
Marie-Christine Barrault
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.
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- 2025 · The Ties That Bind Us as La mère de Sandra et Marianne
- 2024 · Fiasco as Huguette Valande
- 2024 · Oldies But Goodies as Mme. Courtillet
- 2023 · Alphonse as Eve Bragnier
- 2023 · Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman as Komura's Mother (voice)
- 2017 · À la recherche de... Pierre Richard as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2015 · The Easy Way Out as Nelly
- 2014 · A Family Secret as Nadège
- 2013 · Domestic Life as Nicole
- 2013 · The Big Bad Wolf as La mère
- 2013 · Murders in... as Violette Rivière
- 2013 · Murders in... as Lidy Mathis
- 2013 · Murders in... as Denise Royan
- 2012 · La Parenthèse inattendue as Self
- 2009 · Making Plans for Lena as Annie
- 2009 · Profiling Paris as Catherine Lepage
- 2007 · Trivial as Mélanie Bérangère
- 2006 · Ange de feu as Janine Cordey
- 2005 · Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre as Self
- 2005 · Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens as Self
- 2003 · Saint-Germain ou La négociation as Chaterine de Médicis
- 1999 · La Dilettante as Thérèse Rambert
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1997 · Le Grand Batre as Thérèse Cabreyrolle d'Azérac
- 1997 · Obsession as Ella Beckmann
- 1997 · Love, Math and Sex as La prof de maths
- 1996 · Mon père avait raison as Germaine Bellanger
- 1994 · Studio Gabriel as Self
- 1993 · Crazy Love as Louise
- 1991 · Marie Curie, une femme honorable as Marie Curie
- 1990 · Gallant Ladies as Jacquette de Bourdeille
- 1988 · The Student as Self (uncredited)
- 1988 · Sanguines as Nedie
- 1988 · The Abyss as Hilzonde
- 1988 · The Lizard King as Beatrice Aumond
- 1987 · Sacrée soirée as Self
- 1987 · Nulle part ailleurs as Self
- 1985 · Victoires de la musique as Self
- 1985 · Power Of Evil as Sylvie
- 1984 · Swann in Love as Madame Verdurin
- 1983 · A Love in Germany as Maria Wyler
- 1983 · Table for Five as Marie
- 1983 · Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi as Jeanne
- 1983 · Mir reicht's - ich steig aus as Jane
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1980 · Stardust Memories as Isobel
- 1980 · Petit déjeuner compris as Marie-Louise Leroux
- 1979 · Woman Between Wolf and Dog as Lieve
- 1978 · Perceval as La Reine Guenevievre
- 1978 · The Medusa Touch as Patricia
- 1975 · Cousin, Cousine as Marthe
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1972 · Love in the Afternoon as Dream Sequence
- 1971 · Les Sesterain ou le miroir 2000 as Martine Lauzon
- 1970 · Lancelot of the Lake as Reine Guinevere
- 1970 · Distracted as Lisa Gastier
- 1969 · My Night at Maud's as Françoise
- Future · La Vie d'une Femme as
- 2025 · La maman du bourreau as Gabrielle de Miremont
- 2024 · Per il mio bene as
- 2023 · Tout sauf l’ennui as Marie-Christine Barrault
- 2023 · Et doucement rallumer les étoiles as Geneviève
- 2020 · George et Sarah as George Sand
- 2019 · Zénon the Rebel as Self - Narrator
- 2018 · Deux gouttes d'eau as Elisabeth Davout
- 2018 · All About Mothers as Jacqueline
- 2017 · Les brumes du souvenir as Alice Blondel
- 2016 · Twisting Fate as Jeanne
- 2016 · Mademoiselle de la Charce as
- 2014 · Toi que j'aimais tant as Hélène Maupin
- 2014 · Sleight of Hand as Sophie Marescot
- 2013 · My Name Is Hmmm... as La grand-mère
- 2010 · Memories of a Disturbed Young Lady as The Gynecologist
- 2006 · Passés troubles as Béatrice
- 2004 · Parlez-moi d'amour as Élisa
- 2000 · Azzurro as Elizabeth Broyer
- 1997 · Le grand Batre as Thérèse
- 1997 · Un coup de baguette magique as Jeanne
- 1996 · Tendre piège as Françoise
- 1994 · Bonsoir as Marie Wileska
- 1993 · Jenny Marx, la femme du diable as Jenny Marx
- 1993 · Next Time the Fire as Elena
- 1991 · Necessary Love as
- 1991 · Marie Curie, Une Femme Honorable as
- 1989 · Stormy Summer as Anne
- 1989 · The Silent Woman as Marianne
- 1988 · Women in Prison as La surveillante chef
- 1988 · L'Énigme des sables as
- 1988 · Adieu, je t'aime as Nicole Dupré
- 1988 · Daniya, the emir's garden as Almodís
- 1987 · Manuela's Loves as Manuela
- 1986 · Vaudeville as Madeleine
- 1986 · L'été 36 as Lise
- 1986 · The Satin Slipper as La lune
- 1985 · A Better Life as Véronique's mother
- 1985 · Pianoforte as La mère de Maria
- 1985 · Pianoforte as Andrea
- 1985 · Louise... l'insoumise as Mme Royer
- 1983 · Les mots pour le dire as Eliane Saint-Jean
- 1981 · L'amour trop fort as Rose-Marie de Boisel
- 1980 · Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme as Eva
- 1980 · My Dearest as Jeanne Rivière
- 1979 · Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen as Self
- 1978 · Histoire vraie as Rose
- 1978 · The Savage State as Laurence Laurençon
- 1977 · Le Chandelier as Jacqueline
- 1975 · John Glückstadt as Hanna Hansen
- 1974 · La Confession d'un enfant du siècle as Brigitte
- 1974 · Le tour d'écrou as Miss Jessel
- 1972 · An Ideal Husband as Lady Chiltern
- 1972 · Figaro-ci, Figaro-là as Julie
- 1972 · Menace as Francoise
- 1972 · Le sagouin as Léone
- 1971 · Les Cent livres : A la recherche du temps perdu as The mother
- 1971 · Le Misanthrope as Célimène
- 1970 · « Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur as La sœur
- Future · L'empreinte de l'ange as La mère suprême