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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.


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Born:
Nov 13, 1938 In Marshalltown, Iowa, U.S.
Movie/TV Credits:
42
First Appeared:
In the series Cinépanorama 1956-02-04
Latest Project:
Movie Mike Wallace Is Here 2019-07-26
Known For
Poster of The Blue of the Origins
Poster of The Big Delirium
Poster of Dead of Summer
Poster of Eruption
Filmography
Movie Mike Wallace Is Here Self (archive footage) 2019-07-26
Movie De Gaulle, the Last King of France Self (archive footage) 2017-03-27
Movie From the Journals of Jean Seberg Self 1995-09-08
Movie Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Self (archive footage) 1991-10-28
Movie The Blue of the Origins 1979-02-21
Movie The Wild Duck Gina Ekdal, seine Frau 1976-09-01
Movie White Horses of Summer Lea Kingsburg 1975-04-17
Movie The Big Delirium Emily 1975-04-30
Movie Mousey Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson 1974-05-24
Movie Ballad for Billy the Kid The Star 1974-11-01
Movie Les Hautes solitudes 1974-12-15
Movie The Corruption of Chris Miller Ruth Miller 1973-05-17
Movie Camorra Luisa 1972-08-30
Movie This Kind of Love Giovanna 1972-02-10
Movie The Assassination Edith Lemoine 1972-10-04
Movie Macho Callahan Alexandra Mountford 1971-02-28
Movie Kill! Emily Hamilton 1971-12-10
Movie Airport Tanya Livingston 1970-03-25
Movie Dead of Summer Joyce Grasse 1970-04-01
Movie Pendulum Adele Matthews 1969-02-14
Movie Paint Your Wagon Elizabeth Woodling 1969-10-15
Movie Birds in Peru Adriana 1968-10-20
Movie The Looters Colleen O'Hara 1967-08-08
Movie Who's Got the Black Box? Shanny 1967-10-27
Movie Moment to Moment Kay Stanton 1966-01-27
Movie A Fine Madness Lydia West 1966-06-29
Movie Line of Demarcation Mary de Damville 1966-05-25
Movie Diamonds Are Brittle Bettina Ralton 1965-10-07
Movie Backfire Olga Celan 1964-09-04
Movie The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc") 1964-08-14
Movie Lilith Lilith Arthur 1964-10-01
Movie In the French Style Christina James 1963-09-18
Movie Eruption Annette 1962-03-29
Movie Playtime Kate Hoover 1961-02-23
Movie Time Out for Love Ann 1961-02-03
Movie Five Day Lover Claire 1961-02-24
Movie Breathless Patricia Franchini 1960-03-16
Movie Let No Man Write My Epitaph Barbara Holloway 1960-11-10
Movie The Mouse That Roared Helen Kokintz 1959-07-17
Movie Bonjour Tristesse Cecile 1958-01-15
Movie Saint Joan St. Joan of Arc 1957-05-08
Series Cinépanorama 1956-02-04