0

Menace

19725.0

Love, Math and Sex

19975.0

Le Chandelier

19777.0

Woman Between Wolf and Dog

19795.6

The Big Bad Wolf

20135.2

La Maman du bourreau

20248.0

My Name Is Hmmm...

20135.5

Manuela's Loves

19873.3

Vaudeville

19864.8

Distracted

19706.1

Making Plans for Lena

20095.6

Gallant Ladies

19904.0

Sanguines

19883.8

Jenny Marx, la femme du diable

19937.0

Perceval

19787.1

A Love in Germany

19835.5

L'Été 36

19864.0

Le grand Batre

19978.0

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

20177.0

The Savage State

19786.3

Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen

19796.7

Adieu, je t'aime

19883.5

Et doucement rallumer les étoiles

20238.6

Necessary Love

19919.2

Daniya, the emir's garden

19887.0

Domestic Life

20135.6

The Lizard King

1988

Obsession

19974.2

Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi

19837.0

Louise... l'insoumise

19856.0

Que ferait donc Faber ?

1969

Un coup de baguette magique

19978.0

Tout sauf l’ennui

20236.0

Table for Five

19835.7

Twisting Fate

20164.4

Power Of Evil

19855.2

Toi que j'aimais tant

20146.1

Cousin, Cousine

19756.1

Parlez-moi d'amour

20049.0

George et Sarah

2020

Bonsoir

19944.1

Mir reicht's - ich steig aus

19839.0

The Easy Way Out

20155.1

La Dilettante

19996.0

A Better Life

19854.3

All About Mothers

20185.2

Figaro-ci, Figaro-là

19729.0

Lancelot of the Lake

19708.0

The Satin Slipper

19867.6

Next Time the Fire

199310.0

Per il mio bene

20246.8

« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur

19709.0

Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens

200510.0

Le Misanthrope

197110.0

Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme

19806.5

Stormy Summer

19895.0

Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu

1971

To Woody Allen from Europe with Love

19804.5

Memories of a Disturbed Young Lady

20104.0

Les brumes du souvenir

20176.0

Les Mots pour le dire

19836.7

The Silent Woman

19899.0

John Glückstadt

19756.7

Le Tour d'Écrou

19748.0

Azzurro

20007.1

Le Sagouin

19728.5

L'Énigme des sables

19888.0

Pianoforte

19856.5

Deux gouttes d'eau

20186.2

Mon père avait raison

19967.0

Sleight of Hand

20145.2

L'Amour trop fort

19816.7

Mademoiselle de la Charce

20161.0