Marie-Christine Barrault

Acting

Born March 21, 1944 Paris, France

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.

Movies(94)

A Woman's Life

Arlette

2026

The Ties That Bind Us

La mère de Sandra et Marianne

2025

Per il mio bene

Anna

2024

La Maman du bourreau

Gabrielle de Miremont

2024

Oldies But Goodies

Mme. Courtillet

2024

Tout sauf l’ennui

Self

2023

Et doucement rallumer les étoiles

Geneviève

2023

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Komura's Mother (voice)

2023

George et Sarah

George Sand

2020

Zénon the Rebel

Self - Narrator

2019

Deux gouttes d'eau

Elisabeth Davout

2018

All About Mothers

Jacqueline

2018

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

Self - Actress (archive footage)

2017

Les brumes du souvenir

Alice Blondel

2017

Twisting Fate

Jeanne

2016

Mademoiselle de la Charce

2016

The Easy Way Out

Nelly

2015

Toi que j'aimais tant

Hélène Maupin

2014

Sleight of Hand

Sophie Marescot

2014

My Name Is Hmmm...

La grand-mère

2013

Domestic Life

Nicole

2013

The Big Bad Wolf

La mère

2013

Memories of a Disturbed Young Lady

The Gynecologist

2010

Making Plans for Lena

Annie

2009

Trivial

Mélanie Bérangère

2007

Passés troubles

Béatrice

2006

Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre

Self

2005

Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens

Self

2005

Parlez-moi d'amour

Élisa

2004

L'empreinte de l'ange

La mère suprême

2004

Saint-Germain ou La négociation

Chaterine de Médicis

2003

Azzurro

Elizabeth Broyer

2000

La Dilettante

Thérèse Rambert

1999

Le grand Batre

Thérèse

1997

Obsession

Ella Beckmann

1997

Un coup de baguette magique

Jeanne

1997

Love, Math and Sex

La prof de maths

1997

Mon père avait raison

Germaine Bellanger

1996

Tendre piège

Françoise

1996

Bonsoir

Marie Wileska

1994

Crazy Love

Louise

1993

Jenny Marx, la femme du diable

Jenny Marx

1993

Next Time the Fire

Elena

1993

Necessary Love

1991

Gallant Ladies

Jacquette de Bourdeille

1990

Stormy Summer

Anne

1989

The Silent Woman

Marianne

1989

Women in Prison

La surveillante chef

1988

The Student

Self (uncredited)

1988

L'Énigme des sables

1988

Sanguines

Nedie

1988

The Abyss

Hilzonde

1988

Adieu, je t'aime

Nicole Dupré

1988

The Lizard King

Beatrice Aumond

1988

Daniya, the emir's garden

Almodís

1988

Manuela's Loves

Manuela

1987

Vaudeville

Madeleine

1986

L'Été 36

Lise

1986

The Satin Slipper

La lune

1986

Power Of Evil

Sylvie

1985

A Better Life

Véronique's mother

1985

Pianoforte

La mère de Maria

1985

Louise... l'insoumise

Mme Royer

1985

Swann in Love

Madame Verdurin

1984

A Love in Germany

Maria Wyler

1983

Les Mots pour le dire

Eliane Saint-Jean

1983

Table for Five

Marie

1983

Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi

Jeanne

1983

Mir reicht's - ich steig aus

Jane

1983

L'Amour trop fort

Rose-Marie de Boisel

1981

Stardust Memories

Isobel

1980

Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme

Eva

1980

My Dearest

Jeanne Rivière

1980

Woman Between Wolf and Dog

Lieve

1979

Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen

Self

1979

Perceval

La Reine Guenevievre

1978

Histoire vraie

Rose

1978

The Savage State

Laurence Laurençon

1978

The Medusa Touch

Patricia

1978

Le Chandelier

Jacqueline

1977

Cousin, Cousine

Marthe

1975

John Glückstadt

Hanna Hansen

1975

Le Tour d'Écrou

Miss Jessel

1974

An Ideal Husband

Lady Chiltern

1972

Love in the Afternoon

Dream Sequence

1972

Figaro-ci, Figaro-là

Julie

1972

Menace

Francoise

1972

Le Sagouin

Léone

1972

Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu

The mother

1971

Le Misanthrope

Célimène

1971

Lancelot of the Lake

Reine Guinevere

1970

Distracted

Lisa Gastier

1970

« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur

La sœur

1970

My Night at Maud's

Françoise

1969

Marie-Christine Barrault

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Movies(94)