Person

Macha Méril

Acting · Born 1940-09-03 · Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]

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.

Known for

Filmography

2026Vieillir et jouir sans entravesSelf - Actress / Writer
2024Les Boules de NoëlSimone
2024Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of CinemaSelf - Actress
2023Enquête parallèleColette Chaperot
2023Godard CinemaSelf
2022Il était une fois Champs-ÉlyséesSelf (archive footage)
2022The Unexpected GetawaySelf
2022The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Solidarity concert for Ukraine
2022Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda LearSelf
2022Michel Legrand, enchanted music
2022Michel Legrand, la musique enchantéeSelf
2021Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefortself
2021Un monde, un regard
2021La Dernière PartieLouise
2020Belle belle belleLili
2019The Unexpected ChildChristine
2018Françoise Dorléac, une promesseSelf
2018Cannes 1968, révolution au palaisSelf
2017Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris(voice)
2017Mr. Stein Goes OnlineMarie
2016Alliances rouge sangBéatrice
2015Folie passagèreSelf
2014La Trouvaille de JulietteJuliette
20123rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master RaceAlice Fabre (old)
2012Happiness Never Comes AloneFanfan Keller
2012Ten Minutes from NaturistsSuzy Dulac, tante de Patrick
2012Seasons of LoveHenriette Marcenat
2011The Nights of AliceBettina
2008Guy GillesSelf
2007René Bousquet ou le grand arrangementÉvelyne Baylet
2006On n'est pas couchéSelf - Guest
2006Mademoiselle GigiMamita
2004ClochemerleBaroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche
2003Bel-AmiMme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel
2003Belle grand mère, La TrattoriaJoséphine, dite « Babou »
2003Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and CommentsSelf - Interviewee
2001MéditerranéeCarla Valbonne
2000Le sciamaneClaudia's mother
1999Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soonSelf
1998Belle Grand-MèreBabou
1998Vivement dimancheSelf
1998A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesMadame Beauvier
1997Joséphine, Guardian AngelTania
1996A Crucial TestCatherine
1995Son of GascogneSelf
1994Délit mineurMadeleine
1993To RememberNarrator
1993Berlin '39Madame Vic
1993L'éternel mariClaudia
1993Le DonMargherita
1992Double VisionMrs. Perfect
1992Fish SoupCaterina
1991Meeting VenusMiss Malikoff
1991A Simple StoryLa vedova del Roccella
1991The CocottesMme Rose
1989Le Retour d'Arsène LupinTatiana
1989La VouivreLa rodinet
1986Duet for OneAnya
1986Lance et CompteMaroussia Lambert
1986Follow My GazeLa femme à l'ouvre boîte
1985VagabondMadame Landier
1985ColetteColette
1985Les Rois du gagJacqueline
1985Au nom de tous les miensMère de Martin
1985The ChicksFrançoise
1985TélématinSelf
1984Wild AnimalsSylvia
1983Le Grand CarnavalMme Armande Labrouche
1983For Those I LovedMartin's Mother
1983Deadly CircuitMadeleine Beauvoir
1982Le Crime d'amourJeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont
1982Champs-ElyséesSelf
1982L'Apprentissage de la villeLuc's mother
1981Le bonheur des tristesMadeleine
1981Le rose di DanzicaElvira
1981Beau Perela Maîtresse de maison
1981BoleroMagda Kremer
1980Tender CousinsMère de Julien
1979La promessaSignora Heller
1979Le rose di DanzicaElvira von Lehner
1979Morte a passo di valzerLady Flora Drayton
1979Night of The FlowersMacha
1978Rock 'n RollAnnalisa
1978Ridendo e scherzandoSusy
1978Robert et RobertAgathe
1978Tanto va la gatta al lardo...Vera
1978Your Turn, My TurnMarianne
1977A Second Hand LadyClelia, la madre di Simona
1977Emmenez-moi au RitzBarbara
1977Ride bene... chi ride ultimoprincipessa Esmeralda Benti Contini
1977Chinese RouletteTraunitz
1977PasiónBianca
1976Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppebaronessa Valeria Lamia
1976Peccatori di provinciaVincenzina Lo Curcio
1975Son tornate a fiorire le roseLinda De Simone
1975Il registratoreMs. Collins
1975The Man of the WindsAnna
1975Late Night TrainsThe Lady on the Train
1975The Last Day of School Before ChristmasEgle
1975Deep RedHelga Ulmann
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf
1974Amore mio non farmi maleLinda De Simone
1974Chinese In ParisMadeleine
1972We Won't Grow Old TogetherFrançoise
1971We Are All in Temporary LibertyGisella, wife of Mario De Rossi
1970Conjugal LoveLeda
1969PigstyCo-Producer
1968Don't Play with MartiansMaryvonne Guéguen
1968Wall EngravingsJeanne Delaître
1967Belle de JourRenée
1967HorizonElisa
1966The DefectorFrieda Hoffmann
1966Pop AgeSelf
1965Rampage at Apache WellsLizzy
1965Dim Dam DomSelf
1964The Married WomanCharlotte
1964The Little MissesCaroline
1964Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-MarcNicole
1964Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with FrançoiseNicole
1963Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?Jacqueline Edwards
1963Sweet and SourLa striptisiste
1962Love on a PillowRaphaële
1962Sign of the LionLa Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited)
1962Adorable LiarSophie
1960The Dow Hour of Great MysteriesCountess Janine St. Alyre
1960The Itchy PalmYvette

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