Jean Seberg
Biography
Jean Dorothy Seberg (November 13, 1938 – August 30, 1979) was an American actress who lived half her life in France. She appeared in 34 films in Hollywood and in Europe, including Saint Joan, Bonjour Tristesse, Breathless, Lilith, The Mouse That Roared, Moment to Moment, A Fine Madness, Paint Your Wagon, Airport, Macho Callahan, and Gang War in Naples. She was also one of the best-known targets of the FBI COINTELPRO project. Her targeting was a well-documented retaliation for her support of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s. Seberg died at the age of 40 in Paris, with police ruling her death a probable suicide. Romain Gary, Seberg's second husband, called a press conference shortly after her death where he publicly blamed the FBI's campaign against Seberg for her deteriorating mental health. Gary claimed that Seberg "became psychotic" after the media reported a false story that the FBI planted about her becoming pregnant with a Black Panther's child in 1970. Romain Gary stated that Seberg had repeatedly attempted suicide on the anniversary of the child's death, August 25.
Known For
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Die Drehscheibe
1964
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Cinépanorama
1956
Breathless
1960
Airport
1970
Paint Your Wagon
1969
Bonjour Tristesse
1958
The Mouse That Roared
1959
A Fine Madness
1966
Lilith
1964
Filmography
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self · 1957
Die Drehscheibe
as Self · 1964
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self (uncredited) · 1948
Cinépanorama
as Self · 1956
Breathless
as Patricia Franchini · 1960
Airport
as Tanya Livingston · 1970
Paint Your Wagon
as Elizabeth Woodling · 1969
Bonjour Tristesse
as Cecile · 1958
The Mouse That Roared
as Helen Kokintz · 1959
A Fine Madness
as Lydia West · 1966
Lilith
as Lilith Arthur · 1964
Line of Demarcation
as Mary de Damville · 1966
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
as Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc") · 1964
Saint Joan
as St. Joan of Arc · 1957
The Assassination
as Edith Lemoine · 1972
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage) · 2019
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage) · 1991
In the French Style
as Christina James · 1963
Backfire
as Olga Celan · 1964
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Barbara Holloway · 1960
Dead of Summer
as Joyce Grasse · 1970
Macho Callahan
as Alexandra Mountford · 1971
The Looters
as Colleen O'Hara · 1967
Pendulum
as Adele Matthews · 1969
Kill!
as Emily Hamilton · 1971
The Corruption of Chris Miller
as Ruth Miller · 1973
The Big Delirium
as Emily · 1975
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
· 2022
Five Day Lover
as Claire · 1961
Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
Eruption
as Annette · 1962
The Road to Corinth
as Shanny · 1967
Moment to Moment
as Kay Stanton · 1966
This Kind of Love
as Giovanna · 1972
Philippe Garrel - Portrait d'un artiste
as archive footage · 1999
White Horses of Summer
as Lea Kingsburg · 1975
Diamonds Are Brittle
as Bettina Ralton · 1965
Playtime
as Kate Hoover · 1961
Ballad for Billy the Kid
as The Star · 1974
From the Journals of Jean Seberg
as Self (archive footage) · 1995
The Wild Duck
as Gina Ekdal, seine Frau · 1976
Camorra
as Luisa · 1972
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
as Self (archive footage) · 2017
Mousey
as Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson · 1974
Les Hautes solitudes
· 1974
Birds in Peru
as Adriana · 1968
Time Out for Love
as Ann · 1961
Jean Seberg: American Actress
as Self (archive footage) · 1997
The Blue of the Origins
· 1979
No Name City
as Self · 1969
Le Grand Escroc
as Patricia · 1964