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Marie-Christine Barrault
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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.
Known For
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Gabrielle de Miremont
La maman du bourreau
2025
7.3
La mère de Sandra et Marianne
The Ties That Bind Us
2025
7.3
Anna
Per il mio bene
2024
6.3
Huguette Valande
Fiasco
2024
5.3
Mme. Courtillet
Oldies But Goodies
2024
6.0
Self
Tout sauf l’ennui
2023
6.4
Eve Bragnier
Alphonse
2023
8.6
Geneviève
Et doucement rallumer les étoiles
2023
6.7
Komura's Mother (voice)
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
2023
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George Sand
George et Sarah
2020
Credits
La maman du bourreau
as Gabrielle de Miremont
2025
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The Ties That Bind Us
as La mère de Sandra et Marianne
2025
7.3
Per il mio bene
as Anna
2024
7.3
Fiasco
as Huguette Valande
2024
6.3
Oldies But Goodies
as Mme. Courtillet
2024
5.3
Tout sauf l’ennui
as Self
2023
6.0
Alphonse
as Eve Bragnier
2023
6.4
Et doucement rallumer les étoiles
as Geneviève
2023
8.6
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
as Komura's Mother (voice)
2023
6.7
George et Sarah
as George Sand
2020
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Zénon the Rebel
as Self - Narrator
2019
0.0
Deux gouttes d'eau
as Elisabeth Davout
2018
6.1
All About Mothers
as Jacqueline
2018
5.2
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2017
7.0
Les brumes du souvenir
as Alice Blondel
2017
6.0
Twisting Fate
as Jeanne
2016
4.4
Mademoiselle de la Charce
2016
1.0
The Easy Way Out
as Nelly
2015
5.1
Toi que j'aimais tant
as Hélène Maupin
2014
6.1
A Family Secret
as Nadège
2014
2.0
Sleight of Hand
as Sophie Marescot
2014
5.2
My Name Is Hmmm...
as La grand-mère
2013
5.5
Domestic Life
as Nicole
2013
5.6
The Big Bad Wolf
as La mère
2013
5.3
Murders in...
as Violette Rivière
2013
7.3
Murders in...
as Lidy Mathis
2013
7.3
Murders in...
as Denise Royan
2013
7.3
The Unexpected Getaway
as Self
2012
8.5
Memories of a Disturbed Young Lady
as The Gynecologist
2010
4.0
Making Plans for Lena
as Annie
2009
5.5
Profiling Paris
as Catherine Lepage
2009
6.9
Trivial
as Mélanie Bérangère
2007
4.2
Ange de feu
as Janine Cordey
2006
7.5
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Passés troubles
as Béatrice
2006
1.0
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
as Self
2005
7.0
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
as Self
2005
10.0
Parlez-moi d'amour
as Élisa
2004
0.0
Saint-Germain ou La négociation
as Chaterine de Médicis
2003
6.7
Azzurro
as Elizabeth Broyer
2000
7.1
La Dilettante
as Thérèse Rambert
1999
5.9
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
3.0
Le grand Batre
as Thérèse
1997
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Le Grand Batre
as Thérèse Cabreyrolle d'Azérac
1997
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Obsession
as Ella Beckmann
1997
3.8
Un coup de baguette magique
as Jeanne
1997
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Love, Math and Sex
as La prof de maths
1997
4.5
Mon père avait raison
as Germaine Bellanger
1996
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Tendre piège
as Françoise
1996
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Studio Gabriel
as Self
1994
6.5
Bonsoir
as Marie Wileska
1994
3.2
Crazy Love
as Louise
1993
6.0
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Jenny Marx, la femme du diable
as Jenny Marx
1993
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Next Time the Fire
as Elena
1993
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Necessary Love
1991
9.2
Marie Curie, une femme honorable
as Marie Curie
1991
6.0
Marie Curie, Une Femme Honorable
as Marie Curie
1991
8.0
Gallant Ladies
as Jacquette de Bourdeille
1990
3.0
Stormy Summer
as Anne
1989
1.0
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The Silent Woman
as Marianne
1989
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Women in Prison
as La surveillante chef
1988
3.4
The Student
as Self (uncredited)
1988
5.8
L'Énigme des sables
1988
0.0
Sanguines
as Nedie
1988
1.7
The Abyss
as Hilzonde
1988
5.2
Adieu, je t'aime
as Nicole Dupré
1988
2.3
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The Lizard King
as Beatrice Aumond
1988
0.0
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Daniya, the emir's garden
as Almodís
1988
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Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
1987
5.6
Manuela's Loves
as Manuela
1987
2.9
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Vaudeville
as Madeleine
1986
3.5
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L'été 36
as Lise
1986
1.0
The Satin Slipper
as La lune
1986
7.2
Victoires de la musique
as Self
1985
1.5
Power Of Evil
as Sylvie
1985
4.0
A Better Life
as Véronique's mother
1985
3.0
Pianoforte
as La mère de Maria
1985
5.0
Pianoforte
as Andrea
1985
5.0
Louise... l'insoumise
as Mme Royer
1985
5.5
Swann in Love
as Madame Verdurin
1984
5.5
A Love in Germany
as Maria Wyler
1983
4.9
Les mots pour le dire
as Eliane Saint-Jean
1983
6.5
Table for Five
as Marie
1983
5.5
Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi
as Jeanne
1983
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Mir reicht's - ich steig aus
as Jane
1983
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Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
L'Amour trop fort
as Rose-Marie de Boisel
1981
6.6
Stardust Memories
as Isobel
1980
6.9
Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme
as Eva
1980
4.0
Petit déjeuner compris
as Marie-Louise Leroux
1980
6.3
My Dearest
as Jeanne Rivière
1980
3.3
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
as Lieve
1979
5.6
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
as Self
1979
6.0
Perceval
as La Reine Guenevievre
1978
7.2
Histoire vraie
as Rose
1978
0.0
The Savage State
as Laurence Laurençon
1978
6.2
The Medusa Touch
as Patricia
1978
6.8
Le Chandelier
as Jacqueline
1977
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Cousin, Cousine
as Marthe
1975
6.0
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John Glückstadt
as Hanna Hansen
1975
5.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
La Confession d'un enfant du siècle
as Brigitte
1974
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Spécial cinéma
as Self
1974
0.0
Le Tour d'Écrou
as Miss Jessel
1974
7.0
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Chiltern
1972
10.0
Love in the Afternoon
as Dream Sequence
1972
7.2
Figaro-ci, Figaro-là
as Julie
1972
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Menace
as Francoise
1972
1.0
Le sagouin
as Léone
1972
8.0
Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu
as The mother
1971
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Les Sesterain ou le miroir 2000
as Martine Lauzon
1971
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Le Misanthrope
as Célimène
1971
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Lancelot of the Lake
as Reine Guinevere
1970
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Distracted
as Lisa Gastier
1970
6.0
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« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur
as La sœur
1970
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Les Cent Livres des Hommes
as La mère
1970
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My Night at Maud's
as Françoise
1969
7.7
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La Vie d'une Femme
N/A
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L'empreinte de l'ange
as La mère suprême
N/A
6.0
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Zodiaque
as Hélène Escoffier
N/A
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