Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau became a defining French actress of the postwar era, known for Elevator to the Gallows and Jules et Jim. Her archive on this site holds nude scenes across three European productions. She built her name first in theater with the Comédie-Française. By the late 1950s she had moved into prominence through Louis Malle's direction. Michelangelo Antonioni cast her in La Notte in 1961, a role showing her bares-all side. She followed with Mademoiselle in 1966, a French production with a topless scene. Orson Welles directed her in The Immortal Story in 1968, another title with a tits scene. Her work through the 1960s stayed consistent in tone, dramatic and often undressed. The archive here runs just three videos, each tied to a different director. Together they capture Moreau at her most exposed on screen during her busiest decade.