Born 1940 (age 85) · Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]
Appears in 125 titles

Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina (born 3 September 1940), known by her stage name Macha Méril, is a French actress and writer. Méril is descended by her father from the Russian princely house Gagarin and by her mother from a Ukrainian noble family. She appeared in 125 films between 1959 and 2012, including films directed by Jean-Luc Godard (A Married Woman / Une femme mariée), Luis Buñuel (Belle de jour), and Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Chinese Roulette). She also appeared in the Quebec television series Lance et Compte. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Helga Ulmann in Dario Argento's Deep Red and in Aldo Lado's Night Train Murders (1975). Description above from the Wikipedia article Macha Méril,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Deep Red
7.7
Deep Red
1975
as Helga Ulmann
Belle de Jour
7.3
Belle de Jour
1967
as Renée
Happiness Never Comes Alone
6.1
Happiness Never Comes Alone
2012
as Fanfan Keller
Vagabond
7.4
Vagabond
1985
as Madame Landier
Mr. Stein Goes Online
6.0
Mr. Stein Goes Online
2017
as Marie
Beau Pere
6.6
Beau Pere
1981
as la Maîtresse de maison
The Married Woman
6.9
The Married Woman
1964
as Charlotte
Late Night Trains
6.1
Late Night Trains
1975
as The Lady on the Train
Deadly Circuit
6.1
Deadly Circuit
1983
as Madeleine Beauvoir
Chinese Roulette
7.1
Chinese Roulette
1977
as Traunitz
We Won't Grow Old Together
7.0
We Won't Grow Old Together
1972
as Françoise
Bolero
6.9
Bolero
1981
as Magda Kremer
Tender Cousins
5.8
Tender Cousins
1980
as Mère de Julien
Rampage at Apache Wells
6.3
Rampage at Apache Wells
1965
as Lizzy
Sign of the Lion
7.1
Sign of the Lion
1962
as La Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited)
Les Boules de Noël
4.8
Les Boules de Noël
2024
as Simone
3rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master Race
Love on a Pillow
5.8
Love on a Pillow
1962
as Raphaële
Le Grand Carnaval
5.6
Le Grand Carnaval
1983
as Mme Armande Labrouche
Les Rois du gag
5.8
Les Rois du gag
1985
as Jacqueline