Macha Méril
Known for Acting
Biography
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
Beau Pere
1981
as la Maîtresse de maison
Tender Cousins
1980
as Mère de Julien
Belle de Jour
1967
as Renée
Deep Red
1975
as Helga Ulmann
Chinese Roulette
1977
as Traunitz
Rampage at Apache Wells
1965
as Lizzy
Vagabond
1985
as Madame Landier
Seasons of Love
2012
as Henriette Marcenat
Happiness Never Comes Alone
2012
as Fanfan Keller
Bolero
1981
as Magda Kremer
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998
as Madame Beauvier
Deadly Circuit
1983
as Madeleine Beauvoir
Godard Cinema
2023
as Self
Double Vision
1992
as Mrs. Perfect
Chinese In Paris
1974
as Madeleine
Les Rois du gag
1985
as Jacqueline
Duet for One
1986
as Anya
For Those I Loved
1983
as Martin's Mother
Les Boules de Noël
2024
as Simone
The Chicks
1985
as Françoise