Macha Méril
Acting • Born 1940-09-03
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
122 credits
Belle de Jour
Movie • 1967
Renée
The Defector
Movie • 1966
Frieda Hoffmann
La Dernière Partie
Movie • 2021
Louise
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
Movie • 1999
Self
3rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master Race
Movie • 2012
Alice Fabre (old)
The Married Woman
Movie • 1964
Charlotte
Chinese Roulette
Movie • 1977
Traunitz
Beau Pere
Movie • 1981
la Maîtresse de maison
The Itchy Palm
Movie • 1960
Yvette
Bolero
Movie • 1981
Magda Kremer
Vagabond
Movie • 1985
Madame Landier
Deadly Circuit
Movie • 1983
Madeleine Beauvoir
We Won't Grow Old Together
Movie • 1972
Françoise
Son of Gascogne
Movie • 1995
Self
Late Night Trains
Movie • 1975
The Lady on the Train
Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée
Movie • 2022
Self
Rampage at Apache Wells
Movie • 1965
Lizzy
Chinese In Paris
Movie • 1974
Madeleine
Il registratore
Movie • 1975
Ms. Collins
Tender Cousins
Movie • 1980
Mère de Julien
Adorable Liar
Movie • 1962
Sophie
Le sciamane
Movie • 2000
Claudia's mother
Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda Lear
Movie • 2022
Self
Follow My Gaze
Movie • 1986
La femme à l'ouvre boîte
Fish Soup
Movie • 1992
Caterina
Emmenez-moi au Ritz
Movie • 1977
Barbara
Ten Minutes from Naturists
Movie • 2012
Suzy Dulac, tante de Patrick
Meeting Venus
Movie • 1991
Miss Malikoff
Son tornate a fiorire le rose
Movie • 1975
Linda De Simone
Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
Movie • 1978
Vera
Le Don
Movie • 1993
Margherita
La Vouivre
Movie • 1989
La rodinet
Amore mio non farmi male
Movie • 1974
Linda De Simone
A Crucial Test
Movie • 1996
Catherine
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Movie • 1963
Jacqueline Edwards
The Little Misses
Movie • 1964
Caroline
L'Apprentissage de la ville
Movie • 1982
Luc's mother
Le bonheur des tristes
Movie • 1981
Madeleine
The Man of the Winds
Movie • 1975
Anna
Seasons of Love
Movie • 2012
Henriette Marcenat
Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe
Movie • 1976
baronessa Valeria Lamia
Robert et Robert
Movie • 1978
Agathe
Les Rois du gag
Movie • 1985
Jacqueline
Wild Animals
Movie • 1984
Sylvia
Le Crime d'amour
Movie • 1982
Jeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont
Your Turn, My Turn
Movie • 1978
Marianne
Rock 'n Roll
Movie • 1978
Annalisa
Ridendo e scherzando
Movie • 1978
Susy
Clochemerle
Movie • 2004
Baroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche
Wall Engravings
Movie • 1968
Jeanne Delaître
Bel-Ami
Movie • 2003
Mme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel
La Trouvaille de Juliette
Movie • 2014
Juliette
Peccatori di provincia
Movie • 1976
Vincenzina Lo Curcio
Berlin '39
Movie • 1993
Madame Vic
Délit mineur
Movie • 1994
Madeleine
Double Vision
Movie • 1992
Mrs. Perfect
For Those I Loved
Movie • 1983
Martin's Mother
The Chicks
Movie • 1985
Françoise
Godard Cinema
Movie • 2023
Self
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
Movie • 1971
Gisella, wife of Mario De Rossi
The Cocottes
Movie • 1991
Mme. Rose
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
Movie • 1975
Egle
Le rose di Danzica
Movie • 1979
Elvira von Lehner
Horizon
Movie • 1967
Elisa
Les Boules de Noël
Movie • 2024
Simone
Love on a Pillow
Movie • 1962
Raphaële
Pasión
Movie • 1977
Bianca
Alliances rouge sang
Movie • 2016
Béatrice
Mr. Stein Goes Online
Movie • 2017
Marie
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
Movie • 1964
Nicole
A Simple Story
Movie • 1991
La vedova del Roccella
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Movie • 1998
Madame Beauvier
Night of The Flowers
Movie • 1979
Macha
Mademoiselle Gigi
Movie • 2006
Mamita
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
Movie • 1977
principessa Esmeralda Benti Contini
Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments
Movie • 2003
Self - Interviewee
The Nights of Alice
Movie • 2011
Bettina
Guy Gilles
Movie • 2008
Self
Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris
Movie • 2017
(voice)
Happiness Never Comes Alone
Movie • 2012
Fanfan Keller
Conjugal Love
Movie • 1970
Leda
The Unexpected Child
Movie • 2019
Christine
Una donna di seconda mano
Movie • 1977
Clelia, la madre di Simona
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
Movie • 1964
Nicole
Belle Grand-Mère
Movie • 1998
Babou
Le Grand Carnaval
Movie • 1983
Mme Armande Labrouche
Duet for One
Movie • 1986
Anya
Deep Red
Movie • 1975
Helga Ulmann
L'éternel mari
Movie • 1993
Claudia
Sweet and Sour
Movie • 1963
La striptisiste
Don't Play with Martians
Movie • 1968
Maryvonne Guéguen
Pop Age
Movie • 1966
Self
Belle belle belle
Movie • 2020
Lili
Sign of the Lion
Movie • 1962
La Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited)
Belle grand mère, La Trattoria
Movie • 2003
Joséphine, dite « Babou »
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
Movie • 2018
Self
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
Movie • 2024
Self - Actress
René Bousquet ou le grand arrangement
Movie • 2007
Évelyne Baylet
Michel Legrand, enchanted music
Movie • 2022
The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Solidarity concert for Ukraine
Movie • 2022
Vieillir et jouir sans entraves
Movie • 2026
Self - Actress / Writer
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
TV • 1997
Tania
Télématin
TV • 1985
Self
Au nom de tous les miens
TV • 1985
Mère de Martin
La promessa
TV • 1979
Signora Heller
Lance et Compte
TV • 1986
Maroussia Lambert
Folie passagère
TV • 2015
Self
To Remember
TV • 1993
Narrator
The Unexpected Getaway
TV • 2022
Self
Dim Dam Dom
TV • 1965
Self
Morte a passo di valzer
TV • 1979
Lady Flora Drayton
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Méditerranée
TV • 2001
Carla Valbonne
Vivement dimanche
TV • 1998
Self
Enquête parallèle
TV • 2023
Colette Chaperot
On n'est pas couché
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin
TV • 1989
Tatiana
Colette
TV • 1985
Colette
Un monde, un regard
TV • 2021
Le rose di Danzica
TV • 1981
Elvira