Macha Méril
Birthday
1940/09/03 (84 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]
Also know as
Macha Meril, Marie-Madeleine Gagarine, Macha Meryl, Маша Мериль, Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina
Biography
Macha Méril, born Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina on 3 September 1940, Rabat, Morocco, is a French actress and writer, descended by her father from the Russian princely house Gagarin and by her mother from a Ukrainian noble family. She has appeared in 119 films between 1959 and 2007, including roles in films directed by Jean-Luc Godard (Une femme mariée, 1964), Luis Buñuel (Belle de jour, 1967) and Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Chinese Roulette, 1976). She also played in the Quebec se...Read more
Acting
(1967) Belle de Jour
as Renée
(1966) The Defector
as Frieda Hoffmann
(2021) La Dernière Partie
as Louise
(1999) Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
as Self
(2012) 3rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master Race
as Alice Fabre (old)
(1964) The Married Woman
as Charlotte
(1977) Chinese Roulette
as Traunitz
(1981) Beau Pere
as la Maîtresse de maison
(1960) The Itchy Palm
as Yvette
(1981) Bolero: Dance of Life
as Magda Kremer
(1983) Deadly Circuit
as Madeleine
(1985) Vagabond
as Mme Landier
(1972) We Won't Grow Old Together
as Françoise
(1995) Son of Gascogne
as Self
(1975) Late Night Trains
as The Lady on the Train
(2022) Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée
as Self
(1965) Rampage at Apache Wells
as Lizzy
(1974) Chinese In Paris
as Madeleine
(1975) Il registratore
as Ms. Collins
(1980) Tender Cousins
as Mère de Julien
(1962) Adorable Liar
as Sophie
(2023) Enquête parallèle
as Colette Chaperot
(2000) Le sciamane
as Claudia's mother
(2022) Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda Lear
as ---
(1986) Follow My Gaze
as La femme à l'ouvre boîte
(1992) Fish Soup
as Caterina
(1977) Emmenez-moi au Ritz
as Barbara
(2012) Ten Minutes from Naturists
as Suzy Dulac, tante de Patrick
(1991) Meeting Venus
as Miss Malikoff
(1975) Son tornate a fiorire le rose
as ---
(1978) Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
as Vera
(1993) Le Don
as Margherita
(1989) La Vouivre
as La rodinet
(1974) Amore mio non farmi male
as ---
(1996) A Crucial Test
as Catherine
(1963) Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
as Jacqueline Edwards
(1964) The Little Misses
as Caroline
(1982) L'Apprentissage de la ville
as Luc's mother
(1981) Le bonheur des tristes
as Madeleine
(1975) The Man of the Winds
as Anna
(2012) Seasons of Love
as Henriette Marcenat
(1976) Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe
as baronessa Valeria Lamia
(1978) Robert et Robert
as Agathe
(1985) Les Rois du gag
as Jacqueline
(1984) Wild Animals
as Sylvia
(1982) Le Crime d'amour
as Jeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont
(1978) Your Turn, My Turn
as Marianne
(1978) Ridendo e scherzando
as Susy
(1978) Rock 'n Roll
as Annalisa
(2004) Clochemerle
as Baroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche
(1968) Wall Engravings
as Jeanne Delaître
(2003) Bel-Ami
as Mme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel
(2014) La Trouvaille de Juliette
as Juliette
(1976) Peccatori di provincia
as Vincenzina Lo Curcio
(1993) Berlin '39
as Madame Vic
(1994) Délit mineur
as ---
(1992) Double Vision
as Mrs. Perfect
(1983) For Those I Loved
as Martin's Mother
(1985) The Chicks
as Françoise
(2023) Godard Cinema
as Self
(1971) We Are All in Temporary Liberty
as ---
(1991) The Cocottes
as Mme. Rose
(1975) The Last Day of School Before Christmas
as ---
(1967) Horizon
as Elisa
(1979) Le rose di Danzica
as Elvira von Lehner
(2024) Les Boules de Noël
as Simone
(1962) Love on a Pillow
as Raphaële
(1977) Pasión
as Bianca
(2016) Alliances rouge sang
as Béatrice
(2017) Mr. Stein Goes Online
as Marie
(1961) Mon Petit Chou
as ---
(1964) Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
as Nicole
(1991) A Simple Story
as La vedova del Roccella
(1998) A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
as Madame Beauvier
(1979) Night of The Flowers
as Macha
(2006) Mademoiselle Gigi
as Mamita
(1977) Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
as principessa Esmeralda Benti Contini
(2003) Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments
as Interviewee
(2011) The Nights of Alice
as Bettina
(2008) Guy Gilles
as ---
(2017) Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris
as (voice)
(2012) Happiness Never Comes Alone
as Fanfan Keller
(1970) Conjugal Love
as Leda
(2019) The Unexpected Child
as Christine
(1977) Una donna di seconda mano
as Clelia, la madre di Simona
(1964) Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
as Nicole
(1998) Belle Grand-Mère
as Babou
(1983) Le Grand Carnaval
as Mme Armande Labrouche
(1986) Duet for One
as Anya
(1975) Deep Red
as Helga Ulmann
(1993) L'éternel mari
as Claudia
(1963) Sweet and Sour
as La striptisiste
(1968) Don't Play with Martians
as Maryvonne Guéguen
(1966) Pop Age
as Self
(2020) Belle belle belle
as Lili
(1962) Sign of the Lion
as La Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited)
(2003) Belle grand mère, La Trattoria
as Joséphine, dite « Babou »
(2018) Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
as Self
(2024) Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
as Self - Actress
(2007) René Bousquet ou le grand arrangement
as Évelyne Baylet
(2025) Enquête parallèle : Un crime presque parfait
as Colette Chaperot
(1997) Joséphine, Guardian Angel
as Tania
(1985) Télématin
as Self
(1985) Au nom de tous les miens
as Mère de Martin
(1979) La promessa
as Signora Heller
(1986) Lance et Compte
as Maroussia Lambert
(2015) Folie passagère
as Self
(1993) To Remember
as Narrator
(2022) Un dimanche à la campagne
as Self
(1965) Dim Dam Dom
as Self
(1979) Morte a passo di valzer
as Lady Flora Drayton
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(2022) Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self
(2001) Méditerranée
as Carla
(1998) Vivement dimanche
as Self
(2023) Enquête parallèle
as Colette Chaperot