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Jean Seberg

Acting 40 (deceased) years old Marshalltown, Iowa, USA ★ 0.9
Born: November 13, 1938
Died: August 30, 1979

Biography

Jean Dorothy Seberg (November 13, 1938 – August 30, 1979) was an American actress who lived half her life in France.

She appeared in 34 films in Hollywood and in Europe, including Saint Joan, Bonjour Tristesse, Breathless, Lilith, The Mouse That Roared, Moment to Moment, A Fine Madness, Paint Your Wagon, Airport, Macho Callahan, and Gang War in Naples.

She was also one of the best-known targets of the FBI COINTELPRO project. Her targeting was a well-documented retaliation for her support of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s.

Seberg died at the age of 40 in Paris, with police ruling her death a probable suicide. Romain Gary, Seberg's second husband, called a press conference shortly after her death where he publicly blamed the FBI's campaign against Seberg for her deteriorating mental health. Gary claimed that Seberg "became psychotic" after the media reported a false story that the FBI planted about her becoming pregnant with a Black Panther's child in 1970. Romain Gary stated that Seberg had repeatedly attempted suicide on the anniversary of the child's death, August 25.

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Known For

Breathless
Breathless Patricia Franchini 1960
Airport
Airport Tanya Livingston 1970
Bonjour Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse Cecile 1958
The Assassination
The Assassination Edith Lemoine 1972
Paint Your Wagon
Paint Your Wagon Elizabeth Woodling 1969

Filmography

Acting Credits (51)

Godard by Godard
Godard by Godard Self (archive footage) 2023
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Belmondo: The Incorrigible 2022
Mike Wallace Is Here
Mike Wallace Is Here Self (archive footage) 2019
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
De Gaulle, the Last King of France Self (archive footage) 2017
Final Days of an Icon
Final Days of an Icon 2007
Jean Seberg: American Actress
Jean Seberg: American Actress Self (archive footage) 1997
From the Journals of Jean Seberg
From the Journals of Jean Seberg Self (archive footage) 1995
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Self (archive footage) 1991
The Blue of the Origins
The Blue of the Origins 1979
The Wild Duck
The Wild Duck Gina Ekdal, seine Frau 1976
The Big Delirium
The Big Delirium Emily 1975
White Horses of Summer
White Horses of Summer Lea Kingsburg 1975
Les Hautes solitudes
Les Hautes solitudes 1974
Ballad for Billy the Kid
Ballad for Billy the Kid The Star 1974
Mousey
Mousey Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson 1974
The Corruption of Chris Miller
The Corruption of Chris Miller Ruth Miller 1973
The Assassination
The Assassination Edith Lemoine 1972
Camorra
Camorra Luisa 1972
This Kind of Love
This Kind of Love Giovanna 1972
Kill!
Kill! Emily Hamilton 1971
Macho Callahan
Macho Callahan Alexandra Mountford 1971
Dead of Summer
Dead of Summer Joyce Grasse 1970
Airport
Airport Tanya Livingston 1970
Paint Your Wagon
Paint Your Wagon Elizabeth Woodling 1969
Pendulum
Pendulum Adele Matthews 1969
No Name City
No Name City Self 1969
Birds in Peru
Birds in Peru Adriana 1968
The Road to Corinth
The Road to Corinth Shanny 1967
The Looters
The Looters Colleen O'Hara 1967
A Fine Madness
A Fine Madness Lydia West 1966
Line of Demarcation
Line of Demarcation Mary de Damville 1966
Moment to Moment
Moment to Moment Kay Stanton 1966
Diamonds Are Brittle
Diamonds Are Brittle Bettina Ralton 1965
Lilith
Lilith Lilith Arthur 1964
Backfire
Backfire Olga Celan 1964
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc") 1964
Le Grand Escroc
Le Grand Escroc Patricia 1964
Die Drehscheibe
Die Drehscheibe Self 1964
In the French Style
In the French Style Christina James 1963
Eruption
Eruption Annette 1962
Five Day Lover
Five Day Lover Claire 1961
Playtime
Playtime Kate Hoover 1961
Time Out for Love
Time Out for Love Ann 1961
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Let No Man Write My Epitaph Barbara Holloway 1960
Breathless
Breathless Patricia Franchini 1960
The Mouse That Roared
The Mouse That Roared Helen Kokintz 1959
Bonjour Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse Cecile 1958
Saint Joan
Saint Joan St. Joan of Arc 1957
Cinépanorama
Cinépanorama Self 1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show Self 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show Self (uncredited) 1948

Directing Credits (1)

Writing Credits (1)

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