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Macha Méril
- Born September 3, 1940 in Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]
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).
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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
Deep Red1975
Belle de Jour1967
Happiness Never Comes Alone2012
Vagabond1985
Mr. Stein Goes Online2017
Beau Pere1981
The Married Woman1964
Late Night Trains1975
Filmography
- TBABetrayal and Retribution - The Spawn of the Last House on the LeftFilmSelf
- 2026Vieillir et jouir sans entravesFilmSelf - Actress / Writer
- 2025Les mille et une vies de Philippe BouvardFilmSelf
- 2025The Veiled LadyFilmHerself, Thanks
- 2024Les Boules de NoëlFilmSimone
- 2024Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of CinemaFilmSelf - Actress
- 2023Godard CinemaFilmSelf
- 2023Enquête parallèleSeriesColette Chaperot
- 2022Il était une fois Champs-ÉlyséesSeriesSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda LearFilmSelf
- 2022Michel Legrand, la musique enchantéeFilmSelf
- 2022The Unexpected GetawaySeriesSelf
- 2022Michel Legrand, enchanted musicFilm
- 2022The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Solidarity concert for UkraineFilm
- 2021La Dernière PartieFilmLouise
- 2021Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of RochefortFilmself
- 2021Un monde, un regardSeries
- 2020Belle belle belleFilmLili
- 2020Les secrets de François TruffautFilmSelf
- 2019The Unexpected ChildFilmChristine
- 2018Françoise Dorléac, une promesseFilmSelf
- 2018Cannes 1968, révolution au palaisFilmSelf
- 2017Mr. Stein Goes OnlineFilmMarie
- 2017Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In ParisFilm(voice)
- 2016Alliances rouge sangFilmBéatrice
- 2015Folie passagèreSeriesSelf
- 2014La Trouvaille de JulietteFilmJuliette
- 2012Happiness Never Comes AloneFilmFanfan Keller
- 2012Against Their WillFilmAlice Fabre (old)
- 2012Ten Minutes from NaturistsFilmSuzy Dulac, tante de Patrick
- 2012Seasons of LoveFilmHenriette Marcenat
- 2011The Nights of AliceFilmBettina
- 2008Guy GillesFilmSelf
- 2007René Bousquet ou le grand arrangementFilmÉvelyne Baylet
- 2006On n'est pas couchéSeriesSelf - Guest
- 2006Mademoiselle GigiFilmMamita
- 2004ClochemerleFilmBaroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche
- 2003Belle grand mère, La TrattoriaFilmJoséphine, dite « Babou »
- 2003Bel-AmiFilmMme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel
- 2003Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and CommentsFilmSelf - Interviewee
- 2001MéditerranéeSeriesCarla Valbonne
- 2000Le sciamaneFilmClaudia's mother
- 1999Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soonFilmSelf
- 1998A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesFilmMadame Beauvier
- 1998Vivement dimancheSeriesSelf
- 1998Belle Grand-MèreFilmBabou
- 1997Joséphine, Guardian AngelSeriesTania
- 1996A Crucial TestFilmCatherine
- 1995Son of GascogneFilmSelf
- 1994Délit mineurFilmMadeleine
- 1993L'éternel mariFilmClaudia
- 1993To RememberSeriesNarrator
- 1993Berlin '39FilmMadame Vic
- 1993Le DonFilmMargherita
- 1992Double VisionFilmMrs. Perfect
- 1992Fish SoupFilmCaterina
- 1991A Simple StoryFilmLa vedova del Roccella
- 1991Meeting VenusFilmMiss Malikoff
- 1991The CocottesFilmMme Rose
- 1989La VouivreFilmLa rodinet
- 1989Le Retour d'Arsène LupinSeriesTatiana
- 1988La Trajectoire amoureuseFilmLa babouchka
- 1987Chez le médecinFilmMme Desrues
- 1986Duet for OneFilmAnya
- 1986Lance et CompteSeriesMaroussia Lambert
- 1986Follow My GazeFilmLa femme à l'ouvre boîte
- 1985VagabondFilmMadame Landier
- 1985Les Rois du gagFilmJacqueline
- 1985The ChicksFilmFrançoise
- 1985TélématinSeriesSelf
- 1985Au nom de tous les miensSeriesMère de Martin
- 1985ColetteSeriesColette
- 1984Wild AnimalsFilmSylvia
- 1983Deadly CircuitFilmMadeleine Beauvoir
- 1983Le Grand CarnavalFilmMme Armande Labrouche
- 1983For Those I LovedFilmMartin's Mother
- 1982Champs-ElyséesSeriesSelf
- 1982Le Crime d'amourFilmJeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont
- 1982L'Apprentissage de la villeFilmLuc's mother
- 1981Beau PereFilmla Maîtresse de maison