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| 3 | Jeanne Moreau (January 23, 1928 – July 31, 2017) was a French film and theater actress. Creator/OrsonWelles, who directed her in three films, once called her "the greatest actress in the world". |
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| 5 | After starring in Louis Malle's ''Elevator to the Gallows'', she started acting in the films of the new generation, working with directors such as Creator/JacquesDemy and Creator/FrancoisTruffaut. Her performance in Truffaut's ''Film/JulesAndJim'' turned her into an icon of the UsefulNotes/FrenchNewWave. She would also go on to work with with foreign directors such as Creator/MichelangeloAntonioni, Creator/RainerWernerFassbinder, and Creator/WimWenders. While appearing mostly in French cinema she was fluent in English, as shown when she flawlessly handled Shakespeare's dialogue as Doll Tearsheet in ''Chimes at Midnight''. |
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| 7 | She continued to act into her late eighties, and her famous voice got [[VocalEvolution increasingly smoky and gravelly]] due to a smoking-related chronic laryngitis. She passed away on July 31, 2017 at age 89. |
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| 9 | !!Jeanne Moreau films with pages on TV Tropes: |
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| 11 | * ''Film/TouchezPasAuGrisbi'' (1954) |
| 12 | * ''Film/ElevatorToTheGallows'' (1958) |
| 13 | * ''Film/The400Blows'' (1959) (cameo) |
| 14 | * ''Literature/DangerousLiaisons'' (1959) |
| 15 | * ''Film/FiveBrandedWomen'' (1960) |
| 16 | * ''Film/LaNotte'' (1961) |
| 17 | * ''Film/UneFemmeEstUneFemme'' (1961) (cameo) |
| 18 | * ''Film/JulesAndJim'' (1962) |
| 19 | * ''Film/TheTrial'' (1962) |
| 20 | * ''Film/BayOfAngels'' (1963) |
| 21 | * ''Film/TheVictors'' (1963) |
| 22 | * ''Film/TheTrain'' (1964) |
| 23 | * ''Film/{{Diary of a Chambermaid|1964}}'' (1964) |
| 24 | * ''Film/VivaMaria'' (1965) |
| 25 | * ''Film/ChimesAtMidnight'' (1965) |
| 26 | * ''Film/TheYellowRollsRoyce'' (1965) |
| 27 | * ''Film/TheBrideWoreBlack'' (1968) |
| 28 | * ''Film/LesValseuses'' (1974) |
| 29 | * ''Film/{{Nikita}}'' (1990) |
| 30 | * ''Film/UntilTheEndOfTheWorld'' (1991) |
| 31 | * ''Film/TheLover'' (1992) (narrator) |
| 32 | * ''Film/WitchWayLove'' (1997) |
| 33 | * ''Film/EverAfter'' (1998) |
| 34 | * ''[[Series/LesMiserables2000 Les Misérables]]'' (2000) |
| 35 | * ''Film/TimeToLeave'' (2005) |
| 36 | * ''Literature/TheAccursedKings'' (2005) |
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