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Marguerite Duras (1914–1996)

Writer | Director | Actress

Ms. Duras was born in southern Vietnam and lost her father at age 4. The family savings of 20 years bought the family a small plot in Cambodia, but everything was lost in a single season's flooding. The disaster killed her mother as a result. After high school in Saigon, Ms. Duras left Indochina to study law in Paris... See full bio »

Born:

Marguerite Donnadieu
in Gia Dinh, French Cochinchina. [now Vietnam]

Died:

(age 81) in Paris, France
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2008 Half Past Ten (novel "Dix heures et demie du soir en été")
 
2008 Marguerite ou La vie tranquille (video short) (written by)
 
2008 The Sea Wall (novel)
 
2004 Vie matérielle (short) (short story)
 
2004 The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas (novel)
 
2003 The Malady of Death (short) (novel)
 
2001 Cet amour-là (character)
 
1998 Miragens (short) (outline adaptation)
 
1996 La Pluie d'été (TV movie) (writer)
 
1993 Écrire (documentary short) (writer)
 
1993 The Death of the Young English Aviator (documentary short) (writer)
 
1992 The Lover (novel)
 
1990 Savannah Bay (TV movie) (play)
 
1990 Le coupeur d'eau (short) (short story)
 
1988 The Beast of the Jungle (TV movie) (play)
 
1985 Das Mal des Todes (novella)
 
1985 The Children (story "Ah! Ernesto!")
 
1983 Il dialogo di Roma (writer)
 
1982 La musica (TV movie)
 
1982 En rachâchant (short) (short story "Ah! Ernesto")
 
1981 L'homme atlantique
 
1981 Agatha et les lectures illimitées
 
1980 Hele dager i trærne (TV movie)
 
1979 Le navire Night (writer)
 
1979 Aurélia Steiner (Vancouver) (short) (writer)
 
1979 Aurélia Steiner (Melbourne) (short) (writer)
 
1978 Les mains négatives (short) (writer)
 
1978 Cesarée (short) (writer)
 
1977 Baxter, Vera Baxter (scenario)
 
1977 Le camion
 
1976 Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert (play "India Song" / screenplay)
 
1976 Entire Days in the Trees (play)
 
1975 India Song
 
1974 Woman of the Ganges
 
1974 Nouvelles de Henry James (TV series)
– Ce que savait Morgan (1974) (adaptation / dialogue)
 
1973 Særlige spor (TV movie) (play)
 
1972 Nathalie Granger
 
1971 Les papiers d'Aspern (TV movie) (French adaptation)
 
1971 Jaune le soleil (novel)
 
1970 La musica (TV movie) (play one act)
 
1969 Détruire dit-elle (play)
 
1969 Lievevrouwbedstro (TV movie) (novel)
 
1968 Diese Frau zum Beispiel (TV movie) (novel)
 
1968 Ganze Tage in den Bäumen (TV movie) (play "Des Journées entières dans les arbres")
 
1967 The Sailor from Gibraltar (novel "Le marin de Gibraltar")
 
1967 La musica (adaptation / dialogue / play)
 
1967 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
– Days in the Trees (1967) (story)
 
1967 Skver (TV movie) (play)
 
1966 10:30 P.M. Summer (novel "Dix heures et demie du soir en été" / screenplay)
 
1966 Chimney No. 4 (dialogue)
 
1966 Mademoiselle
 
1965 Love Story (TV series)
– La Musica (1965) (play)
 
1965 The Moment of Peace (segment "Les rideaux blancs")
 
1964 Sans merveille (TV movie)
 
1964 Nuit noire, Calcutta (short)
 
1963 L'itinéraire marin (dialogue)
 
1961 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
– The Square (1961) (writer)
 
1961 The Long Absence
 
1960 Moderato cantabile (adaptation / novel)
 
1959 Hiroshima, mon amour (writer)
 
1959 Le soleil de Pierre (documentary short) (commentary)
 
1958 This Angry Age (novel)
 
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1981 L'homme atlantique (voice)
 
1979 Le navire Night (voice)
 
1979 Aurélia Steiner (Vancouver) (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1978 Cesarée (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1978 Les mains négatives (short)
Récitante (voice)
 
1977 Baxter, Vera Baxter
Narrator (voice)
 
1977 Le camion
Elle
 
1975 India Song
Voix intemporelle (voice)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1988 La lectrice (thanks)
 
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1993 Écrire (documentary short)
Herself
 
1993 The Death of the Young English Aviator (documentary short)
Herself
 
1984 Apostrophes (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 28 September 1984 (1984) … Herself
 
1984 La couleur des mots (documentary)
Herself
 
1983 Une minute pour une image (TV series documentary)
Narrator
 
1981 Duras Shoots (documentary)
Herself
 
1979 Encuentros con las letras (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 9 August 1979 (1979) … Herself
 
1965-1968 Dim Dam Dom (TV series)
Herself
– Les lycéens ont la parole (1968) … Herself
– Episode dated 12 November 1967 (1967) … Herself
– Episode dated 28 July 1967 (1967) … Herself
– Episode dated 4 February 1967 (1967) … Herself
– Episode dated 28 October 1965 (1965) … Herself
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2008 La mandrágora (TV series)
 
2005 Mère fille, pour la vie (video documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Marguerite, telle qu'en elle-même (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1996 Un siècle d'écrivains (TV series documentary)
 
1980 Every Man for Himself
(archive sound) (uncredited)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(June 9, 1966) Her play, "Days in the Trees," was performed in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Aldwych Theatre in London, England with Peggy Ashcroft, George Baker, and Frances Cuka in the cast. John Schlesinger was director. See more »

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Trivia:

She was an avid reader of Tintin books. See more »

Star Sign:

Aries