
Marie-Christine Barrault
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.
116 acting credits
Acting · 116

Champs-Elysées
1982

Sacrée soirée
1987

Vivement dimanche
1998

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Spécial cinéma
1974

Murders in...
2013

Profiling Paris
2009

Nulle part ailleurs
1987

Victoires de la musique
1985

The Unexpected Getaway
2012

Fiasco
2024

Alphonse
2023

Les Cent Livres des Hommes
1970

The Medusa Touch
1978

Petit déjeuner compris
1980

Stardust Memories
1980

Swann in Love
1984

Zodiaque
2026

My Night at Maud's
1969

Love in the Afternoon
1972

The Student
1988

The Ties That Bind Us
2025

Oldies But Goodies
2024

A Family Secret
2014

Obsession
1997

Marie Curie, une femme honorable
1991

Studio Gabriel
1994

A Woman's Life
2026

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017

Trivial
2007

Ange de feu
2006

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
2023

Les Sesterain ou le miroir 2000
1971

La Confession d'un enfant du siècle
1974

Distracted
1970

Le Grand Batre
1997
L'Été 36
1986

A Love in Germany
1983

Love, Math and Sex
1997

Cousin, Cousine
1975

Perceval
1978

The Abyss
1988

Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
2005

Crazy Love
1993

Making Plans for Lena
2009

Bonsoir
1994

Gallant Ladies
1990

Table for Five
1983

Woman Between Wolf and Dog
1979

Women in Prison
1988
Passés troubles
2006
« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur
1970

Azzurro
2000

Twisting Fate
2016

The Savage State
1978

Power Of Evil
1985

Menace
1972

All About Mothers
2018

The Easy Way Out
2015

Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
2005

Pianoforte
1985

The Satin Slipper
1986

Mon père avait raison
1996

The Big Bad Wolf
2013
Vaudeville
1986

Deux gouttes d'eau
2018

Le Misanthrope
1971

Per il mio bene
2024

Et doucement rallumer les étoiles
2023

Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme
1980

Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi
1983

La Dilettante
1999

L'Amour trop fort
1981

Manuela's Loves
1987

Mir reicht's - ich steig aus
1983

My Dearest
1980

Stormy Summer
1989

Tout sauf l’ennui
2023

My Name Is Hmmm...
2013
Jenny Marx, la femme du diable
1993

Saint-Germain ou La négociation
2003

Domestic Life
2013

La Maman du bourreau
2024

Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
1979

Next Time the Fire
1993

Un coup de baguette magique
1997

Lancelot of the Lake
1970

Histoire vraie
1978

Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu
1971
Daniya, the emir's garden
1988

An Ideal Husband
1972

Le Sagouin
1972

Sanguines
1988

Zénon the Rebel
2019

A Better Life
1985

Le grand Batre
1997

Les brumes du souvenir
2017

Sleight of Hand
2014

Parlez-moi d'amour
2004

Figaro-ci, Figaro-là
1972

Le Chandelier
1977
John Glückstadt
1975

Adieu, je t'aime
1988

L'Énigme des sables
1988

Memories of a Disturbed Young Lady
2010

Les Mots pour le dire
1983

Toi que j'aimais tant
2014

Le Tour d'Écrou
1974

L'empreinte de l'ange
2004
Tendre piège
1996

Necessary Love
1991
The Silent Woman
1989
The Lizard King
1988

Louise... l'insoumise
1985

Mademoiselle de la Charce
2016

George et Sarah
2020