Marie-Christine Barrault
Acting • Born 1944-03-21
Biography
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.
Filmography
119 credits
Toi que j'aimais tant
Movie • 2014
Hélène Maupin
Trivial
Movie • 2007
Mélanie Bérangère
Bonsoir
Movie • 1994
Marie Wileska
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Movie • 2023
Komura's Mother (voice)
Stardust Memories
Movie • 1980
Isobel
Cousin, Cousine
Movie • 1975
Marthe
« Allô police » Retour à l'envoyeur
Movie • 1970
La sœur
Domestic Life
Movie • 2013
Nicole
Making Plans for Lena
Movie • 2009
Annie
The Medusa Touch
Movie • 1978
Patricia
George et Sarah
Movie • 2020
George Sand
Et doucement rallumer les étoiles
Movie • 2023
Geneviève
Next Time the Fire
Movie • 1993
Elena
Vaudeville
Movie • 1986
Madeleine
Manuela's Loves
Movie • 1987
Manuela
Women in Prison
Movie • 1988
La surveillante chef
My Night at Maud's
Movie • 1969
Françoise
Crazy Love
Movie • 1993
Louise
The Student
Movie • 1988
Self (uncredited)
Azzurro
Movie • 2000
Elizabeth Broyer
Saint-Germain ou La négociation
Movie • 2003
Chaterine de Médicis
Perceval
Movie • 1978
La Reine Guenevievre
La Dilettante
Movie • 1999
Thérèse Rambert
Passés troubles
Movie • 2006
Béatrice
Love, Math and Sex
Movie • 1997
La prof de maths
Obsession
Movie • 1997
Ella Beckmann
Le Sagouin
Movie • 1972
Léone
Daniya, the emir's garden
Movie • 1988
Almodís
Le Chandelier
Movie • 1977
Jacqueline
The Satin Slipper
Movie • 1986
La lune
Swann in Love
Movie • 1984
Madame Verdurin
Sanguines
Movie • 1988
Nedie
Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi
Movie • 1983
Jeanne
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
Movie • 1979
Lieve
Pianoforte
Movie • 1985
La mère de Maria
Pianoforte
Movie • 1985
Andrea
The Big Bad Wolf
Movie • 2013
La mère
My Name Is Hmmm...
Movie • 2013
La grand-mère
Figaro-ci, Figaro-là
Movie • 1972
Julie
Histoire vraie
Movie • 1978
Rose
Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu
Movie • 1971
The mother
Le Misanthrope
Movie • 1971
Célimène
John Glückstadt
Movie • 1975
Hanna Hansen
Table for Five
Movie • 1983
Marie
Mon père avait raison
Movie • 1996
Germaine Bellanger
Sleight of Hand
Movie • 2014
Sophie Marescot
Le grand Batre
Movie • 1997
Thérèse
Love in the Afternoon
Movie • 1972
Dream Sequence
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Movie • 2017
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Tout sauf l’ennui
Movie • 2023
Self
Distracted
Movie • 1970
Lisa Gastier
A Better Life
Movie • 1985
Véronique's mother
My Dearest
Movie • 1980
Jeanne Rivière
Parlez-moi d'amour
Movie • 2004
Élisa
Oldies But Goodies
Movie • 2024
Mme. Courtillet
Tendre piège
Movie • 1996
Françoise
Les Mots pour le dire
Movie • 1983
Eliane Saint-Jean
Power Of Evil
Movie • 1985
Sylvie
L'Énigme des sables
Movie • 1988
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
Movie • 2005
Self
Necessary Love
Movie • 1991
La Maman du bourreau
Movie • 2024
Gabrielle de Miremont
Un coup de baguette magique
Movie • 1997
Jeanne
Memories of a Disturbed Young Lady
Movie • 2010
The Gynecologist
The Savage State
Movie • 1978
Laurence Laurençon
Twisting Fate
Movie • 2016
Jeanne
Le Tour d'Écrou
Movie • 1974
Miss Jessel
Mir reicht's - ich steig aus
Movie • 1983
Jane
The Abyss
Movie • 1988
Hilzonde
Les brumes du souvenir
Movie • 2017
Alice Blondel
Gallant Ladies
Movie • 1990
Jacquette de Bourdeille
An Ideal Husband
Movie • 1972
Lady Chiltern
L'été 36
Movie • 1986
Lise
Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme
Movie • 1980
Eva
Menace
Movie • 1972
Francoise
All About Mothers
Movie • 2018
Jacqueline
Louise... l'insoumise
Movie • 1985
Mme Royer
Lancelot of the Lake
Movie • 1970
Reine Guinevere
Deux gouttes d'eau
Movie • 2018
Elisabeth Davout
Question de temps: Une heure avec Woody Allen
Movie • 1979
Self
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
Movie • 2005
Self
Adieu, je t'aime
Movie • 1988
Nicole Dupré
The Silent Woman
Movie • 1989
Marianne
Zénon the Rebel
Movie • 2019
Self - Narrator
A Love in Germany
Movie • 1983
Maria Wyler
The Easy Way Out
Movie • 2015
Nelly
Mademoiselle de la Charce
Movie • 2016
Stormy Summer
Movie • 1989
Anne
The Lizard King
Movie • 1988
Beatrice Aumond
L'empreinte de l'ange
Movie • 2004
La mère suprême
L'Amour trop fort
Movie • 1981
Rose-Marie de Boisel
Per il mio bene
Movie • 2024
Anna
The Ties That Bind Us
Movie • 2025
La mère de Sandra et Marianne
Jenny Marx, la femme du diable
Movie • 1993
Jenny Marx
A Woman's Life
Movie
Les Sesterain ou le miroir 2000
TV • 1971
Martine Lauzon
Victoires de la musique
TV • 1985
Self
Studio Gabriel
TV • 1994
Self
Nulle part ailleurs
TV • 1987
Self
Fiasco
TV • 2024
Huguette Valande
Ange de feu
TV • 2006
Janine Cordey
The Unexpected Getaway
TV • 2012
Self
Petit déjeuner compris
TV • 1980
Marie-Louise Leroux
Murders in...
TV • 2013
Violette Rivière
Murders in...
TV • 2013
Lidy Mathis
Profiling Paris
TV • 2009
Catherine Lepage
A Family Secret
TV • 2014
Nadège
Murders in...
TV • 2013
Denise Royan
Spécial cinéma
TV • 1974
Self
Le Grand Batre
TV • 1997
Thérèse Cabreyrolle d'Azérac
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Alphonse
TV • 2023
Eve Bragnier
Marie Curie, une femme honorable
TV • 1991
Marie Curie
Vivement dimanche
TV • 1998
Self
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self
La Confession d'un enfant du siècle
TV • 1974
Brigitte
Zodiaque
TV
Hélène Escoffier
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
TV • 1970
La mère