Marie-Christine Barrault

Acting

Born Mar 21, 1944

From 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.

Marie-Christine Barrault

Known For

The Medusa Touch

Oldies But Goodies

My Night at Maud's

A Woman's Life

The Ties That Bind Us

Swann in Love

The Student

Love in the Afternoon

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Stardust Memories

Filmography — Acting

The Medusa Touch

Oldies But Goodies

My Night at Maud's

A Woman's Life

The Ties That Bind Us

Swann in Love

The Student

Love in the Afternoon

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Stardust Memories

Distracted

L'empreinte de l'ange

Obsession

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

A Love in Germany

Table for Five

The Abyss

Love, Math and Sex

Making Plans for Lena

Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi

The Easy Way Out

Perceval

Twisting Fate

The Big Bad Wolf

All About Mothers

Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre

Cousin, Cousine

Trivial

Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens

Sanguines

My Name Is Hmmm...

Power Of Evil

Domestic Life

Menace

Crazy Love

La Maman du bourreau

Azzurro

Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme

Jenny Marx, la femme du diable

The Satin Slipper

Manuela's Loves

Bonsoir

Un coup de baguette magique

Pianoforte

The Savage State

Saint-Germain ou La négociation

My Dearest

Mir reicht's - ich steig aus

Woman Between Wolf and Dog

Gallant Ladies

Zénon the Rebel

L'Été 36

A Better Life

Women in Prison

Per il mio bene

Deux gouttes d'eau

Lancelot of the Lake

Le Tour d'Écrou

Le Misanthrope

Figaro-ci, Figaro-là

L'Amour trop fort

Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu

Necessary Love

Les brumes du souvenir

« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur

Mon père avait raison

La Dilettante