
Jean Seberg
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1938-11-13
Day of Death
1979-08-30 (40 years old)
Place of Birth
Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
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
Acting
(2023)
Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Jean Seberg: American Actress
as Self (archive footage)
(1995)
From the Journals of Jean Seberg
as Self (archive footage)
(1991)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
(1979)
(1976)
The Wild Duck
as Gina Ekdal, seine Frau
(1975)
The Big Delirium
as Emily
(1975)
White Horses of Summer
as Lea Kingsburg
(1974)
Mousey
as Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson
(1974)
(1974)
Ballad for Billy the Kid
as The Star
(1973)
The Corruption of Chris Miller
as Ruth Miller
(1972)
The Assassination
as Edith Lemoine
(1972)
Camorra
as Luisa
(1972)
This Kind of Love
as Giovanna
(1971)
Macho Callahan
as Alexandra Mountford
(1971)
Kill!
as Emily Hamilton
(1970)
Airport
as Tanya Livingston
(1970)
Dead of Summer
as Joyce Grasse
(1969)
Paint Your Wagon
as Elizabeth Woodling
(1969)
Pendulum
as Adele Matthews
(1969)
No Name City
as Self
(1968)
Birds in Peru
as Adriana
(1967)
The Road to Corinth
as Shanny
(1967)
The Looters
as Colleen O'Hara
(1966)
Line of Demarcation
as Mary de Damville
(1966)
A Fine Madness
as Lydia West
(1966)
Moment to Moment
as Kay Stanton
(1965)
Diamonds Are Brittle
as Bettina Ralton
(1964)
Lilith
as Lilith Arthur
(1964)
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
as Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")
(1964)
Backfire
as Olga Celan
(1964)
Le Grand Escroc
as Patricia
(1963)
In the French Style
as Christina James
(1962)
Eruption
as Annette
(1961)
Five Day Lover
as Claire
(1961)
Playtime
as Kate Hoover
(1961)
Time Out for Love
as Ann
(1960)
Breathless
as Patricia Franchini
(1960)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Barbara Holloway
(1959)
The Mouse That Roared
as Helen Kokintz
(1958)
Bonjour Tristesse
as Cecile
(1957)
Saint Joan
as St. Joan of Arc
Crew
(1974)
Ballad for Billy the Kid
Director, Screenplay, Producer