Jean Seberg
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.
Filmography
Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)
Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
as Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
as Self (archive footage)
Philippe Garrel - Portrait d'un artiste
as archive footage
Philippe Garrel - Portrait d'un artiste
as archive footage
Jean Seberg: American Actress
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Seberg: American Actress
as Self (archive footage)
From the Journals of Jean Seberg
as Self (archive footage)
From the Journals of Jean Seberg
as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
The Blue of the Origins
The Blue of the Origins
The Wild Duck
as Gina Ekdal, seine Frau
The Wild Duck
as Gina Ekdal, seine Frau
The Big Delirium
as Emily
The Big Delirium
as Emily
White Horses of Summer
as Lea Kingsburg
White Horses of Summer
as Lea Kingsburg
Les Hautes solitudes
Les Hautes solitudes
Ballad for Billy the Kid
as The Star
Ballad for Billy the Kid
as The Star
Mousey
as Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson
Mousey
as Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson
The Corruption of Chris Miller
as Ruth Miller
The Corruption of Chris Miller
as Ruth Miller
The Assassination
as Edith Lemoine
The Assassination
as Edith Lemoine
Camorra
as Luisa
Camorra
as Luisa
This Kind of Love
as Giovanna
This Kind of Love
as Giovanna
Kill!
as Emily Hamilton
Kill!
as Emily Hamilton
Macho Callahan
as Alexandra Mountford
Macho Callahan
as Alexandra Mountford
Dead of Summer
as Joyce Grasse
Dead of Summer
as Joyce Grasse
Airport
as Tanya Livingston
Airport
as Tanya Livingston
Paint Your Wagon
as Elizabeth Woodling
Paint Your Wagon
as Elizabeth Woodling
Pendulum
as Adele Matthews
Pendulum
as Adele Matthews
No Name City
as Self
No Name City
as Self
Birds in Peru
as Adriana
Birds in Peru
as Adriana
The Road to Corinth
as Shanny
The Road to Corinth
as Shanny
The Looters
as Colleen O'Hara
The Looters
as Colleen O'Hara
A Fine Madness
as Lydia West
A Fine Madness
as Lydia West
Line of Demarcation
as Mary de Damville
Line of Demarcation
as Mary de Damville
Moment to Moment
as Kay Stanton
Moment to Moment
as Kay Stanton
Diamonds Are Brittle
as Bettina Ralton
Diamonds Are Brittle
as Bettina Ralton
Lilith
as Lilith Arthur
Lilith
as Lilith Arthur
Backfire
as Olga Celan
Backfire
as Olga Celan
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
as Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
as Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")
Le Grand Escroc
as Patricia
Le Grand Escroc
as Patricia
In the French Style
as Christina James
In the French Style
as Christina James
Eruption
as Annette
Eruption
as Annette
Five Day Lover
as Claire
Five Day Lover
as Claire
Playtime
as Kate Hoover
Playtime
as Kate Hoover
Time Out for Love
as Ann
Time Out for Love
as Ann
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Barbara Holloway
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Barbara Holloway
Breathless
as Patricia Franchini
Breathless
as Patricia Franchini
The Mouse That Roared
as Helen Kokintz
The Mouse That Roared
as Helen Kokintz
Bonjour Tristesse
as Cecile
Bonjour Tristesse
as Cecile
Saint Joan
as St. Joan of Arc
Saint Joan
as St. Joan of Arc