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