Jean Seberg
Acting
Born: November 13, 1938 · Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
Died: August 30, 1979 (aged 40)
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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.
Known for
Breathless
1960
Airport
1970
Paint Your Wagon
1969
Bonjour Tristesse
1958
The Mouse That Roared
1959
Lilith
1964
The Assassination
1972
Line of Demarcation
1966
Kill!
1971
The Corruption of Chris Miller
1973
Backfire
1964
Saint Joan
1957
Photos (6)
Movies (39)
Breathless
Patricia Franchini
Airport
Tanya Livingston
Bonjour Tristesse
Cecile
Paint Your Wagon
Elizabeth Woodling
The Mouse That Roared
Helen Kokintz
The Assassination
Edith Lemoine
Lilith
Lilith Arthur
Kill!
Emily Hamilton
Pendulum
Adele Matthews
Line of Demarcation
Mary de Damville
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
A Fine Madness
Lydia West
Saint Joan
St. Joan of Arc
Eruption
Annette
Backfire
Olga Celan
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Barbara Holloway
The Big Delirium
Emily
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Macho Callahan
Alexandra Mountford
Playtime
Kate Hoover
The Corruption of Chris Miller
Ruth Miller
The Road to Corinth
Shanny
Diamonds Are Brittle
Bettina Ralton
The Looters
Colleen O'Hara
Moment to Moment
Kay Stanton
Dead of Summer
Joyce Grasse
Five Day Lover
Claire
Camorra
Luisa
Mousey
Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson
Time Out for Love
Ann
In the French Style
Christina James
Philippe Garrel - Portrait d'un artiste
archive footage
The Wild Duck
Gina Ekdal, seine Frau
This Kind of Love
Giovanna
The Blue of the Origins
1979
Birds in Peru
Adriana
Les Hautes solitudes
1974
White Horses of Summer
Lea Kingsburg
Le Grand Escroc
Patricia
Self / Appearances (10)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
Cinépanorama
Self · 2 eps
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self (archive footage)
Godard by Godard
Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Self (archive footage)
No Name City
Self
From the Journals of Jean Seberg
Self (archive footage)
Jean Seberg: American Actress
Self (archive footage)