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Jeanne Moreau, whose brooding beauty on display in such films as The Lovers, Jules et Jim and The Bride Wore Black entranced audiences everywhere, died Monday at her home in Paris. She was 89.
The office of French President Emmanuel Macron announced her death.
Dubbed “Le Moreau” for her slithering sensuality, she was a femme fatale who was also one of the top stage actresses of her time. Offscreen, Moreau oozed romance and mystery: She was likened to the free-spirited woman with two lovers whom she played in Francois Truffaut's Jules et Jim (1962).
She burst to international stardom in Louis Malle's The Lovers (Les Amants) in 1958. The story of a woman who deserts her husband for a younger man, the film was controversial for the times and banned in some U.S. cities. Flaming her notorious image, Moreau next played in Roger Vadim's Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1959), which was...
The office of French President Emmanuel Macron announced her death.
Dubbed “Le Moreau” for her slithering sensuality, she was a femme fatale who was also one of the top stage actresses of her time. Offscreen, Moreau oozed romance and mystery: She was likened to the free-spirited woman with two lovers whom she played in Francois Truffaut's Jules et Jim (1962).
She burst to international stardom in Louis Malle's The Lovers (Les Amants) in 1958. The story of a woman who deserts her husband for a younger man, the film was controversial for the times and banned in some U.S. cities. Flaming her notorious image, Moreau next played in Roger Vadim's Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1959), which was...
- 7/31/2017
- by Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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