Macha Méril

Macha Méril

Macha Méril in 2013
Born (1940-09-03) 3 September 1940
Rabat, Morocco
Occupation Actress
Years active 1960–present

Macha Méril (born Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina on 3 September 1940, Rabat, Morocco) is a French actress and writer.[1]

Biography

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 roles in films directed by Jean-Luc Godard, Une femme mariée,[2] Luis Buñuel, Belle de jour,[2] and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Chinese Roulette.[2] She also performed in the Quebec series Lance et Compte. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Helga Ulmann in Dario Argento's Deep Red[2] and in Aldo Lado's Night Train Murders (1975).

Theater

Year Title Author Director Notes
1987 L'Éloignement Loleh Bellon Bernard Murat Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress
1988-89 The Seagull Anton Tchekhov Andrei Konchalovsky
1990 L'Aiglon Edmond Rostand Jean-Luc Tardieu
1993-95 Roman Fever Edith Wharton Simone Benmussa
1997 Bel Ami Guy de Maupassant Didier Long
2006-08 The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde Pierre Laville
2006-09 Feu sacré George Sand
2009 Le Voyage de Victor Nicolas Bedos Nicolas Bedos
2013 Rapport intime Didier Van Cauwelaert Alain Sachs

Filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
1960 La Main chaude Yvette Gérard Oury
Une question d'assurance Pierre Kast
1961 Route 66 Perette Dijon Sam Peckinpah TV Series (1 Episode)
1962 Adorable menteuse Sophie Michel Deville
The Sign of Leo The 14 July's blond Éric Rohmer
Le Repos du guerrier Raphaële Roger Vadim
1963 Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? Jacqueline Edwards Daniel Mann
1964 Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc Nicole André Cayatte
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
Les petites demoiselles Michel Deville (2) TV Movie
A Married Woman Charlotte Jean-Luc Godard
1965 Der Ölprinz Lizzy Harald Philipp
1966 Trois étoiles en Touraine Maurice Régamey TV Movie
The Defector Frieda Hoffmann Raoul Lévy
1967 L'Horizon Elisa Jacques Rouffio
Belle de Jour Renee Luis Buñuel
Ne jouez pas avec les Martiens Maryvonne Guéguen Henri Lanoë
1968 Au pan coupé Jeanne Delaître Guy Gilles
L'auréole de plomb André Michel TV Movie
1970 L'amore coniugale Leda Dacia Maraini
1971 Siamo tutti in libertà provvisoria Gisella Manlio Scarpelli
1972 We Won't Grow Old Together Françoise Maurice Pialat
La notte dei fiori Gian Vittorio Baldi
1974 Les Chinois à Paris Madeleine Jean Yanne
Sotto il placido Don Caterina II Vittorio Cottafavi TV Mini-Series (1 Episode)
Amore mio non farmi male Linda De Simone Vittorio Sindoni
The Peaceful Age Elsa Fabio Carpi
1975 Deep Red Helga Ulmann Dario Argento
The Last Day of School Before Christmas Egle Gian Vittorio Baldi (2)
Night Train Murders Lady On The Train Aldo Lado
L'uomo dei venti Anna Carlo Tuzii TV Movie
Son tornate a fiorire le rose Linda De Simone Vittorio Sindoni (2)
Il registratore Gianni Amico TV Short
1976 Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe Baroness Valeria Lamìa Vittorio Sindoni (3)
The Peaceful Age Elsa Fabio Carpi
Chinese Roulette Traunitz Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Peccatori di provincia Vincenzina Lo Curcio Tiziano Longo
1977 Pasión Tonino Ricci
Emmenez-moi au Ritz Barbara Pierre Grimblat TV Movie
Una donna di seconda mano Pino Tosini
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo Esmeralda Benti Contini Vittorio Sindoni (4)
Delirio d'amore Bianca Tonino Ricci (2)
Cinéma 16 Luce Bernard Dubois TV Series (1 Episode)
1978 Va voir maman, papa travaille Marianne François Leterrier
Robert et Robert Agathe Claude Lelouch
Il y a encore des noisetiers Jacqueline Jean-Paul Sassy TV Movie
Tanto va la gatta al lardo... Vera Vittorio Sindoni (5)
Rock 'n' Roll Annalisa Vittorio De Sisti
Ridendo e scherzando Susy Vittorio Sindoni (6)
En l'autre bord Christine Jérôme Kanapa
1979 Morte a passo di valzer Lady Flora Drayton Giovanni Fago TV Mini-Series (3 Episodes)
La promessa Signora Heller Alberto Negrin TV Movie
1980 Caméra une première Jeanne Jacques Fansten TV Series (1 Episode)
Tender Cousins Julien's Mother David Hamilton
1981 La felicità Vittorio De Sisti (2) TV Mini-Series
Les Uns et les Autres Magda Kremer Claude Lelouch (2)
Les uns et les autres Magda Claude Lelouch (3) TV Mini-Series
Beau-père Birthday Hostess Bertrand Blier
The Roses of Danzig Elvira von Lehner Alberto Bevilacqua TV Mini-Series
Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret Lucie Decaux Stéphane Bertin TV Series (1 Episode)
Le bonheur des tristes Madeleine Caroline Huppert TV Movie
1982 L'apprentissage de la ville Luc's mother Caroline Huppert (2) TV Movie
Le crime d'amour Jeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont Guy Gilles (2)
Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Chêne et lapins angora Anna Grübel Georges Wilson TV Movie
1983 Les poneys sauvages Robert Mazoyer TV Mini-Series
Deadly Circuit Madeleine Claude Miller
Lettres du bagne Anne-Marie Gavrinis Jean L'Hôte TV Movie
For Those I Loved Martin's mother Robert Enrico
Le grand carnaval Armande Labrouche Alexandre Arcady
Dorothée, danseuse de corde The Comtesse de Chagny Jacques Fansten (2) TV Movie
1984 Les Fauves Sylvia Jean-Louis Daniel
Cinéma 16 Claire Pierre Bureau TV Series (1 Episode)
1985 The Chicks Françoise Annick Lanoë
Au nom de tous les miens Martin's mother Robert Enrico (2) TV Mini-Series
Les Rois du gag Jacqueline Claude Zidi
Emmenez-moi au théâtre: La robe mauve de Valentine Valentine Patrick Bureau TV Movie
L'homme de pouvoir Carole Cerf-Lebrun Maurice Frydland TV Movie
Vagabond Mme Landier Agnès Varda Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress
Colette Colette Gérard Poitou-Weber TV Mini-series
1986 Suivez mon regard The opener's woman Jean Curtelin
Lance et Compte Maroussia Lambert Jean-Claude Lord TV Series
Duet for One Anya Andrei Konchalovsky
1988 L'éloignement Denise Yves-André Hubert TV Movie
Lance et compte II Maroussia Guilbeault Richard Martin TV Mini-Series
1989 La vouivre La Rodinet Georges Wilson (2)
Laura und Luis Viscida Frank Strecker TV Mini-Series
Lance et compte III Maroussia Guilbeault TV Series
1991 Les mouettes Mme Rose Jean Chapot TV Movie
Money Mme Varles Steven Hilliard Stern
Una storia semplice Roccella's mother Emidio Greco
Meeting Venus Miss Malikoff István Szabó
1992 Zuppa di pesce Caterina Fiorella Infascelli
L'élixir d'amour Madame Sabodet Claude d'Anna TV Movie
Marie-Galante Jean-Pierre Richard TV Mini-Series
Double Vision Mrs. Perfect Robert Knights TV Movie
1993 L'éternel mari Claudia Pogoretz Denys Granier-Deferre TV Movie
Le Don Margherita David Delrieux TV Movie
Berlin '39 Madame Vic Sergio Sollima
1994 Délit mineur Madeleine Francis Girod
Voyage en Pologne Jeanne Stéphane Kurc TV Movie
1995 Le juge est une femme Mme Vernier Claude Grinberg TV Series (1 Episode)
Mister Dog Gianpaolo Tescari
1996 Morlock Juliette d'Ortes Yves Boisset TV Series (1 Episode)
Alla turca Mélanie Macha Méril TV Movie
L'île aux secrets Bruno Herbulot TV Movie
Le crabe sur la banquette arrière Catherine Jean-Pierre Vergne TV Movie
1997 Et si on faisait un bébé? Lucille Christiane Spiero TV Movie
1998 L'inventaire Viviane Boyelles Caroline Huppert (3) TV Movie
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Madame Beauvier James Ivory
Belle grand-mère Babou Marion Sarraut TV Movie
1999 In punta di cuore Mamie Berthe Francesco Massaro TV Movie
Tramontane Bianca Henri Helman TV Mini-Series (5 Episodes)
2000 Le sciamane Madre Anne Riitta Ciccone
2001 Méditerranée Carla Henri Helman (2) TV Series (2 Episodes)
Un citronnier pour deux Hélène Élisabeth Rappeneau TV Movie
2002 Belle grand-mère 2 - La trattoria Babou Marion Sarraut (2) TV Movie
Âges ingrats Sabine Cyril Gelblat Short
2003 Rien ne va plus Virginie Maurel de Ronchard Michel Sibra TV Movie
Rien, voilà l'ordre Alexis's mother Jacques Baratier
L'agence coup de coeur Jeanne Stéphane Kurc (2) TV Series (1 Episode)
2004 Clochemerle Baroness Alphonsine Courtebiche Daniel Losset TV Movie
Le fond de l'air est frais Jacqueline Laurent Carcélès TV Movie
Famille je vous haime Jacqueline Laurent Carcélès (2) TV Movie
2006 Mademoiselle Gigi Mamita Caroline Huppert (4) TV Movie
C'est arrivé dans l'escalier Melle de Tassigny Luc Béraud TV Movie
Joséphine, ange gardien Tania Laurent Levy TV Series (1 Episode)
2007 René Bousquet ou Le grand arrangement Evelyne Baylet Laurent Heynemann TV Movie
2009 Hopital Rose marie Maud Geffray
Sebastien Chenut
Short
Trésor Mme Girardon Claude Berri
François Dupeyron
2010 Les nuits d'Alice Bettina Williams Crépin TV Movie
2012 Climats Henriette Marcenat Caroline Huppert (5) TV Movie
À dix minutes des naturistes Suzy Stéphane Clavier TV Movie
Happiness Never Comes Alone Fanfan Keller James Huth
Malgré-elles Old Alice Denis Malleval TV Movie
2013 Doc Martin Bernadette Derville François Velle TV Series (1 Episode)
Le bal des secrets Rose Christophe Barbier TV Mini-Series

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