Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina (born 3 September 1940), known by her stage name Macha Méril (French pronunciation: [maʃa meʁil]), is a French actress and writer.[1][2]
Macha Méril | |
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 Macha Méril in 2013 | |
| Born | 3 September 1940 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Spouse | |
Biography
editMéril 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).[3]
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[3] and in Aldo Lado's Night Train Murders (1975).
Theater
edit| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | L'Éloignement | Loleh Bellon | Bernard Murat | Nominated for: Molière Award for Best Actress |
| 1988-1989 | The Seagull | Anton Tchekhov | Andrei Konchalovsky | |
| 1990 | L'Aiglon | Edmond Rostand | Jean-Luc Tardieu | |
| 1993-1995 | Roman Fever | Edith Wharton | Simone Benmussa | |
| 1997 | Bel Ami | Guy de Maupassant | Didier Long | |
| 2006-2008 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Oscar Wilde | Pierre Laville | |
| 2006-2009 | Feu sacré | George Sand | Simone Benmussa | |
| 2009 | Le Voyage de Victor | Nicolas Bedos | Nicolas Bedos | |
| 2013 | Rapport intime | Didier Van Cauwelaert | Alain Sachs | |
| 2018 | La Légende d'une vie | Stefan Zweig | Christophe Lidon |
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | La main chaude | Yvette | Gérard Oury | |
| Une question d'assurance | Pierre Kast | |||
| Dow Hour of Great Mysteries | William Graham | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1961 | Route 66 | Perette Dijon | Sam Peckinpah | TV series (1 episode) |
| Naked City | Gaby | William Graham | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1962 | Adorable Liar | Sophie | Michel Deville | |
| The Sign of Leo | The blond at the 14th July | Éric Rohmer | ||
| Love on a Pillow | Raphaële | Roger Vadim | ||
| 1963 | Sweet and Sour | The striptisist | Jacques Baratier | |
| Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? | Jacqueline Edwards | Daniel Mann | ||
| 1964 | A Married Woman | Charlotte | Jean-Luc Godard | |
| 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 | TV movie | ||
| 1965 | The Oil Prince | Lizzy | Harald Philipp | |
| Der Fall Han van Meegeren | Tineke van Meegeren | André Michel | TV movie | |
| 1966 | The Defector | Frieda Hoffmann | Raoul Lévy | |
| Trois étoiles en Touraine | Maurice Régamey | TV movie | ||
| 1967 | L'horizon | Elisa | Jacques Rouffio | |
| Belle de jour | Renée | Luis Buñuel | ||
| 1968 | Au pan coupé | Jeanne Delaître | Guy Gilles | |
| Ne jouez pas avec les Martiens | Maryvonne Guéguen | Henri Lanoë | ||
| L'auréole de plomb | André Michel | TV movie | ||
| 1970 | L'amore coniugale | Leda Pataneo | Dacia Maraini | |
| 1971 | We Are All in Temporary Liberty | Gisella | Manlio Scarpelli | |
| 1972 | La notte dei fiori | Macha | Gian Vittorio Baldi | |
| We Won't Grow Old Together | Françoise | Maurice Pialat | ||
| 1974 | Chinese in Paris | Madeleine Fontanes | Jean Yanne | |
| Amore mio non farmi male | Linda De Simone | Vittorio Sindoni | ||
| Sotto il placido Don | Caterina II | Vittorio Cottafavi | TV Mini-Series | |
| 1975 | Deep Red | Helga Ulmann | Dario Argento | |
| The Peaceful Age | Elsa | Fabio Carpi | ||
| Son tornate a fiorire le rose | Linda De Simone | Vittorio Sindoni | ||
| Last Stop on the Night Train | The Lady on the Train | Aldo Lado | ||
| The Last Day of School Before Christmas | Egle | Gian Vittorio Baldi | ||
| Il registratore | Gianni Amico | TV movie | ||
| L'uomo dei venti | Anna | Carlo Tuzii | TV movie | |
| 1976 | Chinese Roulette | Traunitz | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |
| Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe | Baroness Valeria Lamia | Vittorio Sindoni | ||
| 1977 | Pasión | Tonino Ricci | ||
| Delirio d'amore | Bianca | Tonino Ricci | ||
| Peccatori di provincia | Vincenzina Lo Curcio | Tiziano Longo | ||
| Una donna di seconda mano | Clelia | Pino Tosini | ||
| Ride bene... chi ride ultimo | Esmeralda Benti Contini | Vittorio Sindoni | ||
| Emmenez-moi au Ritz | Barbara | Pierre Grimblat | TV movie | |
| Cinéma 16 | Luce | Bernard Dubois | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1978 | Rock 'n' Roll | Annalisa | Vittorio De Sisti | |
| En l'autre bord | Christine | Jérôme Kanapa | ||
| Robert et Robert | Agathe | Claude Lelouch | ||
| Ridendo e scherzando | Susy | Vittorio Sindoni | ||
| Tanto va la gatta al lardo... | Vera | Vittorio Sindoni | ||
| Va voir maman, papa travaille | Marianne | François Leterrier | ||
| Il y a encore des noisetiers | Jacqueline | Jean-Paul Sassy | TV movie | |
| 1979 | La promessa | Signora Heller | Alberto Negrin | TV movie |
| The Roses of Danzig | Elvira von Lehner | Alberto Bevilacqua | TV Mini-Series | |
| Morte a passo di valzer | Lady Flora Drayton | Giovanni Fago | TV Mini-Series | |
| 1980 | Tender Cousins | Agnès | David Hamilton | |
| Caméra une première | Jeanne | Jacques Fansten | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1981 | Beau-père | The Hostess | Bertrand Blier | |
| Les Uns et les Autres | Magda Kremer | Claude Lelouch | ||
| Le bonheur des tristes | Madeleine | Caroline Huppert | TV movie | |
| La felicità | Vittorio De Sisti | TV Mini-Series | ||
| Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret | Lucie Decaux | Stéphane Bertin | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1982 | Le crime d'amour | Jeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont | Guy Gilles | |
| Chêne et lapins angora | Anna Grübel | Georges Wilson | TV movie | |
| L'apprentissage de la ville | Luc's mother | Caroline Huppert | TV movie | |
| 1983 | Deadly Circuit | Madeleine | Claude Miller | |
| Le grand carnaval | Armande Labrouche | Alexandre Arcady | ||
| For Those I Loved | Martin's mother | Robert Enrico | ||
| Lettres du bagne | Anne-Marie Gavrinis | Jean L'Hôte | TV movie | |
| Dorothée, danseuse de corde | The Comtesse de Chagny | Jacques Fansten | TV movie | |
| Les poneys sauvages | Robert Mazoyer | TV Mini-Series | ||
| Les Uns et les Autres | Magda Kremer | Claude Lelouch | TV Mini-Series | |
| 1984 | Les fauves | Sylvia | Jean-Louis Daniel | |
| Cinéma 16 | Claire | Pierre Bureau | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1985 | Vagabond | Madame Landier | Agnès Varda | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Les Nanas | Françoise | Annick Lanoë | ||
| Les Rois du gag | Jacqueline | Claude Zidi | ||
| L'homme de pouvoir | Carole Cerf-Lebrun | Maurice Frydland | TV movie | |
| La robe mauve de Valentine | Valentine | Patrick Bureau | TV movie | |
| Colette | Colette | Gérard Poitou-Weber | TV Mini-Series | |
| Au nom de tous les miens | Martin's mother | Robert Enrico | TV Mini-Series | |
| 1986 | Duet for One | Anya | Andrei Konchalovsky | |
| Suivez mon regard | The opener's woman | Jean Curtelin | ||
| Macho | Anne-Marie Dutuillel | Nicolas Gessner | TV movie | |
| Investigatori d'Italia | Caterina | Paolo Poeti | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1986-1989 | He Shoots, He Scores | Maroussia Lambert | Jean-Claude Lord & Richard Martin | TV series (39 episodes) |
| 1987 | Chez le médecin | Madame Desrues | Pascal Aubier | Short |
| 1988 | La trajectoire amoureuse | The babouchka | Pascal Aubier | Short |
| L'éloignement | Denise | Yves-André Hubert | TV movie | |
| 1989 | La Vouivre | La Rodinet | Georges Wilson | |
| 1989-1990 | Laura und Luis | Viscida | Frank Strecker | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 1991 | Meeting Venus | Miss Malikoff | István Szabó | |
| A Simple Story | Roccella's mother | Emidio Greco | ||
| Money | Madame Varles | Steven Hilliard Stern | TV movie | |
| Les mouettes | Madame Rose | Jean Chapot | TV movie | |
| 1992 | Zuppa di pesce | Caterina | Fiorella Infascelli | |
| Double Vision | Mrs. Perfect | Robert Knights | TV movie | |
| L'élixir d'amour | Madame Sabodet | Claude d'Anna | TV movie | |
| Marie-Galante | Jean-Pierre Richard | TV Mini-Series | ||
| 1993 | Berlin '39 | Madame Vic | Sergio Sollima | |
| Le Don | Margherita | David Delrieux | TV movie | |
| L'éternel mari | Claudia Pogoretz | Denys Granier-Deferre | TV movie | |
| 1994 | Délit mineur | Madeleine | Francis Girod | |
| Voyage en Pologne | Jeanne | Stéphane Kurc | TV movie | |
| Ho un segreto con papà | Gianpaolo Tescari | TV movie | ||
| 1995 | Le juge est une femme | Madame Vernier | Claude Grinberg | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1996 | 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 | |
| Morlock | Juliette d'Ortes | Yves Boisset | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1997 | Et si on faisait un bébé ? | Lucille | Christiane Spiero | TV movie |
| 1998 | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | Madame Beauvier | James Ivory | |
| L'inventaire | Viviane Boyelles | Caroline Huppert | TV movie | |
| 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 | |
| 2000 | Le sciamane | Madre | Anne Riitta Ciccone | |
| 2001 | Un citronnier pour deux | Hélène | Élisabeth Rappeneau | TV movie |
| Méditerranée | Carla | Henri Helman | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| 2002 | Âges ingrats | Sabine | Cyril Gelblat | Short |
| 2003 | Rien, voilà l'ordre | Alexis's mother | Jacques Baratier | |
| Rien ne va plus | Virginie Maurel de Ronchard | Michel Sibra | TV movie | |
| Belle grand-mère 2 - La trattoria | Babou | Marion Sarraut | TV movie | |
| L'agence coup de coeur | Jeanne | Stéphane Kurc | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2004 | Clochemerle | Baroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche | Daniel Losset | TV movie |
| Famille, je vous haime | Jacqueline | Laurent Carcélès | TV movie | |
| Le fond de l'air est frais | Jacqueline | Laurent Carcélès | TV movie | |
| 2006 | Mademoiselle Gigi | Mamita | Caroline Huppert | TV movie |
| C'est arrivé dans l'escalier | Mademoiselle de Tassigny | Luc Béraud | TV movie | |
| Josephine, Guardian Angel | Tania Fournier | Laurent Levy | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2007 | René Bousquet ou Le grand arrangement | Evelyne Baylet | Laurent Heynemann | TV movie |
| 2009 | Trésor | Madame Girardon | Claude Berri & François Dupeyron | |
| Hopital | Rose Marie | Maud Geffray & Sebastien Chenut | Short | |
| 2010 | Les nuits d'Alice | Bettina | Williams Crépin | TV movie |
| 2012 | Happiness Never Comes Alone | Fanfan Keller | James Huth | |
| Climats | Henriette Marcenat | Caroline Huppert | TV movie | |
| Malgré-elles | Alice Fabre | Denis Malleval | TV movie | |
| À dix minutes des naturistes | Suzy | Stéphane Clavier | TV movie | |
| 2013 | Le bal des secrets | Rose | Christophe Barbier | TV Mini-Series |
| Doc Martin | Bernadette Derville | François Velle | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2014 | The Price of Fame | Oona Chaplin (voice) | Xavier Beauvois | |
| La Trouvaille de Juliette | Juliette | Jérôme Navarro | TV movie | |
| 2016 | Alliances rouge sang | Béatrice | Marc Angelo | TV movie |
| Mongeville | Natasha de Frénac | René Manzor | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2017 | Mr. Stein Goes Online | Marie | Stéphane Robelin | |
| 2019 | L'enfant que je n'attendais pas | Christine | Bruno Garcia | TV movie |
References
edit- ^ Sandra Brennan (2015). "Macha Méril". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-12-04.
- ^ "Deep Red". Total Film. March 8, 2011. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
- ^ a b "Macha Méril Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07.
External links
edit- Macha Méril at IMDb