Jeanne Moreau
Nude

Nicknamed The French Bette Davis, Paris-born Jeanne Moreau has over 140 screen credits to her name, as well as a successful stage career. In fact, at age 18, the brunette beauty was the youngest member of the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art, and made her debut in theatre at the age of 19. In 1949, she made her first big-screen movie debut as Michéle in Last Love, then followed it up with 20 more films before famed director Louis Malle cast her as Florence Carala in Elevator to the Gallows (1958), then as Jeanne Tournier in The Lovers (1958), both of which brought her firmly into the limelight. Jeanne appeared in mostly European cinema but US audiences may recognize her work as Marika Burstner in Orson Welles’ The Trial (1962); the French woman in The Victors (1963) with James Mitchum and Peter Fonda; playing The Marchioness of Frinton in The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) with Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, and Shirley MacLaine; as Christine in The Train (1965) with Burt Lancaster; another Louis Malle film, as Maria Fitzgerald O’Malley aka Maria II in Viva Maria! with Brigitte Bardot and George Hamilton; another two Orson Welles’ films, Doll Tearsheet in Chimes at Midnight (1965), and Ruth Warriner in The Deep (1970); as Martine Bernard in Monte Walsh (1970) with Lee Marvin and Jack Palance; as Didi in The Last Tycoon (1976) with Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, and Robert Mitchum; Lili Marlene in Your Ticket is No Longer Valid (1981) with Richard Harris and George Peppard; Edith Farber in Wim Wenders’ Until the End of the World (1991) with William Hurt; Nana in I Love You, I Love You Not (1996) with Claire Danes and Jude Law; and the appropriately titled Grande Dame in Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998) with Drew Barrymore, many of which she had a leading credit for. Jeanne has won 22 awards, and received 11 nominations, including three César Awards (like an Oscar), two awards at Cannes, and two BAFTA awards. She has also won the Great Nudity! title from Mr. Skin, for her multiple appearances in the buff. The lovely and legendary Jeanne Moreau died in 2017, at the age of 89.