Portrait of Macha Méril

Macha Méril

Acting

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.

Born: September 3, 1940

Place of Birth: Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]

Filmography

2024
2023
Enquête parallèle

as Colette Chaperot

2023
2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

as Self (archive footage)

2021
2019
2016
2015
2012
2012
Ten Minutes from Naturists

as Suzy Dulac, tante de Patrick

2012
Seasons of Love

as Henriette Marcenat

2011
2008
Guy Gilles

as Self

2006
On n'est pas couché

as Self - Guest

2006
2004
Clochemerle

as Baroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche

2003
Bel-Ami

as Mme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel

2003
Belle grand mère, La Trattoria

as Joséphine, dite « Babou »

2001
Méditerranée

as Carla Valbonne

2000
Le sciamane

as Claudia's mother

1998
1998
1996
A Crucial Test

as Catherine

1995
1994
Délit mineur

as Madeleine

1993
To Remember

as Narrator

1993
Berlin '39

as Madame Vic

1993
L'éternel mari

as Claudia

1992
Double Vision

as Mrs. Perfect

1992
Fish Soup

as Caterina

1991
Meeting Venus

as Miss Malikoff

1991
A Simple Story

as La vedova del Roccella

1991
The Cocottes

as Mme. Rose

1989
La Vouivre

as La rodinet

1986
1986
Lance et Compte

as Maroussia Lambert

1986
Follow My Gaze

as La femme à l'ouvre boîte

1985
Vagabond

as Mme Landier

1985
Colette

as Colette

1985
Les Rois du gag

as Jacqueline

1985
Au nom de tous les miens

as Mère de Martin

1985
The Chicks

as Françoise

1985
1984
Wild Animals

as Sylvia

1983
Le Grand Carnaval

as Mme Armande Labrouche

1983
For Those I Loved

as Martin's Mother

1983
Deadly Circuit

as Madeleine Beauvoir

1982
Le Crime d'amour

as Jeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont

1982
1982
1981
1981
Beau Pere

as la Maîtresse de maison

1981
Bolero

as Magda Kremer

1980
Tender Cousins

as Mère de Julien

1979
La promessa

as Signora Heller

1979
Le rose di Danzica

as Elvira von Lehner

1979
Morte a passo di valzer

as Lady Flora Drayton

1978
Rock 'n Roll

as Annalisa

1978
1978
1977
Una donna di seconda mano

as Clelia, la madre di Simona

1977
1977
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo

as principessa Esmeralda Benti Contini

1977
Chinese Roulette

as Traunitz

1977
Pasión

as Bianca

1976
Peccatori di provincia

as Vincenzina Lo Curcio

1975
1975
Il registratore

as Ms. Collins

1975
Late Night Trains

as The Lady on the Train

1975
Deep Red

as Helga Ulmann

1974
Amore mio non farmi male

as Linda De Simone

1974
Chinese In Paris

as Madeleine

1971
We Are All in Temporary Liberty

as Gisella, wife of Mario De Rossi

1970
1968
Don't Play with Martians

as Maryvonne Guéguen

1968
Wall Engravings

as Jeanne Delaître

1967
Belle de Jour

as Renée

1967
Horizon

as Elisa

1966
The Defector

as Frieda Hoffmann

1966
Pop Age

as Self

1965
1964
The Married Woman

as Charlotte

1964
1963
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

as Jacqueline Edwards

1963
Sweet and Sour

as La striptisiste

1962
Love on a Pillow

as Raphaële

1962
Sign of the Lion

as La Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited)

1962
Adorable Liar

as Sophie

1960