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Jean Seberg (1938–1979)

Actress | Soundtrack | Director

One month before her 18th birthday, this blonde actress landed the title role in Otto Preminger's Saint Joan after a much-publicized contest involving some 18,000 hopefuls. The failure of that film and the only moderate success of her next, Bonjour tristesse, combined to stall Seberg's career, until her role in Jean-Luc Godard's landmark feature... See full bio »

Born:

in Marshalltown, Iowa, USA

Died:

(age 40) in Paris, France
American actress Jean Seberg (1938 - 1979), as Patricia Franchini, and French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo as Michel Poiccard, in a love scene from 'Breathless' ('A bout De Souffle'), directed by Jean-Luc Godard, 1960. Still of Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg in Breathless Jean Seberg circa 1965 Jean Seberg Jean Seberg during the filming of
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Filmography

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1976 The Wild Duck
Gina Ekdal, Gattin
 
1975 The Big Delirium
Emily
 
1975 Bianchi cavalli d'Agosto
Lea Kingsburg
 
1974 Ballad for Billy the Kid (short)
La star
 
1974 Mousey (TV movie)
Laura Anderson/Richardson
 
1973 La corrupción de Chris Miller
Ruth Miller
 
1972 The Assassination
Edith Lemoine - une infirmière gauchiste
 
1972 Gang War in Naples
Luisa
 
1972 Questa specie d'amore
Giovanna
 
1971 Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!
Emily Hamilton
 
1970 Macho Callahan
Alexandra Mountford
 
1970 Dead of Summer
Joyce Grasse
 
1970 Airport
Tanya Livingston
 
1969 Paint Your Wagon
Elizabeth
 
1969 Pendulum
Adele Matthews
 
1968 Birds in Peru
Adriana
 
1967 Who's Got the Black Box?
Shanny
 
1967 Estouffade à la Caraïbe
Colleen O'Hara
 
1966 A Fine Madness
Lydia West
 
1966 Line of Demarcation
Mary, comtesse de Damville
 
1965 Moment to Moment
Kay Stanton
 
1965 Un milliard dans un billard
Bettina Ralton
 
1964 Lilith
Lilith Arthur
 
1964 Backfire
Olga Celan
 
1964 The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand Escroq") (scenes deleted)
 
1963 In the French Style
Christina James
 
1962 Congo vivo
Annette
 
1961 Five Day Lover
Claire
 
1961 La récréation
Kate Hoover
 
1961 Time Out for Love
Ann
 
1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Barbara Holloway
 
1960 Breathless
Patricia Franchini
 
1959 The Mouse That Roared
Helen Kokintz
 
1958 Bonjour tristesse
Cecile
 
1957 Saint Joan
St.Joan of Arc
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1973 La corrupción de Chris Miller (performer: "Au clair de la lune")
 
1969 Paint Your Wagon (performer: "A Million Miles Away Behind The Door")
 
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1974 Ballad for Billy the Kid (short)
 
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1974 Ballad for Billy the Kid (short)
 
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1974 Ballad for Billy the Kid (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
1979 Le bleu des origines
Herself
 
1975 Apropos Film (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 18 February 1975 (1975) … Herself
 
1974 Les hautes solitudes
Herself
 
1970 Pariser Journal (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode #10.2 (1970) … Herself
 
1970 Die Drehscheibe (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 5 July 1970 (1970) … Herself
 
1969 Gold Fever (documentary short)
Herself
 
1968 The Girls (documentary short)
Herself
 
1966 Reflets de Cannes (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 May 1966 (1966) … Herself
 
1960 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode #8.6 (1960) … Herself
 
1957-1960 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 2 July 1960 (1960) … Herself
– Episode dated 26 September 1957 (1957) … Herself
 
1958 The Mike Wallace Interview (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 4 January 1958 (1958) … Herself
 
1957 The Making of 'Saint Joan' (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2010 Two in the Wave (documentary)
Herself
 
2009 53 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografia (TV special)
Patricia Franchini
 
2000 Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (TV documentary)
Elizabeth
 
1998 Cinéma, de notre temps (TV series documentary)
 
1995 From the Journals of Jean Seberg (documentary)
Various
 
1995 Jean Seberg: American Actress (documentary)
Herself
 
1986 Cinéma cinémas (TV series documentary)
 
1980 Recuerdo de Jean Seberg (documentary short)
 

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Personal Details

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3 Biographical Movies  | 5 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 1 Article  | 4 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

5' 3" (1.60 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

"I know that the greatest of actresses has about 20 good years of acting in her and that she will go on living for 30 or 40 years as a human being. So, the conclusion I have come to is that I can't make acting my whole life. See more »

Trivia:

Otto Preminger chose her to play Joan of Arc out of nearly 18,000 hopefuls. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio