Jeanne Moreau

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jeanne Moreau ( born 23 January 1928) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director. She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française. She began playing small roles in films in 1949 and eventually achieved prominence as the star of Lift to the Scaffold (UK)/Elevator to the Gallows (USA) (1958), directed by Louis Malle and Jules et Jim (1962), directed by François Truffaut. Most prolific during the 1960s, Moreau continues to appear in films to the present day. Moreau was the recipient of a César Award for Best Actress, a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress and a Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award for individual performances, and several lifetime awards. Moreau died on 31 July 2017, at the age of 89. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeanne Moreau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.