Macha Méril

Born: 1940-09-03

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 series Lance et Compte. Description above from the Wikipedia article Macha Méril,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Beau Pere

as la Maîtresse de maison
Released: 1981-09-15

Rémi is a man trapped in a deteriorating marriage. When his wife is unexpectedly killed in a car...

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Tender Cousins

as Mère de Julien
Released: 1980-11-19

Teenage Julien loves his teenage cousin Julia among flowers in summer of '39 France.

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Belle de Jour

as Renée
Released: 1967-05-24

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her...

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Deep Red

as Helga Ulmann
Released: 1975-03-07

An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his neighbor, a psychic. With...

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The Married Woman

as Charlotte
Released: 1964-12-04

A superficial woman finds conflict choosing between her abusive husband and her vain lover.

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Late Night Trains

as The Lady on the Train
Released: 1975-04-09

Two young women, Margaret and Lisa, are set to take the overnight train from Munich in Germany...

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Deadly Circuit

as Madeleine
Released: 1983-03-09

A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.

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Bolero: Dance of Life

as Magda Kremer
Released: 1981-05-27

The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and...

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Happiness Never Comes Alone

as Fanfan Keller
Released: 2012-06-27

Sacha is a real seducer, a man with no ties or emotional or professional. Charlotte is a modern...

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Vagabond

as Mme Landier
Released: 1985-12-04

Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this,...

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Chinese Roulette

as Traunitz
Released: 1977-02-23

A husband and wife lie to each other about their weekend travel plans, only to both show up at...

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3rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master Race

as Alice Fabre (old)
Released: 2012-09-14

Two beautiful and different girls, Alice and Lisette are 17 years old, when forcibly removed...

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Mr. Stein Goes Online

as Marie
Released: 2017-02-17

Pierre, widowed and retired, has not been out of his house for two years. He discovers the joys...

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Godard Cinema

as Self
Released: 2023-06-05

Jean-Luc Godard is synonymous with cinema. With the release of Breathless in 1960, he...

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Love on a Pillow

as Raphaële
Released: 1962-09-05

A young girl rescues a man from a suicide attempt. He turns out to be a sociopath, who begins to...

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We Won't Grow Old Together

as Françoise
Released: 1972-05-03

Jean, a married 40-year-old filmmaker, and his young working class lover, Catherine, engage in a...

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Rampage at Apache Wells

as Lizzy
Released: 1965-08-25

'The Oilprince' is an unscrupulous businessman. He looks forward to a lucrative deal with the...

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Chinese In Paris

as Madeleine
Released: 1974-02-27

Overnight, Paris is invaded - although peacefully - but the Chinese Army, and millions of...

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Follow My Gaze

as La femme à l'ouvre boîte
Released: 1986-04-23

A long parade of actors and actresses pop up in an unconnected series of skits, vignettes, and...

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Ten Minutes from Naturists

as Suzy Dulac, tante de Patrick
Released: 2012-03-04

Family caretakers Brussels advantage of the absence of his patrons to exchange a beautiful...

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Meeting Venus

as Miss Malikoff
Released: 1991-09-18

Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast...

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Peccatori di provincia

as Vincenzina Lo Curcio
Released: 1976-02-17

Rich and respected Emanuele Lo Curcio dies leaving all his possessions to his natural daughter...

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Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

as Jacqueline Edwards
Released: 1963-12-25

TV star Jason Steel reluctantly becomes the sounding board for his best friends' bored wives,...

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Les Boules de Noël

as Simone
Released: 2024-11-27

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Sign of the Lion

as La Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited)
Released: 1962-05-03

An American in Paris lives by sponging off his working friends, and throws a party using...

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For Those I Loved

as Martin's Mother
Released: 1983-10-12

Polish Martin Gray recalls the Holocaust, New York prosperity, and losing his wife and family.

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Son of Gascogne

as Self
Released: 1995-02-18

You're a provincial kid in Paris and suddenly you're the center of attention: Movie stars,...

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Le Grand Carnaval

as Mme Armande Labrouche
Released: 1983-12-07

The story follows Americans in Algeria at the time of the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942.

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The Cocottes

as Mme. Rose
Released: 1991-01-28

A small village lies peacefully nestled in the hills beneath the Provence sun... until the...

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Wall Engravings

as Jeanne Delaître
Released: 1968-02-07

Jeanne looks back on her love for Jean. The melancholic young man wouldn't accept the world as...

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Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise

as Nicole
Released: 1964-01-31

The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a woman,...

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Les Rois du gag

as Jacqueline
Released: 1985-03-12

Paul Martin and François Leroux are brothers-in-law and comics without fame. One day, the famous...

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Sweet and Sour

as La striptisiste
Released: 1963-09-04

Gerard, a young man from a "good family" dreams of becoming an actor. To do this, he follows...

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Enquête parallèle

as Colette Chaperot
Released: 2023-11-28

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Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon

as Self
Released: 1999-01-01

Posthumous tribute paid by actor Luc Bernard to his older brother, director Guy Gilles ( 1938 -...

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Robert et Robert

as Agathe
Released: 1978-06-13

Robert #1 is played by Charles Denner, while Robert #2 is played by Jacques Villeret. Beyond...

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Son tornate a fiorire le rose

as uncredited
Released: 1975-10-17

The birth of a nephew upsets the life of Paolo and Carlo who, unable to grow old, try to prove...

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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

as Madame Beauvier
Released: 1998-09-18

This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional...

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Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc

as Nicole
Released: 1964-01-31

The story of the couple from the very first meeting to break up told from a view of a man,...

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Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

as Self - Actress
Released: 2024-09-04

A portrait of the legendary actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, icon of the French New Wave and closely...

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La Vouivre

as La rodinet
Released: 1989-01-11

Arsène Muselier returns to his home village at the end of the First World War. His only injury...

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The Defector

as Frieda Hoffmann
Released: 1966-10-19

An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a...

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Amore mio non farmi male

as uncredited
Released: 1974-07-13

Anna and Marcello, two wealthy high school students. they would like to consume their Platonic...

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Double Vision

as Mrs. Perfect
Released: 1992-12-02

A beautiful medical student travels to London to investigate the mysterious murder of her...

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Horizon

as Elisa
Released: 1967-04-12

Antonin is a young French soldier who returns home from World War I to recover from his wounds....

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Don't Play with Martians

as Maryvonne Guéguen
Released: 1968-05-31

These space people have cat eyes and a disintegrating pistol; and when they touch a woman 's...

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The Unexpected Child

as Christine
Released: 2019-02-06

Married and with a daughter, Johanna is happy, until the night she unexpectedly gives birth. In...

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The Chicks

as Françoise
Released: 1985-01-30

Focuses primarily on three women and the (unseen) man who goes in and out of their lives. One...

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Your Turn, My Turn

as Marianne
Released: 1978-03-15

Family mother and model wife, Agnes hits a vehicle while driving in Paris. She immediately falls...

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Duet for One

as Anya
Released: 1986-12-25

When Stephanie, a famous violinist, contracts multiple sclerosis her life begins to fall apart....

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Alliances rouge sang

as Béatrice
Released: 2016-09-08

Anna, a young single mother from a modest background, marries Guillaume, a brilliant surgeon...

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A Simple Story

as La vedova del Roccella
Released: 1991-09-12

After many years, a retired diplomat returns to his native Sicily to visit an abandoned property...

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Ride bene... chi ride ultimo

as principessa Esmeralda Benti Contini
Released: 1977-08-25

Misadventures of a sacristan with three eager tourists, a commendatore with a sheikh, a worker...

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René Bousquet ou le grand arrangement

as Évelyne Baylet
Released: 2007-11-16

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Una donna di seconda mano

as Clelia, la madre di Simona
Released: 1977-10-03

The young Luca grew up with his uncle Augusto, owner of a shoe store. The latter, determined to...

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Pasión

as Bianca
Released: 1977-02-21

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Le sciamane

as Claudia's mother
Released: 2000-09-15

Claudia is your typical thirtysomething urban woman going through a life crisis. She is a...

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Le rose di Danzica

as Elvira von Lehner
Released: 1979-11-23

The plagued climate of the era is realized in the encounter and later in the friendship between...

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Pop Age

as Self
Released: 1966-01-01

Report on the young people of the yéyé period and pop music. Jerk at the Palladium, Beatles,...

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The Nights of Alice

as Bettina
Released: 2011-06-28

The quiet life of Alice turmoils when her mother knocks on her door after twenty years of...

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Mademoiselle Gigi

as Mamita
Released: 2006-04-29

Paris, 1900. The 16-year-old Gigi lives in a world of mere women, inspired by Anna Karenina and...

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Berlin '39

as Madame Vic
Released: 1993-06-24

A German officer is forced to marry Louise, daughter of a general, hero of the First World War....

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Tanto va la gatta al lardo...

as Vera
Released: 1978-05-23

Film in four episodes, inspired by the chronicle of the time: three mature sisters give...

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Wild Animals

as Sylvia
Released: 1984-04-18

Berg and Bela are married stunt drivers, but one night Bela dies in an accident. Jaded and...

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Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda Lear

as uncredited
Released: 2022-02-25

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Bel-Ami

as Mme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel
Released: 2003-09-10

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Rock 'n Roll

as Annalisa
Released: 1978-12-23

Passionate rock'n roll dancer, Rodolfo has his partner Ornella as a partner. Frozen by the...

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Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments

as Interviewee
Released: 2003-01-01

18 years after the making of the film "Vagabond", director Agnès Varda created this documentary...

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The Itchy Palm

as Yvette
Released: 1960-02-03

A widow in her fifties,Madame Lacoste ,meets Jean when they both come to put their pussy in a...

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Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris

as (voice)
Released: 2017-11-28

The film studio "Albatros" was founded in 1920 by Russian emigre filmmakers who had left Russia...

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Le Crime d'amour

as Jeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont
Released: 1982-11-24

To emerge from anonymity, a young man assumes responsibility for a crime he did not commit.

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L'Apprentissage de la ville

as Luc's mother
Released: 1982-01-03

Reduced to poverty, a young man is taken in by a rich lady who asks him for some dangerous...

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Ridendo e scherzando

as Susy
Released: 1978-09-13

Four comic episodes based on betrayal. The main characters are a famous professionist that...

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We Are All in Temporary Liberty

as uncredited
Released: 1971-12-24

A judge opens an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of an MP.

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Délit mineur

as uncredited
Released: 1994-03-23

A teenager named Guillaume admits to being guilty of his father's murder in order to protect his...

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Adorable Liar

as Sophie
Released: 1962-02-02

Juliette is a young woman who just can't help lying. She lies to her sister, Sophie, to Sophie's...

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La Trouvaille de Juliette

as Juliette
Released: 2014-12-16

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A Crucial Test

as Catherine
Released: 1996-12-04

The tumultuous relationship between a publisher battling breast cancer and her teenage daughter...

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Belle belle belle

as Lili
Released: 2020-11-25

Alice is a thirty-something woman with a lot of hang-ups. She thinks she's ugly and fat, and her...

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Fish Soup

as Caterina
Released: 1992-02-27

The daughter of a known filmaker finds herself in her father's family home, with the whole family.

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La Dernière Partie

as Louise
Released: 2021-10-05

Christophe Maquet will receive the Legion of Honor. But he learns that his father, seriously ill...

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Le bonheur des tristes

as Madeleine
Released: 1981-12-30

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Mon Petit Chou

as uncredited
Released: 1961-11-24

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Seasons of Love

as Henriette Marcenat
Released: 2012-01-14

1934. Philippe falls in love with Odile, a beautiful stranger, and decides to marry her, against...

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L'éternel mari

as Claudia
Released: 1993-05-20

David, an overly jealous widower haunts Yvan, the ex-lover of his deceased wife, who is also...

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Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

as Self
Released: 2018-07-10

A portray of French actress Françoise Dorléac

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Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe

as baronessa Valeria Lamia
Released: 1976-04-13

Son of a poor Sicilian sharecropper committing suicide (he owed half a million lire to Baron...

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The Little Misses

as Caroline
Released: 1964-07-14

Four young girls' love of boys put their newly opened all-services company in peril.

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Clochemerle

as Baroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche
Released: 2004-04-06

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Emmenez-moi au Ritz

as Barbara
Released: 1977-09-29

The three ex-wives of a real estate developer join forces to get revenge on him.

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Conjugal Love

as Leda
Released: 1970-09-26

In a well appointed villa in Bagheria, near Palermo, a couple, Silvio and Leda Pataneo, spend...

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Guy Gilles

as uncredited
Released: 2008-05-13

1958. A twenty-year-old man leaves his native Algeria to make a living. Fifty years later, three...

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Night of The Flowers

as Macha
Released: 1979-08-27

A hippie tells a story to his wife about four hedonists who lived in an old house. The hedonists...

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Belle Grand-Mère

as Babou
Released: 1998-10-06

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Il registratore

as Ms. Collins
Released: 1975-05-03

The restlessness creeps into a claustrophobic situation where a typist confronts the recorded...

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The Last Day of School Before Christmas

as uncredited
Released: 1975-03-20

Directed by Gian Vittorio Baldi

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The Man of the Winds

as Anna
Released: 1975-04-12

The story of a geologist who studies the strength and direction of the wind to avoid avalanches...

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Belle grand mère, La Trattoria

as Joséphine, dite « Babou »
Released: 2003-01-14

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-12

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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Champs-Elysées

as Self
First aired: 1982-01-16

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Vivement dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1998-09-20

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Lance et Compte

as Maroussia Lambert
First aired: 1986-09-09

Lance et Compte is a series of Quebec téléromans revolving around a Quebec City ice hockey team....

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Un dimanche à la campagne

as Self
First aired: 2022-10-23

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Joséphine, Guardian Angel

as Tania
First aired: 1997-12-15

Josephine Delamarre is a guardian angel that Heaven sends to earth. With her psychological...

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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2022-12-21

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Télématin

as Self
First aired: 1985-01-10

Télématin is a French breakfast television news show, broadcast on France 2 since January 7,...

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To Remember

as Narrator
First aired: 1993-12-09

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Dim Dam Dom

as Self
First aired: 1965-03-07

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Au nom de tous les miens

as Mère de Martin
First aired: 1985-02-07

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Folie passagère

as Self
First aired: 2015-11-04

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Morte a passo di valzer

as Lady Flora Drayton
First aired: 1979-10-03

Italian TV adaptation of John Dickson Carr's mystery novel Fire, Burn! (1957).

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La promessa

as Signora Heller
First aired: 1979-12-11

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Méditerranée

as Carla
First aired: 2001-07-04

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