
Macha Méril
Known For
Acting
Born
1940-09-03 in Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]
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.
Most Known For

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self

Vivement dimanche
as Self

Champs-Elysées
as Self

Télématin
as Self

Joséphine, Guardian Angel
as Tania

Beau Pere
as la Maîtresse de maison

To Remember
as Narrator

Lance et Compte
as Maroussia Lambert

Bel-Ami
as Mme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel

Seasons of Love
as Henriette Marcenat

The Unexpected Getaway
as Self

On n'est pas couché
as Self - Guest

Tender Cousins
as Mère de Julien

Belle de Jour
as Renée

Dim Dam Dom
as Self

The Defector
as Frieda Hoffmann

Deadly Circuit
as Madeleine Beauvoir

Deep Red
as Helga Ulmann

Chinese Roulette
as Traunitz

Folie passagère
as Self