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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Breathless (1960) — Patricia Franchini
2. Airport (1970) — Tanya Livingston
3. Paint Your Wagon (1969) — Elizabeth Woodling
4. Bonjour Tristesse (1958) — Cecile
5. The Mouse That Roared (1959) — Helen Kokintz
6. Lilith (1964) — Lilith Arthur
7. The Assassination (1972) — Edith Lemoine
8. Line of Demarcation (1966) — Mary de Damville
9. Kill! (1971) — Emily Hamilton
10. The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973) — Ruth Miller
11. Backfire (1964) — Olga Celan
12. Saint Joan (1957) — St. Joan of Arc
13. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
14. Les Hautes solitudes (1974)
15. A Fine Madness (1966) — Lydia West
16. The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964) — Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")
17. Five Day Lover (1961) — Claire
18. Macho Callahan (1971) — Alexandra Mountford
19. Moment to Moment (1966) — Kay Stanton
20. Birds in Peru (1968) — Adriana
21. Mike Wallace Is Here (2019) — Self (archive footage)
22. The Road to Corinth (1967) — Shanny
23. Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960) — Barbara Holloway
24. Mousey (1974) — Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson
25. In the French Style (1963) — Christina James
26. Dead of Summer (1970) — Joyce Grasse
27. The Blue of the Origins (1979)
28. Time Out for Love (1961) — Ann
29. Pendulum (1969) — Adele Matthews
30. From the Journals of Jean Seberg (1995) — Self (archive footage)
31. Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) — Self (archive footage)
32. Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) — Self
33. The Looters (1967) — Colleen O'Hara
34. Playtime (1961) — Kate Hoover
35. Belmondo: The Incorrigible (2022)
36. Godard by Godard (2023) — Self (archive footage)
37. Camorra (1972) — Luisa
38. Diamonds Are Brittle (1965) — Bettina Ralton
39. This Kind of Love (1972) — Giovanna
40. White Horses of Summer (1975) — Lea Kingsburg

Directed

1. Ballad for Billy the Kid (1974) — Director