Acting · Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco] · Born September 3, 1940
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.
MovieVieillir et jouir sans entraves
2026
as Self - Actress / Writer
MovieLes Boules de Noël
2024
as Simone
MovieJean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024
as Self - Actress
TVEnquête parallèle
2023
as Colette Chaperot
MovieGodard Cinema
2023
as Self
TVIl était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Unexpected Getaway
2022
as Self
MovieThe Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Solidarity concert for Ukraine
2022
MovieQueen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda Lear
2022
as Self
MovieMichel Legrand, enchanted music
2022
MovieMichel Legrand, la musique enchantée
2022
as Self
MovieFrançoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
2021
as self
TVUn monde, un regard
2021
MovieLa Dernière Partie
2021
as Louise
MovieBelle belle belle
2020
as Lili
MovieThe Unexpected Child
2019
as Christine
MovieFrançoise Dorléac, une promesse
2018
as Self
MovieCannes 1968, révolution au palais
2018
as Self
MovieAlbatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris
2017
as (voice)
MovieMr. Stein Goes Online
2017
as Marie
MovieAlliances rouge sang
2016
as Béatrice
TVFolie passagère
2015
as Self
MovieLa Trouvaille de Juliette
2014
as Juliette
Movie3rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master Race
2012
as Alice Fabre (old)
MovieHappiness Never Comes Alone
2012
as Fanfan Keller
MovieTen Minutes from Naturists
2012
as Suzy Dulac, tante de Patrick
MovieSeasons of Love
2012
as Henriette Marcenat
MovieThe Nights of Alice
2011
as Bettina
MovieGuy Gilles
2008
as Self
MovieRené Bousquet ou le grand arrangement
2007
as Évelyne Baylet
TVOn n'est pas couché
2006
as Self - Guest
MovieMademoiselle Gigi
2006
as Mamita
MovieClochemerle
2004
as Baroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche
MovieBel-Ami
2003
as Mme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel
MovieBelle grand mère, La Trattoria
2003
as Joséphine, dite « Babou »
MovieVagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments
2003
as Self - Interviewee
TVMéditerranée
2001
as Carla Valbonne
MovieLe sciamane
2000
as Claudia's mother
MovieLetter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
1999
as Self
MovieBelle Grand-Mère
1998
as Babou
TVVivement dimanche
1998
as Self
MovieA Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998
as Madame Beauvier
TVJoséphine, Guardian Angel
1997
as Tania
MovieA Crucial Test
1996
as Catherine
MovieSon of Gascogne
1995
as Self
MovieDélit mineur
1994
as Madeleine
TVTo Remember
1993
as Narrator
MovieBerlin '39
1993
as Madame Vic
MovieL'éternel mari
1993
as Claudia
Le Don
1993
as Margherita
MovieDouble Vision
1992
as Mrs. Perfect
MovieFish Soup
1992
as Caterina
MovieMeeting Venus
1991
as Miss Malikoff
MovieA Simple Story
1991
as La vedova del Roccella
MovieThe Cocottes
1991
as Mme Rose
TVLe Retour d'Arsène Lupin
1989
as Tatiana
MovieLa Vouivre
1989
as La rodinet
MovieDuet for One
1986
as Anya
TVLance et Compte
1986
as Maroussia Lambert
MovieFollow My Gaze
1986
as La femme à l'ouvre boîte
MovieVagabond
1985
as Madame Landier
TVColette
1985
as Colette
MovieLes Rois du gag
1985
as Jacqueline
TVAu nom de tous les miens
1985
as Mère de Martin
MovieThe Chicks
1985
as Françoise
TVTélématin
1985
as Self
MovieWild Animals
1984
as Sylvia
MovieLe Grand Carnaval
1983
as Mme Armande Labrouche
MovieFor Those I Loved
1983
as Martin's Mother
MovieDeadly Circuit
1983
as Madeleine Beauvoir
MovieLe Crime d'amour
1982
as Jeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont
TVChamps-Elysées
1982
as Self
MovieL'Apprentissage de la ville
1982
as Luc's mother
MovieLe bonheur des tristes
1981
as Madeleine
TVLe rose di Danzica
1981
as Elvira
MovieBeau Pere
1981
as la Maîtresse de maison
MovieBolero
1981
as Magda Kremer
MovieTender Cousins
1980
as Mère de Julien
TVLa promessa
1979
as Signora Heller
MovieLe rose di Danzica
1979
as Elvira von Lehner
TVMorte a passo di valzer
1979
as Lady Flora Drayton
MovieNight of The Flowers
1979
as Macha
MovieRock 'n Roll
1978
as Annalisa
MovieRidendo e scherzando
1978
as Susy
MovieRobert et Robert
1978
as Agathe
MovieTanto va la gatta al lardo...
1978
as Vera
MovieYour Turn, My Turn
1978
as Marianne
TVCiné regards
1978
as Self
MovieA Second Hand Lady
1977
as Clelia, la madre di Simona
MovieEmmenez-moi au Ritz
1977
as Barbara
MovieRide bene... chi ride ultimo
1977
as principessa Esmeralda Benti Contini
MovieChinese Roulette
1977
as Traunitz
MoviePasión
1977
as Bianca
MoviePerdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe
1976
as baronessa Valeria Lamia
MoviePeccatori di provincia
1976
as Vincenzina Lo Curcio
MovieSon tornate a fiorire le rose
1975
as Linda De Simone
MovieIl registratore
1975
as Ms. Collins
MovieThe Man of the Winds
1975
as Anna
MovieLate Night Trains
1975
as The Lady on the Train
MovieThe Last Day of School Before Christmas
1975
as Egle
MovieDeep Red
1975
as Helga Ulmann
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
MovieAmore mio non farmi male
1974
as Linda De Simone
MovieChinese In Paris
1974
as Madeleine
MovieWe Won't Grow Old Together
1972
as Françoise
MovieWe Are All in Temporary Liberty
1971
as Gisella, wife of Mario De Rossi
MovieConjugal Love
1970
as Leda
MovieDon't Play with Martians
1968
as Maryvonne Guéguen
MovieWall Engravings
1968
as Jeanne Delaître
MovieBelle de Jour
1967
as Renée
MovieHorizon
1967
as Elisa
MovieThe Defector
1966
as Frieda Hoffmann
MoviePop Age
1966
as Self
MovieRampage at Apache Wells
1965
as Lizzy
TVDim Dam Dom
1965
as Self
MovieThe Married Woman
1964
as Charlotte
MovieThe Little Misses
1964
as Caroline
MovieAnatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
1964
as Nicole
MovieAnatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
1964
as Nicole
MovieWho's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1963
as Jacqueline Edwards
MovieSweet and Sour
1963
as La striptisiste
MovieLove on a Pillow
1962
as Raphaële
MovieSign of the Lion
1962
as La Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited)
MovieAdorable Liar
1962
as Sophie
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960
as Countess Janine St. Alyre
MovieThe Itchy Palm
1960
as Yvette
