1944-03-21 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.
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La Vie domestique | Nicole | 2013-10-02 |
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Saint-Germain ou La négociation | Chaterine de Médicis | 2003-12-20 |
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Azzurro | Elizabeth Broyer | 2000-08-12 |
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La Dilettante | Thérèse Rambert | 1999-07-07 |
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Obsession | Ella Beckmann | 1997-08-28 |
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Le grand Batre | Thérèse | 1997-09-14 |
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C'est la tangente que je préfère | La prof de maths | 1997-08-05 |
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Un coup de baguette magique | Jeanne | 1997-08-27 |
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Tendre piège | Françoise | 1996-05-10 |
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Bonsoir | Marie Wileska | 1994-01-19 |
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Jenny Marx, la femme du diable | Jenny Marx | 1993-09-20 |
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La prossima volta il fuoco | Elena | 1993-09-17 |
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Amour fou | Louise | 1993-12-08 |
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L'amore necessario | 1991-11-27 | |
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Dames galantes | Jacquette de Bourdeille | 1990-11-14 |
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Un été d'orages | Anne | 1989-06-21 |
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Une Femme Tranquille | Marianne | 1989-01-01 |
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L'Énigme des sables | 1988-07-07 | |
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L'œvre au noir | Hilzonde | 1988-05-13 |
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Sanguines | Nedie | 1988-06-22 |
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Prisonnières | La surveillante chef | 1988-10-12 |
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Adieu, je t'aime | Nicole Dupré | 1988-05-04 |
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The Lizard King | Beatrice Aumond | 1988-02-28 |
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L'étudiante | Self (uncredited) | 1988-10-05 |
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Daniya, jardín del harem | Almodís | 1988-01-01 |
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Le Jupon rouge | Manuela | 1987-06-17 |
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L'Été 36 | Lise | 1986-02-06 |
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Vaudeville | Madeleine | 1986-03-19 |
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Le Soulier de satin | La lune | 1986-01-08 |
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Pianoforte | Andrea | 1985-03-20 |
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Louise... l'insoumise | Mme Royer | 1985-03-13 |
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Le pouvoir du mal | Sylvie | 1985-08-01 |
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Pianoforte | La mère de Maria | 1985-03-20 |
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Le Meilleur de la Vie | Véronique's mother | 1985-05-22 |
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Un amour de Swann | Madame Verdurin | 1984-02-23 |
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Mir reicht's - ich steig aus | Jane | 1983-01-28 |
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Table for Five | Marie | 1983-02-18 |
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Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi | Jeanne | 1983-02-03 |
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Les Mots pour le dire | Eliane Saint-Jean | 1983-10-12 |
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Eine Liebe in Deutschland | Maria Wyler | 1983-10-26 |
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L'Amour trop fort | Rose-Marie de Boisel | 1981-04-15 |
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Ma Chérie | Jeanne Rivière | 1980-02-13 |
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Stardust Memories | Isobel | 1980-09-26 |
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Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen | Self | 1979-01-01 |
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Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf | Lieve | 1979-06-04 |
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Histoire vraie | Rose | 1978-08-05 |
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The Medusa Touch | Patricia | 1978-04-13 |
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L'État sauvage | Laurence Laurençon | 1978-04-18 |
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Perceval le Gallois | La Reine Guenevievre | 1978-10-08 |
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Le Chandelier | Jacqueline | 1977-12-17 |
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John Glückstadt | Hanna Hansen | 1975-06-30 |
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Le Tour d'Écrou | Miss Jessel | 1974-02-25 |
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Figaro-ci, Figaro-là | Julie | 1972-06-16 |
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Le Sagouin | Léone | 1972-01-27 |
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Un mari idéal | Lady Chiltern | 1972-10-01 |
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Les intrus | Francoise | 1972-02-18 |
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Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu | The mother | 1971-12-22 |
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Le Misanthrope | Célimène | 1971-02-20 |
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« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur | La sœur | 1970-07-20 |
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Le Distrait | Lisa Gastier | 1970-12-09 |
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Lancelot du Lac | Reine Guinevere | 1970-12-25 |
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Ma nuit chez Maud | Françoise | 1969-06-04 |
