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