Macha Méril
Known for acting · Born 3 September 1940 · 86 · Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]
130 credits
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
Vagabond
1985
Deep Red
1975
The Married Woman
1964
Late Night Trains
1975
Deadly Circuit
1983
Wall Engravings
1968
Belle de Jour
1967
Chinese In Paris
1974
Tender Cousins
1980
We Won't Grow Old Together
1972
Rampage at Apache Wells
1965
The Unexpected Child
2019
Acting (128)
2026Vieillir et jouir sans entravesSelf - Actress / WriterFilm
2025Les mille et une vies de Philippe BouvardSelfFilm
2024Les Boules de NoëlSimoneFilm
2024Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of CinemaSelf - ActressFilm
2023Godard CinemaSelfFilm
2023Enquête parallèleColette Chaperot · 4 episodesSeries
2022Il était une fois Champs-ÉlyséesSelf (archive footage)Series
2022Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda LearSelfFilm
2022Michel Legrand, la musique enchantéeSelfFilm
2022The Unexpected GetawaySelfSeries
2022Michel Legrand, enchanted musicFilm
2022The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Solidarity concert for UkraineFilm
2021La Dernière PartieLouiseFilm
2021Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of RochefortselfFilm
2021Un monde, un regardSeries
2020Belle belle belleLiliFilm
2019The Unexpected ChildChristineFilm
2018Françoise Dorléac, une promesseSelfFilm
2018Cannes 1968, révolution au palaisSelfFilm
2017Mr. Stein Goes OnlineMarieFilm
2017Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris(voice)Film
2016Alliances rouge sangBéatriceFilm
2015Folie passagèreSelfSeries
2014La Trouvaille de JulietteJulietteFilm
2012Happiness Never Comes AloneFanfan KellerFilm
20123rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master RaceAlice Fabre (old)Film
2012Ten Minutes from NaturistsSuzy Dulac, tante de PatrickFilm
2012Seasons of LoveHenriette MarcenatFilm
2011The Nights of AliceBettinaFilm
2008Guy GillesSelfFilm
2007René Bousquet ou le grand arrangementÉvelyne BayletFilm
2006On n'est pas couchéSelf - GuestSeries
2006Mademoiselle GigiMamitaFilm
2004ClochemerleBaroness Alphonsine de CourtebicheFilm
2003Belle grand mère, La TrattoriaJoséphine, dite « Babou »Film
2003Bel-AmiMme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de CantelFilm
2003Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and CommentsSelf - IntervieweeFilm
2001MéditerranéeCarla Valbonne · 5 episodesSeries
2000Le sciamaneClaudia's motherFilm
1999Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soonSelfFilm
1998A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesMadame BeauvierFilm
1998Vivement dimancheSelfSeries
1998Belle Grand-MèreBabouFilm
1997Joséphine, Guardian AngelTaniaSeries
1996A Crucial TestCatherineFilm
1995Son of GascogneSelfFilm
1994Délit mineurMadeleineFilm
1993L'éternel mariClaudiaFilm
1993To RememberNarratorSeries
1993Berlin '39Madame VicFilm
1993Le DonMargheritaFilm
1992Double VisionMrs. PerfectFilm
1992Fish SoupCaterinaFilm
1991A Simple StoryLa vedova del RoccellaFilm
1991Meeting VenusMiss MalikoffFilm
1991The CocottesMme RoseFilm
1989La VouivreLa rodinetFilm
1989Le Retour d'Arsène LupinTatianaSeries
1986Duet for OneAnyaFilm
1986Lance et CompteMaroussia Lambert · 13 episodesSeries
1986Follow My GazeLa femme à l'ouvre boîteFilm
1985VagabondMadame LandierFilm
1985Les Rois du gagJacquelineFilm
1985The ChicksFrançoiseFilm
1985TélématinSelfSeries
1985Au nom de tous les miensMère de Martin · 8 episodesSeries
1985ColetteColette · 3 episodesSeries
1984Wild AnimalsSylviaFilm
1983Deadly CircuitMadeleine BeauvoirFilm
1983Le Grand CarnavalMme Armande LabroucheFilm
1983For Those I LovedMartin's MotherFilm
1982Champs-ElyséesSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1982Le Crime d'amourJeanne Bontemps / Odette DumontFilm
1982L'Apprentissage de la villeLuc's motherFilm
1981Beau Perela Maîtresse de maisonFilm
1981BoleroMagda KremerFilm
1981Le bonheur des tristesMadeleineFilm
1981Le rose di DanzicaElvira · 3 episodesSeries
1980Tender CousinsMère de JulienFilm
1979Night of The FlowersMachaFilm
1979La promessaSignora Heller · 2 episodesSeries
1979Le rose di DanzicaElvira von LehnerFilm
1979Morte a passo di valzerLady Flora Drayton · 3 episodesSeries
1978Robert et RobertAgatheFilm
1978Your Turn, My TurnMarianneFilm
1978Tanto va la gatta al lardo...VeraFilm
1978Ridendo e scherzandoSusyFilm
1978Rock 'n RollAnnalisaFilm
1978Ciné regardsSelfSeries
1977Chinese RouletteTraunitzFilm
1977Ride bene... chi ride ultimoprincipessa Esmeralda Benti ContiniFilm
1977A Second Hand LadyClelia, la madre di SimonaFilm
1977PasiónBiancaFilm
1977Emmenez-moi au RitzBarbaraFilm
1976Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppebaronessa Valeria LamiaFilm
1976Peccatori di provinciaVincenzina Lo CurcioFilm
1975Deep RedHelga UlmannFilm
1975Late Night TrainsThe Lady on the TrainFilm
1975Son tornate a fiorire le roseLinda De SimoneFilm
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1975Il registratoreMs. CollinsFilm
1975The Last Day of School Before ChristmasEgleFilm
1975The Man of the WindsAnnaFilm
1974Chinese In ParisMadeleineFilm
1974Amore mio non farmi maleLinda De SimoneFilm
1972We Won't Grow Old TogetherFrançoiseFilm
1971We Are All in Temporary LibertyGisella, wife of Mario De RossiFilm
1970Conjugal LoveLedaFilm
1968Wall EngravingsJeanne DelaîtreFilm
1968Don't Play with MartiansMaryvonne GuéguenFilm
1967Belle de JourRenéeFilm
1967HorizonElisaFilm
1966The DefectorFrieda HoffmannFilm
1966Pop AgeSelfFilm
1965Rampage at Apache WellsLizzyFilm
1965Dim Dam DomSelfSeries
1964The Married WomanCharlotteFilm
1964Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-MarcNicoleFilm
1964Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with FrançoiseNicoleFilm
1964The Little MissesCarolineFilm
1963Sweet and SourLa striptisisteFilm
1963Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?Jacqueline EdwardsFilm
1962Sign of the LionLa Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited)Film
1962Love on a PillowRaphaëleFilm
1962Adorable LiarSophieFilm
1960The Itchy PalmYvetteFilm
1960The Dow Hour of Great MysteriesCountess Janine St. AlyreSeries
—Betrayal and Retribution - The Spawn of the Last House on the LeftSelfFilm
Production (2)
1969PigstyCo-ProducerFilm
1968Wall EngravingsProducerFilm