Born
1940-09-03 (age 85)
Birthplace
Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]
Known For
Acting
Macha Méril
Biography
Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina (born 3 September 1940), known by her stage name Macha Méril, is a French actress and writer. Méril is descended by her father from the Russian princely house Gagarin and by her mother from a Ukrainian noble family. She appeared in 125 films between 1959 and 2012, including films directed by Jean-Luc Godard (A Married Woman / Une femme mariée), Luis Buñuel (Belle de jour), and Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Chinese Roulette). She also appeared in the Quebec television series Lance et Compte. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Helga Ulmann in Dario Argento's Deep Red and in Aldo Lado's Night Train Murders (1975). Description above from the Wikipedia article Macha Méril,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Belle de Jour
as Renée
1967
The Defector
as Frieda Hoffmann
1966
La Dernière Partie
as Louise
2021
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
as Self
1999
3rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master Race
as Alice Fabre (old)
2012
The Married Woman
as Charlotte
1964
Chinese Roulette
as Traunitz
1977
Beau Pere
as la Maîtresse de maison
1981
The Itchy Palm
as Yvette
1960
Bolero
as Magda Kremer
1981
Vagabond
as Madame Landier
1985
Deadly Circuit
as Madeleine Beauvoir
1983
We Won't Grow Old Together
as Françoise
1972
Son of Gascogne
as Self
1995
Late Night Trains
as The Lady on the Train
1975
Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée
as Self
2022
Rampage at Apache Wells
as Lizzy
1965
Chinese In Paris
as Madeleine
1974
Il registratore
as Ms. Collins
1975
Tender Cousins
as Mère de Julien
1980
TV Appearances
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
as Tania
1997
Télématin
as Self
1985
Au nom de tous les miens
as Mère de Martin
1985
La promessa
as Signora Heller
1979
Lance et Compte
as Maroussia Lambert
1986
Folie passagère
as Self
2015
To Remember
as Narrator
1993
The Unexpected Getaway
as Self
2022
Dim Dam Dom
as Self
1965
Morte a passo di valzer
as Lady Flora Drayton
1979
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
2022