Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 13, 1938
Place of Birth:
Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
Social Media
Jean Seberg
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Godard by Godard | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Mike Wallace Is Here | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | De Gaulle, the Last King of France | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Jean Seberg: American Actress | Self (archive footage) |
| 1995 | From the Journals of Jean Seberg | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self (archive footage) |
| 1979 | The Blue of the Origins | |
| 1976 | The Wild Duck | Gina Ekdal, seine Frau |
| 1975 | White Horses of Summer | Lea Kingsburg |
| 1975 | The Big Delirium | Emily |
| 1974 | Mousey | Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson |
| 1974 | Les Hautes solitudes | |
| 1974 | Ballad for Billy the Kid | The Star |
| 1973 | The Corruption of Chris Miller | Ruth Miller |
| 1972 | The Assassination | Edith Lemoine |
| 1972 | This Kind of Love | Giovanna |
| 1972 | Camorra | Luisa |
| 1971 | Kill! | Emily Hamilton |
| 1971 | Macho Callahan | Alexandra Mountford |
| 1970 | Airport | Tanya Livingston |
| 1970 | Dead of Summer | Joyce Grasse |
| 1969 | Paint Your Wagon | Elizabeth Woodling |
| 1969 | Pendulum | Adele Matthews |
| 1969 | No Name City | Self |
| 1968 | Birds in Peru | Adriana |
| 1967 | The Road to Corinth | Shanny |
| 1967 | The Looters | Colleen O'Hara |
| 1966 | A Fine Madness | Lydia West |
| 1966 | Line of Demarcation | Mary de Damville |
| 1966 | Moment to Moment | Kay Stanton |
| 1965 | Diamonds Are Brittle | Bettina Ralton |
| 1964 | Lilith | Lilith Arthur |
| 1964 | Backfire | Olga Celan |
| 1964 | The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers | Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc") |
| 1964 | Le Grand Escroc | Patricia |
| 1963 | In the French Style | Christina James |
| 1962 | Eruption | Annette |
| 1961 | Time Out for Love | Ann |
| 1961 | Playtime | Kate Hoover |
| 1961 | Five Day Lover | Claire |
| 1960 | Breathless | Patricia Franchini |
| 1960 | Let No Man Write My Epitaph | Barbara Holloway |
| 1959 | The Mouse That Roared | Helen Kokintz |
| 1958 | Bonjour Tristesse | Cecile |
| 1957 | Saint Joan | St. Joan of Arc |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Star Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1964 | Die Drehscheibe | Self |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self (uncredited) |