Actor
Jean Seberg
Born 13 November 1938 · Marshalltown, Iowa, USA — died 30 August 1979
Jean Seberg (1938–1979) was an American actress from Iowa who spent much of her career in France. Discovered by Otto Preminger, she became a French New Wave icon through Breathless. She was later targeted by the FBI's COINTELPRO for supporting the Black Panther Party.
Key films
Saint Joan (1957)
Her screen debut under Otto Preminger, cast after a widely publicised nationwide search.
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
Second Preminger film; her role as Cécile helped establish her gamine image and European profile.
Breathless (1960)On Cinespective
Jean-Luc Godard's landmark New Wave film made her a defining face of 1960s art cinema.
Lilith (1964)
Acclaimed dramatic role opposite Warren Beatty in Robert Rossen's psychological drama.
Paint Your Wagon (1969)
Major Hollywood musical in which she starred alongside Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 48
- 1957Saint Joan · as St. Joan of ArcActor
- 1958Bonjour Tristesse · as CecileActor
- 1959The Mouse That Roared · as Helen KokintzActor
- 1960Breathless · as Patricia FranchiniActor
- 1960Let No Man Write My Epitaph · as Barbara HollowayActor
- 1961Five Day Lover · as ClaireActor
- 1961Time Out for Love · as AnnActor
- 1961Playtime · as Kate HooverActor
- 1962Eruption · as AnnetteActor
- 1963In the French Style · as Christina JamesActor
- 1964Lilith · as Lilith ArthurActor
- 1964Backfire · as Olga CelanActor
- 1964The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers · as Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")Actor
- 1964Le Grand Escroc · as PatriciaActor
- 1965Diamonds Are Brittle · as Bettina RaltonActor
- 1966Line of Demarcation · as Mary de DamvilleActor
- 1966A Fine Madness · as Lydia WestActor
- 1966Moment to Moment · as Kay StantonActor
- 1967The Road to Corinth · as ShannyActor
- 1967The Looters · as Colleen O'HaraActor
- 1968Birds in Peru · as AdrianaActor
- 1969Paint Your Wagon · as Elizabeth WoodlingActor
- 1969Pendulum · as Adele MatthewsActor
- 1969No Name City · as SelfActor
- 1970Airport · as Tanya LivingstonActor
- 1970Dead of Summer · as Joyce GrasseActor
- 1971Kill! · as Emily HamiltonActor
- 1971Macho Callahan · as Alexandra MountfordActor
- 1972The Assassination · as Edith LemoineActor
- 1972Camorra · as LuisaActor
- 1972This Kind of Love · as GiovannaActor
- 1973The Corruption of Chris Miller · as Ruth MillerActor
- 1974Les Hautes solitudesActor
- 1974Mousey · as Laura Richardson, formerly AndersonActor
- 1974Ballad for Billy the KidDirector
- 1974Ballad for Billy the Kid · as The StarActor
- 1975The Big Delirium · as EmilyActor
- 1975White Horses of Summer · as Lea KingsburgActor
- 1976The Wild Duck · as Gina Ekdal, seine FrauActor
- 1979The Blue of the OriginsActor
- 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1995From the Journals of Jean Seberg · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1997Jean Seberg: American Actress · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1999Philippe Garrel - Portrait d'un artiste · as archive footageActor
- 2017De Gaulle, the Last King of France · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2019Mike Wallace Is Here · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Belmondo: The IncorrigibleActor
- 2023Godard by Godard · as Self (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.