Movies
It was news I had been dreading for years, and it came today. Jeanne Moreau is dead at 89.
July 31, 2017
Obituaries
French actress Jeanne Moreau, a smoky-voiced femme fatale who starred in Francois Truffaut’s love triangle film “Jules and Jim” and whose award-winning, seven-decade career included work with some of the world’s most acclaimed directors, has died.
Jeanne Moreau, the French actress and New Wave icon who brought sublime complexity to her performances in films such as François Truffaut’s “Jules et Jim,” Louis Malle’s “Elevator to the Gallows,” Jacques Demy’s “Bay of Angels” and Michelangelo Antonioni’s “La Notte,” died Monday at the age of 89.
The French actress Jeanne Moreau, who became one of the most popular and bewitching film stars of the 1960s, died July 31 at 89 in Paris.
The French filmmaker has a reputation for drawing fine work from grandes dames such as Jeanne Moreau.
July 30, 2006
French actress Jeanne Moreau and director Francis Ford Coppola will receive Golden Lion awards for their careers’ work, officials of the Venice Film Festival said Friday.
Sept. 6, 1992
“Jules and Jim” remains one of the French New Wave’s most sublime achievements, and its fleetness of foot can still take your breath away.
Aug. 10, 2017
With “The Proprietor,” Ismail Merchant has created a beautiful film for Jeanne Moreau, only to get carried away with adoration for her just when clarity, specificity and common sense are most needed to anchor its flights of fancy.
Oct. 9, 1996
In Laurent Heynemann’s delightful yet acerbic and exceedingly wise “The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea,” Jeanne Moreau looms into view like a galleon at full mast, strolling slowly in the surf, not in a bathing suit but in dramatic attire and a big hat.
Nov. 15, 1995
In “The Summer House,” a British comedy of wedding plans gone awry, Joan Plowright, the dour mother of the dorky groom, answers a knock at her door.
Dec. 24, 1993