Macha Méril
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Sep 3, 1940 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
| 2026 | Vieillir et jouir sans entravesSelf - Actress / Writer | |
| 2024 | Les Boules de NoëlSimone | |
| 2024 | Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of CinemaSelf - Actress | |
| 2023 | Godard CinemaSelf | |
| 2023 | Enquête parallèleColette Chaperot | |
| 2022 | Michel Legrand, la musique enchantéeSelf | |
| 2022 | Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda LearSelf | |
| 2022 | Michel Legrand, enchanted music | |
| 2022 | The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Solidarity concert for Ukraine | |
| 2022 | The Unexpected GetawaySelf | |
| 2022 | Il était une fois Champs-ÉlyséesSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | La Dernière PartieLouise | |
| 2021 | Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefortself | |
| 2021 | Un monde, un regard | |
| 2020 | Belle belle belleLili | |
| 2019 | The Unexpected ChildChristine | |
| 2018 | Françoise Dorléac, une promesseSelf | |
| 2017 | Mr. Stein Goes OnlineMarie | |
| 2017 | Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris(voice) | |
| 2016 | Alliances rouge sangBéatrice | |
| 2015 | Folie passagèreSelf | |
| 2014 | La Trouvaille de JulietteJuliette | |
| 2012 | 3rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master RaceAlice Fabre (old) | |
| 2012 | Ten Minutes from NaturistsSuzy Dulac, tante de Patrick | |
| 2012 | Seasons of LoveHenriette Marcenat | |
| 2012 | Happiness Never Comes AloneFanfan Keller | |
| 2011 | The Nights of AliceBettina | |
| 2008 | Guy GillesSelf | |
| 2007 | René Bousquet ou le grand arrangementÉvelyne Baylet | |
| 2006 | Mademoiselle GigiMamita | |
| 2006 | On n'est pas couchéSelf - Guest | |
| 2004 | ClochemerleBaroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche | |
| 2003 | Bel-AmiMme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel | |
| 2003 | Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and CommentsSelf - Interviewee | |
| 2003 | Belle grand mère, La TrattoriaJoséphine, dite « Babou » | |
| 2001 | MéditerranéeCarla Valbonne | |
| 2000 | Le sciamaneClaudia's mother | |
| 1999 | Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soonSelf | |
| 1998 | A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesMadame Beauvier | |
| 1998 | Belle Grand-MèreBabou | |
| 1998 | Vivement dimancheSelf | |
| 1997 | Joséphine, Guardian AngelTania | |
| 1996 | A Crucial TestCatherine | |
| 1995 | Son of GascogneSelf | |
| 1994 | Délit mineurMadeleine | |
| 1993 | Le DonMargherita | |
| 1993 | Berlin '39Madame Vic | |
| 1993 | L'éternel mariClaudia | |
| 1993 | To RememberNarrator | |
| 1992 | Fish SoupCaterina | |
| 1992 | Double VisionMrs. Perfect | |
| 1991 | Meeting VenusMiss Malikoff | |
| 1991 | The CocottesMme Rose | |
| 1991 | A Simple StoryLa vedova del Roccella | |
| 1989 | La VouivreLa rodinet | |
| 1989 | Le Retour d'Arsène LupinTatiana | |
| 1986 | Follow My GazeLa femme à l'ouvre boîte | |
| 1986 | Duet for OneAnya | |
| 1986 | Lance et CompteMaroussia Lambert | |
| 1985 | VagabondMadame Landier | |
| 1985 | Les Rois du gagJacqueline | |
| 1985 | The ChicksFrançoise | |
| 1985 | TélématinSelf | |
| 1985 | Au nom de tous les miensMère de Martin | |
| 1985 | ColetteColette | |
| 1984 | Wild AnimalsSylvia | |
| 1983 | Deadly CircuitMadeleine Beauvoir | |
| 1983 | For Those I LovedMartin's Mother | |
| 1983 | Le Grand CarnavalMme Armande Labrouche | |
| 1982 | L'Apprentissage de la villeLuc's mother | |
| 1982 | Le Crime d'amourJeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont | |
| 1982 | Champs-ElyséesSelf | |
| 1981 | Beau Perela Maîtresse de maison | |
| 1981 | BoleroMagda Kremer | |
| 1981 | Le bonheur des tristesMadeleine | |
| 1981 | Le rose di DanzicaElvira | |
| 1980 | Tender CousinsMère de Julien | |
| 1979 | Le rose di DanzicaElvira von Lehner | |
| 1979 | Night of The FlowersMacha | |
| 1979 | La promessaSignora Heller | |
| 1979 | Morte a passo di valzerLady Flora Drayton | |
| 1978 | Tanto va la gatta al lardo...Vera | |
| 1978 | Robert et RobertAgathe | |
| 1978 | Your Turn, My TurnMarianne | |
| 1978 | Rock 'n RollAnnalisa | |
| 1978 | Ridendo e scherzandoSusy | |
| 1977 | Chinese RouletteTraunitz | |
| 1977 | Emmenez-moi au RitzBarbara | |
| 1977 | PasiónBianca | |
| 1977 | Ride bene... chi ride ultimoprincipessa Esmeralda Benti Contini | |
| 1977 | Una donna di seconda manoClelia, la madre di Simona | |
| 1976 | Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppebaronessa Valeria Lamia | |
| 1976 | Peccatori di provinciaVincenzina Lo Curcio | |
| 1975 | Late Night TrainsThe Lady on the Train | |
| 1975 | Il registratoreMs. Collins | |
| 1975 | Son tornate a fiorire le roseLinda De Simone | |
| 1975 | The Man of the WindsAnna | |
| 1975 | The Last Day of School Before ChristmasEgle | |
| 1975 | Deep RedHelga Ulmann | |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf | |
| 1974 | Chinese In ParisMadeleine | |
| 1974 | Amore mio non farmi maleLinda De Simone | |
| 1972 | We Won't Grow Old TogetherFrançoise | |
| 1971 | We Are All in Temporary LibertyGisella, wife of Mario De Rossi | |
| 1970 | Conjugal LoveLeda | |
| 1968 | Wall EngravingsJeanne Delaître | |
| 1968 | Don't Play with MartiansMaryvonne Guéguen | |
| 1967 | Belle de JourRenée | |
| 1967 | HorizonElisa | |
| 1966 | The DefectorFrieda Hoffmann | |
| 1966 | Pop AgeSelf | |
| 1965 | Rampage at Apache WellsLizzy | |
| 1965 | Dim Dam DomSelf | |
| 1964 | The Married WomanCharlotte | |
| 1964 | The Little MissesCaroline | |
| 1964 | Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-MarcNicole | |
| 1964 | Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with FrançoiseNicole | |
| 1963 | Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?Jacqueline Edwards | |
| 1963 | Sweet and SourLa striptisiste | |
| 1962 | Adorable LiarSophie | |
| 1962 | Love on a PillowRaphaële | |
| 1962 | Sign of the LionLa Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited) | |
| 1960 | The Itchy PalmYvette |
| 1969 | PigstyCo-Producer | |
| 1968 | Wall EngravingsProducer |