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
Belle de Jour (1967)
as Renée
Wild Animals (1984)
as Sylvia
Deadly Circuit (1983)
as Madeleine Beauvoir
Deep Red (1975)
as Helga Ulmann
Vagabond (1985)
as Madame Landier
Tender Cousins (1980)
as Mère de Julien
The Chicks (1985)
as Françoise
The Defector (1966)
as Frieda Hoffmann
Betrayal and Retribution - The Spawn of the Last House on the Left (—)
as Self
Bel-Ami (2003)
as Mme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel
We Won't Grow Old Together (1972)
as Françoise
Happiness Never Comes Alone (2012)
as Fanfan Keller
Late Night Trains (1975)
as The Lady on the Train
Vieillir et jouir sans entraves (2026)
as Self - Actress / Writer
Le Grand Carnaval (1983)
as Mme Armande Labrouche
Chinese In Paris (1974)
as Madeleine
Le Crime d'amour (1982)
as Jeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont
Chinese Roulette (1977)
as Traunitz
Bolero (1981)
as Magda Kremer
The Nights of Alice (2011)
as Bettina
Mr. Stein Goes Online (2017)
as Marie
The Married Woman (1964)
as Charlotte
Les mille et une vies de Philippe Bouvard (2025)
as Self
Your Turn, My Turn (1978)
as Marianne
Les Rois du gag (1985)
as Jacqueline
Emmenez-moi au Ritz (1977)
as Barbara
The Veiled Lady (2025)
as Herself
Seasons of Love (2012)
as Henriette Marcenat
Rampage at Apache Wells (1965)
as Lizzy
Robert et Robert (1978)
as Agathe
Sign of the Lion (1962)
as La Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited)
Le rose di Danzica (1979)
as Elvira von Lehner
Love on a Pillow (1962)
as Raphaële
A Second Hand Lady (1977)
as Clelia, la madre di Simona
Les secrets de François Truffaut (2020)
as Self
Godard Cinema (2023)
as Self
Meeting Venus (1991)
as Miss Malikoff
For Those I Loved (1983)
as Martin's Mother
Alliances rouge sang (2016)
as Béatrice
Ten Minutes from Naturists (2012)
as Suzy Dulac, tante de Patrick
3rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master Race (2012)
as Alice Fabre (old)
L'éternel mari (1993)
as Claudia
Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris (2017)
as (voice)
Duet for One (1986)
as Anya
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse (2018)
as Self
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
as Madame Beauvier
Les Boules de Noël (2024)
as Simone
We Are All in Temporary Liberty (1971)
as Gisella, wife of Mario De Rossi
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema (2024)
as Self - Actress
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
as Jacqueline Edwards
Double Vision (1992)
as Mrs. Perfect
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise (1964)
as Nicole
Belle Grand-Mère (1998)
as Babou
Michel Legrand, enchanted music (2022)
Actor
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo (1977)
as principessa Esmeralda Benti Contini
Berlin '39 (1993)
as Madame Vic
Son tornate a fiorire le rose (1975)
as Linda De Simone
Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments (2003)
as Self - Interviewee
Sweet and Sour (1963)
as La striptisiste
Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée (2022)
as Self
The Unexpected Child (2019)
as Christine
Wall Engravings (1968)
as Jeanne Delaître
Fish Soup (1992)
as Caterina
La Trajectoire amoureuse (1988)
as La babouchka
Follow My Gaze (1986)
as La femme à l'ouvre boîte
Il registratore (1975)
as Ms. Collins
The Last Day of School Before Christmas (1975)
as Egle
Don't Play with Martians (1968)
as Maryvonne Guéguen
Chez le médecin (1987)
as Mme Desrues
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort (2021)
as self
Night of The Flowers (1979)
as Macha
Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe (1976)
as baronessa Valeria Lamia
The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Solidarity concert for Ukraine (2022)
Actor
Guy Gilles (2008)
as Self
Adorable Liar (1962)
as Sophie
The Cocottes (1991)
as Mme Rose
Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda Lear (2022)
as Self
Cannes 1968, révolution au palais (2018)
as Self
La Dernière Partie (2021)
as Louise
Peccatori di provincia (1976)
as Vincenzina Lo Curcio
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon (1999)
as Self
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc (1964)
as Nicole
Amore mio non farmi male (1974)
as Linda De Simone
La Vouivre (1989)
as La rodinet
Horizon (1967)
as Elisa
Rock 'n Roll (1978)
as Annalisa
René Bousquet ou le grand arrangement (2007)
as Évelyne Baylet
La Trouvaille de Juliette (2014)
as Juliette
The Itchy Palm (1960)
as Yvette
Son of Gascogne (1995)
as Self
Belle belle belle (2020)
as Lili
The Man of the Winds (1975)
as Anna
L'Apprentissage de la ville (1982)
as Luc's mother
Tanto va la gatta al lardo... (1978)
as Vera
Pop Age (1966)
as Self
Le Don (1993)
as Margherita
Ridendo e scherzando (1978)
as Susy
Délit mineur (1994)
as Madeleine
Le bonheur des tristes (1981)
as Madeleine
Le sciamane (2000)
as Claudia's mother
Pasión (1977)
as Bianca
A Crucial Test (1996)
as Catherine
Mademoiselle Gigi (2006)
as Mamita
A Simple Story (1991)
as La vedova del Roccella
Clochemerle (2004)
as Baroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche
Conjugal Love (1970)
as Leda
The Little Misses (1964)
as Caroline
Belle grand mère, La Trattoria (2003)
as Joséphine, dite « Babou »