Cast
Marie-Christine Barrault
Acting
Cast
Marie-Christine Barrault
Known for
Acting
Born
1944-03-21
From
Paris, France
Biography
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.
★7.1
MOVIE2025
The Ties That Bind Us
as La mère de Sandra et Marianne
MOVIE2026
A Woman's Life
as Arlette
★6.8
MOVIE1978
The Medusa Touch
as Patricia
★6.9
MOVIE1980
Stardust Memories
as Isobel
★5.9
MOVIE1988
The Student
as Self (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1997
Love, Math and Sex
as La prof de maths
★7.7
MOVIE1969
My Night at Maud's
as Françoise
★4.2
MOVIE1997
Obsession
as Ella Beckmann
★5.0
MOVIE1972
Menace
as Francoise
★4.1
MOVIE1994
Bonsoir
as Marie Wileska
★7.1
MOVIE2000
Azzurro
as Elizabeth Broyer
★7.3
MOVIE1972
Love in the Afternoon
as Dream Sequence
★5.6
MOVIE1984
Swann in Love
as Madame Verdurin
★4.8
MOVIE1986
Vaudeville
as Madeleine
★5.7
MOVIE1983
Table for Five
as Marie
★6.3
MOVIE1978
The Savage State
as Laurence Laurençon
★6.1
MOVIE1975
Cousin, Cousine
as Marthe
★5.3
MOVIE2024
Oldies But Goodies
as Mme. Courtillet
★5.6
MOVIE2013
Domestic Life
as Nicole
★5.6
MOVIE2009
Making Plans for Lena
as Annie
★7.2
MOVIE1978
Perceval
as La Reine Guenevievre
★4.5
MOVIE1980
To Woody Allen from Europe with Love
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE2018
All About Mothers
as Jacqueline
★6.8
MOVIE2023
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
as Komura's Mother (voice)
★6.1
MOVIE1970
Distracted
as Lisa Gastier
★5.4
MOVIE1988
The Abyss
as Hilzonde
★5.5
MOVIE1983
A Love in Germany
as Maria Wyler
★6.0
MOVIE1999
La Dilettante
as Thérèse Rambert
★7.0
MOVIE2003
Saint-Germain ou La négociation
as Chaterine de Médicis
★4.0
MOVIE1986
L'Été 36
as Lise
★9.0
MOVIE1970
« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur
as La sœur
★7.0
MOVIE1977
Le Chandelier
as Jacqueline
★4.2
MOVIE1988
Women in Prison
as La surveillante chef
★7.5
MOVIE2024
La Maman du bourreau
as Gabrielle de Miremont
★4.2
MOVIE2007
Trivial
as Mélanie Bérangère
★1.0
MOVIE2006
Passés troubles
as Béatrice
★5.0
MOVIE1989
Stormy Summer
as Anne
★6.5
MOVIE1985
Pianoforte
as La mère de Maria
★6.5
MOVIE1985
Pianoforte
as Andrea
★7.0
MOVIE1993
Crazy Love
as Louise
★10.0
MOVIE1971
Le Misanthrope
as Célimène
★6.7
MOVIE1979
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
as Self
★4.0
MOVIE1990
Gallant Ladies
as Jacquette de Bourdeille
★7.0
MOVIE2017
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
★5.3
MOVIE2013
The Big Bad Wolf
as La mère
★5.2
MOVIE1985
Power Of Evil
as Sylvie
★6.7
MOVIE1981
L'Amour trop fort
as Rose-Marie de Boisel
★4.8
MOVIE1980
My Dearest
as Jeanne Rivière
★8.6
MOVIE2023
Et doucement rallumer les étoiles
as Geneviève
MOVIE2019
Zénon the Rebel
as Self - Narrator
★10.0
MOVIE1993
Next Time the Fire
as Elena
★6.7
MOVIE1983
Les Mots pour le dire
as Eliane Saint-Jean
MOVIE1971
Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu
as The mother
★10.0
MOVIE1978
Histoire vraie
as Rose
★8.0
MOVIE2004
L'empreinte de l'ange
as La mère suprême
★4.0
MOVIE2010
Memories of a Disturbed Young Lady
as The Gynecologist
★6.5
MOVIE1980
Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme
as Eva
★8.5
MOVIE1972
Le Sagouin
as Léone
★8.0
MOVIE1970
Lancelot of the Lake
as Reine Guinevere
★6.7
MOVIE1975
John Glückstadt
as Hanna Hansen
★4.3
MOVIE1985
A Better Life
as Véronique's mother
★5.2
MOVIE2014
Sleight of Hand
as Sophie Marescot
★6.0
MOVIE2023
Tout sauf l’ennui
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE1996
Tendre piège
as Françoise
★6.0
MOVIE1985
Louise... l'insoumise
as Mme Royer
★7.0
MOVIE1988
Daniya, the emir's garden
as Almodís
★7.0
MOVIE1983
Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi
as Jeanne
★7.0
MOVIE2024
Per il mio bene
as Anna
★4.4
MOVIE2016
Twisting Fate
as Jeanne
★3.8
MOVIE1988
Sanguines
as Nedie
★9.0
MOVIE2004
Parlez-moi d'amour
as Élisa
★5.1
MOVIE2015
The Easy Way Out
as Nelly
★9.0
MOVIE1972
Figaro-ci, Figaro-là
as Julie
★7.3
MOVIE1986
The Satin Slipper
as La lune
★5.6
MOVIE1979
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
as Lieve
★8.0
MOVIE1974
Le Tour d'Écrou
as Miss Jessel
★6.1
MOVIE2014
Toi que j'aimais tant
as Hélène Maupin
★10.0
MOVIE2005
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2017
Les brumes du souvenir
as Alice Blondel
★10.0
MOVIE1972
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Chiltern
★8.0
MOVIE1988
L'Énigme des sables
★9.2
MOVIE1991
Necessary Love
★8.0
MOVIE1997
Un coup de baguette magique
as Jeanne
★3.3
MOVIE1987
Manuela's Loves
as Manuela
★6.1
MOVIE2018
Deux gouttes d'eau
as Elisabeth Davout
★7.0
MOVIE1996
Mon père avait raison
as Germaine Bellanger
★9.0
MOVIE1983
Mir reicht's - ich steig aus
as Jane
★3.5
MOVIE1988
Adieu, je t'aime
as Nicole Dupré
MOVIE2020
George et Sarah
as George Sand
★7.0
MOVIE1993
Jenny Marx, la femme du diable
as Jenny Marx
★8.0
MOVIE2005
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE2013
My Name Is Hmmm...
as La grand-mère
★8.0
MOVIE1997
Le grand Batre
as Thérèse
MOVIE1988
The Lizard King
as Beatrice Aumond
★9.0
MOVIE1989
The Silent Woman
as Marianne
★1.0
MOVIE2016