1956-12-22 Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Marie Rivière (born 22 December 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is known for her collaborations with director Éric Rohmer. From a working-class background, Marie Rivière grew up on a housing estate/project in Montreuil before working as a schoolteacher, then as a shop assistant. At 21, having seen L'Amour l'après-midi, she sent a letter and photo to Éric Rohmer. He saw her in his office at Les films du losange, in the presence of Arielle Dombasle and Thierry Lhermitte, and offered her a small role in Perceval le Gallois. Two years later she appeared in Rohmer's The Aviator's Wife, the first in the Comédies et Proverbes series. The Green Ray, in which she played the fragile dreamer Delphine, was a critical and popular success, and won the Golden Lion at Venice. In 1998 she appeared again for Rohmer in Conte d'automne (Autumn Tale), alongside another Rohmer muse, Béatrice Romand. She co-directed her first film in 1993, with Marc Rivière, La Règle du Silence.
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L'Amour et les Forêts | Blanche’s Mother | 2023-05-24 |
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Marinaleda | 2023-01-29 | |
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L'Établi | Robert's mother | 2023-04-05 |
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Courant noir | 2020-02-02 | |
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Antoinette dans les Cévennes | Claire | 2020-09-16 |
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Eva voudrait | Emmanuelle | 2020-09-20 |
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Féminin plurielles | Professor | 2018-03-07 |
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Éperdument | Mère Anna | 2016-03-02 |
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L'Hermine | Marie-Laure Racine | 2015-11-18 |
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Ce sentiment de l'été | Adélaïde | 2015-10-11 |
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Madeleine et les deux Apaches | Madeleine | 2014-06-13 |
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Tu veux… ou tu veux pas | Martine | 2014-10-01 |
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El Turrrf | Suzanne | 2013-11-12 |
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Les Beaux Jours | Jocelyne | 2013-06-19 |
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Où je mets ma pudeur | 2013-06-07 | |
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Un château en Italie | Nathan's Mother | 2013-10-30 |
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Sous la neige | 2012-11-02 | |
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Memory Lane | Aude | 2010-11-24 |
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En compagnie d'Eric Rohmer | Self | 2010-08-24 |
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Le Refuge | La femme sur la plage | 2009-12-11 |
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Actrices | The costume designer | 2007-12-26 |
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Ma vie en l'air | La mère de Charlotte | 2005-06-17 |
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Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens | Self | 2005-01-01 |
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Le Canapé rouge | 2005-06-30 | |
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Le temps qui reste | Mère | 2005-05-16 |
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Zéro défaut | Simone | 2003-05-05 |
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Clandestino | La conductrice | 2003-10-01 |
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L'Anglaise et le Duc | Madame Laurent | 2001-09-07 |
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Les filles ne savent pas nager | Anne-Marie | 2000-10-18 |
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Samia | La conseillère d'orientation | 2000-11-15 |
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Marie-Line | Louise | 2000-12-20 |
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Vénus beauté (institut) | La cliente aux bottines fourées | 1999-02-03 |
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Conte d'automne | Isabelle | 1998-09-07 |
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Muriel fait le désespoir de ses parents | La mere | 1995-10-17 |
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Le Cahier volé | Lucie | 1993-04-28 |
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Conte d'hiver | Dora | 1992-01-29 |
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Le sommeil d’Adrien | 1991-01-01 | |
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Les lutteurs immobiles | Judith | 1988-08-02 |
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Le bonheur se porte large | Isabelle | 1988-06-15 |
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Rosette vole les voleurs | Rosette's friend | 1988-01-01 |
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4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle | L'arnaqueuse - Swindler | 1987-02-04 |
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Rosette cherche une chambre | Florence | 1987-01-01 |
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Le Rayon vert | Delphine | 1986-08-29 |
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Rosette vend des roses | Rosette's friend | 1985-01-01 |
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Folie suisse | Anna Daubigny | 1985-06-10 |
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Raison perdue | Paula | 1984-12-05 |
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Rosette sort le soir | Marie | 1983-01-01 |
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Les Aventures de Rosette | 1983-04-02 | |
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Chassé-croisé | 1982-03-24 | |
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Cinématon XVIII | N°172 / N°173 | 1982-05-04 |
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La Femme de l'aviateur | Anne | 1981-03-04 |
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Catherine de Heilbronn | Brigitte | 1980-01-01 |
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La Vie comme ça | Florence | 1978-01-01 |
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Médiumnité | 1978-10-30 | |
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Perceval le Gallois | Pucelle / Dame / Fille de Garin | 1978-10-08 |
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Cinématon | N°172 / N°173 | 1978-12-20 |
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Shreklife | Nadège |