Macha Méril
{{short description|French actress and writer (born 1940)}}
{{BLP one source|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Macha Méril
| image = Macha Méril 2013.jpg
| caption = Macha Méril in 2013
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|9|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Rabat, French Morocco
| spouse = {{marriage|Michel Legrand|2014|2019|end=died}}
| yearsactive = 1960–present
| occupation = Actress
}}
Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina (born 3 September 1940), known by her stage name Macha Méril ({{IPA|fr|maʃa meʁil}}), is a French actress and writer.{{cite web|title=Macha Méril|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/48547/Macha-Meril/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204010941/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/48547/Macha-Meril/biography|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Sandra Brennan|date=2015|archive-date=2015-12-04}}{{cite web|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/dvd/deep-red-2|access-date=January 28, 2016|date=March 8, 2011|archive-date=March 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310075428/http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/dvd/deep-red-2|work=Total Film|title=Deep Red}}
Biography
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{{cite web|title=Macha Méril Filmography|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/48547/Macha-Meril/filmography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307123210/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/48547/Macha-Meril/filmography|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2016|archive-date=2016-03-07}} and in Aldo Lado's Night Train Murders (1975).
Theater
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! Year ! Title ! Author ! Director ! Notes |
| 1987
| L'Éloignement | Bernard Murat | Nominated for: |
| 1988-1989
| |
| 1990
| L'Aiglon | Jean-Luc Tardieu | |
| 1993-1995
| |
| 1997
| Bel Ami | Didier Long | |
| 2006-2008
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Pierre Laville | |
| 2006-2009
| Feu sacré | |
| 2009
| Le Voyage de Victor | Nicolas Bedos | |
| 2013
| Rapport intime | Alain Sachs | |
| 2018
| La Légende d'une vie | Christophe Lidon | |
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Director ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes |
| rowspan=3| 1960
| La main chaude | Yvette | |
| Une question d'assurance
| | |
| Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
| | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=2| 1961
| Route 66 | Perette Dijon | TV series (1 episode) |
| Naked City
| Gaby | William Graham | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=3| 1962
| Sophie | |
| The Sign of Leo
| The blond at the 14th July | |
| Love on a Pillow
| Raphaële | |
| rowspan=2| 1963
| The striptisist | |
| Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
| Jacqueline Edwards | |
| rowspan=4| 1964
| Charlotte | |
| Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
| rowspan=2| Nicole | rowspan=2| André Cayatte | |
| Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
| |
| Les petites demoiselles
| | Michel Deville | TV movie |
| rowspan=2| 1965
| Lizzy | |
| Der Fall Han van Meegeren
| Tineke van Meegeren | TV movie |
| rowspan=2| 1966
| Frieda Hoffmann | |
| Trois étoiles en Touraine
| | TV movie |
| rowspan=2| 1967
| L'horizon | Elisa | |
| Belle de jour
| Renée | |
| rowspan=3| 1968
| Au pan coupé | Jeanne Delaître | |
| Ne jouez pas avec les Martiens
| Maryvonne Guéguen | Henri Lanoë | |
| L'auréole de plomb
| | André Michel | TV movie |
| 1970
| L'amore coniugale | Leda Pataneo | |
| 1971
| We Are All in Temporary Liberty | Gisella | Manlio Scarpelli | |
| rowspan=2| 1972
| La notte dei fiori | Macha | |
| We Won't Grow Old Together
| Françoise | |
| rowspan=3| 1974
| Madeleine Fontanes | |
| Amore mio non farmi male
| Linda De Simone | |
| Sotto il placido Don
| Caterina II | TV Mini-Series |
| rowspan=7| 1975
| Deep Red | Helga Ulmann | |
| The Peaceful Age
| Elsa | |
| Son tornate a fiorire le rose
| Linda De Simone | Vittorio Sindoni | |
| Last Stop on the Night Train
| The Lady on the Train | |
| The Last Day of School Before Christmas
| Egle | |
| Il registratore
| | Gianni Amico | TV movie |
| L'uomo dei venti
| Anna | TV movie |
| rowspan=3| 1976
| Traunitz | |
| Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe
| Baroness Valeria Lamia | Vittorio Sindoni | |
| Sins in the Country
| Vincenzina Lo Curcio | Tiziano Longo | |
| rowspan=6| 1977
| Pasión | | |
| Delirio d'amore
| Bianca | Tonino Ricci | |
| Una donna di seconda mano
| Clelia | Pino Tosini | |
| Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
| Esmeralda Benti Contini | Vittorio Sindoni | |
| Emmenez-moi au Ritz
| Barbara | Pierre Grimblat | TV movie |
| Cinéma 16
| Luce | Bernard Dubois | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=7| 1978
| Rock 'n' Roll | Annalisa | |
| En l'autre bord
| Christine | Jérôme Kanapa | |
| Robert et Robert
| Agathe | |
| Ridendo e scherzando
| Susy | Vittorio Sindoni | |
| Tanto va la gatta al lardo...
| Vera | Vittorio Sindoni | |
| Va voir maman, papa travaille
| Marianne | |
| Il y a encore des noisetiers
| Jacqueline | Jean-Paul Sassy | TV movie |
| rowspan=3| 1979
| La promessa | Signora Heller | TV movie |
| The Roses of Danzig
| Elvira von Lehner | TV Mini-Series |
| Morte a passo di valzer
| Lady Flora Drayton | TV Mini-Series |
| rowspan=2| 1980
| Agnès | |
| Caméra une première
| Jeanne | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=5| 1981
| The Hostess | |
| Les Uns et les Autres
| Magda Kremer | Claude Lelouch | |
| Le bonheur des tristes
| Madeleine | TV movie |
| La felicità
| | Vittorio De Sisti | TV Mini-Series |
| Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret
| Lucie Decaux | Stéphane Bertin | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=3| 1982
| Le crime d'amour | Jeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont | |
| Chêne et lapins angora
| Anna Grübel | TV movie |
| L'apprentissage de la ville
| Luc's mother | Caroline Huppert | TV movie |
| rowspan=7| 1983
| Madeleine | |
| Le grand carnaval
| Armande Labrouche | |
| For Those I Loved
| Martin's mother | |
| Lettres du bagne
| Anne-Marie Gavrinis | TV movie |
| Dorothée, danseuse de corde
| The Comtesse de Chagny | TV movie |
| Les poneys sauvages
| | Robert Mazoyer | TV Mini-Series |
| Les Uns et les Autres
| Magda Kremer | Claude Lelouch | TV Mini-Series |
| rowspan=2| 1984
| Les fauves | Sylvia | Jean-Louis Daniel | |
| Cinéma 16
| Claire | Pierre Bureau | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=7| 1985
| Vagabond | Madame Landier | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Les Nanas
| Françoise | |
| Les Rois du gag
| Jacqueline | |
| L'homme de pouvoir
| Carole Cerf-Lebrun | Maurice Frydland | TV movie |
| La robe mauve de Valentine
| Valentine | Patrick Bureau | TV movie |
| Colette
| Colette | Gérard Poitou-Weber | TV Mini-Series |
| Au nom de tous les miens
| Martin's mother | Robert Enrico | TV Mini-Series |
| rowspan=4| 1986
| Anya | |
| Suivez mon regard
| The opener's woman | Jean Curtelin | |
| Macho
| Anne-Marie Dutuillel | TV movie |
| Investigatori d'Italia
| Caterina | Paolo Poeti | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1986-1989
| Maroussia Lambert | Jean-Claude Lord & Richard Martin | TV series (39 episodes) |
| 1987
| Chez le médecin | Madame Desrues | Short |
| rowspan=2| 1988
| La trajectoire amoureuse | The babouchka | Pascal Aubier | Short |
| L'éloignement
| Denise | TV movie |
| 1989
| La Vouivre | La Rodinet | |
| 1989-1990
| Viscida | Frank Strecker | TV series (6 episodes) |
| rowspan=4| 1991
| Miss Malikoff | |
| A Simple Story
| Roccella's mother | |
| Money
| Madame Varles | TV movie |
| Les mouettes
| Madame Rose | TV movie |
| rowspan=4| 1992
| Zuppa di pesce | Caterina | |
| Double Vision
| Mrs. Perfect | TV movie |
| L'élixir d'amour
| Madame Sabodet | TV movie |
| Marie-Galante
| | TV Mini-Series |
| rowspan=3| 1993
| Berlin '39 | Madame Vic | |
| Le Don
| Margherita | David Delrieux | TV movie |
| L'éternel mari
| Claudia Pogoretz | TV movie |
| rowspan=3| 1994
| Délit mineur | Madeleine | |
| Voyage en Pologne
| Jeanne | Stéphane Kurc | TV movie |
| Ho un segreto con papà
| | Gianpaolo Tescari | TV movie |
| 1995
| Le juge est une femme | Madame Vernier | Claude Grinberg | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=4| 1996
| Alla turca | Mélanie | Macha Méril | TV movie |
| L'île aux secrets
| | Bruno Herbulot | TV movie |
| Le crabe sur la banquette arrière
| Catherine | Jean-Pierre Vergne | TV movie |
| Morlock
| Juliette d'Ortes | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1997
| Et si on faisait un bébé ? | Lucille | Christiane Spiero | TV movie |
| rowspan=3| 1998
| A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | Madame Beauvier | |
| L'inventaire
| Viviane Boyelles | Caroline Huppert | TV movie |
| Belle grand-mère
| Babou | Marion Sarraut | TV movie |
| rowspan=2| 1999
| In punta di cuore | Mamie Berthe | TV movie |
| Tramontane
| Bianca | TV Mini-Series |
| 2000
| Le sciamane | Madre | |
| rowspan=2| 2001
| Un citronnier pour deux | Hélène | TV movie |
| Méditerranée
| Carla | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2002
| Âges ingrats | Sabine | Cyril Gelblat | Short |
| rowspan=4| 2003
| Rien, voilà l'ordre | Alexis's mother | |
| Rien ne va plus
| Virginie Maurel de Ronchard | Michel Sibra | TV movie |
| Belle grand-mère 2 - La trattoria
| Babou | Marion Sarraut | TV movie |
| L'agence coup de coeur
| Jeanne | Stéphane Kurc | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=3| 2004
| Clochemerle | Baroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche | Daniel Losset | TV movie |
| Famille, je vous haime
| Jacqueline | Laurent Carcélès | TV movie |
| Le fond de l'air est frais
| Jacqueline | Laurent Carcélès | TV movie |
| rowspan=3| 2006
| Mademoiselle Gigi | Mamita | Caroline Huppert | TV movie |
| C'est arrivé dans l'escalier
| Mademoiselle de Tassigny | TV movie |
| Josephine, Guardian Angel
| Tania Fournier | Laurent Levy | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2007
| René Bousquet ou Le grand arrangement | Evelyne Baylet | Laurent Heynemann | TV movie |
| rowspan=2| 2009
| Trésor | Madame Girardon | Claude Berri & François Dupeyron | |
| Hopital
| Rose Marie | Maud Geffray & Sebastien Chenut | Short |
| 2010
| Les nuits d'Alice | Bettina | Williams Crépin | TV movie |
| rowspan=4| 2012
| Fanfan Keller | |
| Climats
| Henriette Marcenat | Caroline Huppert | TV movie |
| Malgré-elles
| Alice Fabre | Denis Malleval | TV movie |
| À dix minutes des naturistes
| Suzy | TV movie |
| rowspan=2| 2013
| Le bal des secrets | Rose | Christophe Barbier | TV Mini-Series |
| Doc Martin
| Bernadette Derville | François Velle | TV series (1 episode) |
| rowspan=2| 2014
| Oona Chaplin (voice) | |
| La Trouvaille de Juliette
| Juliette | Jérôme Navarro | TV movie |
| rowspan=2| 2016
| Alliances rouge sang | Béatrice | Marc Angelo | TV movie |
| Mongeville
| Natasha de Frénac | René Manzor | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2017
| Marie | Stéphane Robelin | |
| 2019
| L'enfant que je n'attendais pas | Christine | Bruno Garcia | TV movie |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0617736|name=Macha Méril}}
{{Prix Suzanne Bianchetti}}
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