Jeanne Moreau, 1928 - 2017

The great French actress who starred in films by Truffaut, Antonioni, Welles, Varda and de Oliveira has died at 89.
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Jeanne Moreau

The great French actress, who starred in films by Jacques Becker, Louis Malle, François Truffaut, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Orson Welles in her early career and by Theodoros Angelopoulos, Agnès Varda, Tsai Ming-liang and Manoel de Oliveira in her late career, has died at the age of 89. She consecrated the great modernist development of arthouse cinema with an unforgettable and unique poise, interiority and gravity.

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