Macha Méril
Acting·September 3, 1940 — 85 years old·Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]
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).
Known For
Filmography · 126
2026Vieillir et jouir sans entravesSelf - Actress / Writer2024Les Boules de NoëlSimone2024Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of CinemaSelf - Actress2023Enquête parallèleTVColette Chaperot2023Godard CinemaSelf2022Il était une fois Champs-ÉlyséesTVSelf (archive footage)2022The Unexpected GetawayTVSelf2022The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Solidarity concert for Ukraine2022Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda LearSelf2022Michel Legrand, enchanted music2022Michel Legrand, la musique enchantéeSelf2021Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefortself2021Un monde, un regardTV2021La Dernière PartieLouise2020Belle belle belleLili2019The Unexpected ChildChristine2018Françoise Dorléac, une promesseSelf2018Cannes 1968, révolution au palaisSelf2017Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris(voice)2017Mr. Stein Goes OnlineMarie2016Alliances rouge sangBéatrice2015Folie passagèreTVSelf2014La Trouvaille de JulietteJuliette20123rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master RaceAlice Fabre (old)2012Happiness Never Comes AloneFanfan Keller2012Ten Minutes from NaturistsSuzy Dulac, tante de Patrick2012Seasons of LoveHenriette Marcenat2011The Nights of AliceBettina2008Guy GillesSelf2007René Bousquet ou le grand arrangementÉvelyne Baylet2006On n'est pas couchéTVSelf - Guest2006Mademoiselle GigiMamita2004ClochemerleBaroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche2003Bel-AmiMme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel2003Belle grand mère, La TrattoriaJoséphine, dite « Babou »2003Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and CommentsSelf - Interviewee2001MéditerranéeTVCarla Valbonne2000Le sciamaneClaudia's mother1999Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soonSelf1998Belle Grand-MèreBabou1998Vivement dimancheTVSelf1998A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesMadame Beauvier1997Joséphine, Guardian AngelTVTania1996A Crucial TestCatherine1995Son of GascogneSelf1994Délit mineurMadeleine1993To RememberTVNarrator1993Berlin '39Madame Vic1993L'éternel mariClaudia1993Le DonMargherita1992Double VisionMrs. Perfect1992Fish SoupCaterina1991Meeting VenusMiss Malikoff1991A Simple StoryLa vedova del Roccella1991The CocottesMme Rose1989Le Retour d'Arsène LupinTVTatiana1989La VouivreLa rodinet1986Duet for OneAnya1986Lance et CompteTVMaroussia Lambert1986Follow My GazeLa femme à l'ouvre boîte1985VagabondMadame Landier1985ColetteTVColette1985Les Rois du gagJacqueline1985Au nom de tous les miensTVMère de Martin1985The ChicksFrançoise1985TélématinTVSelf1984Wild AnimalsSylvia1983Le Grand CarnavalMme Armande Labrouche1983For Those I LovedMartin's Mother1983Deadly CircuitMadeleine Beauvoir1982Le Crime d'amourJeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont1982Champs-ElyséesTVSelf1982L'Apprentissage de la villeLuc's mother1981Le bonheur des tristesMadeleine1981Le rose di DanzicaTVElvira1981Beau Perela Maîtresse de maison1981BoleroMagda Kremer1980Tender CousinsMère de Julien1979La promessaTVSignora Heller1979Le rose di DanzicaElvira von Lehner1979Morte a passo di valzerTVLady Flora Drayton1979Night of The FlowersMacha1978Rock 'n RollAnnalisa1978Ridendo e scherzandoSusy1978Robert et RobertAgathe1978Tanto va la gatta al lardo...Vera1978Your Turn, My TurnMarianne1977A Second Hand LadyClelia, la madre di Simona1977Emmenez-moi au RitzBarbara1977Ride bene... chi ride ultimoprincipessa Esmeralda Benti Contini1977Chinese RouletteTraunitz1977PasiónBianca1976Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppebaronessa Valeria Lamia1976Peccatori di provinciaVincenzina Lo Curcio1975Son tornate a fiorire le roseLinda De Simone1975Il registratoreMs. Collins1975The Man of the WindsAnna1975Late Night TrainsThe Lady on the Train1975The Last Day of School Before ChristmasEgle1975Deep RedHelga Ulmann1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheTVSelf1974Amore mio non farmi maleLinda De Simone1974Chinese In ParisMadeleine1972We Won't Grow Old TogetherFrançoise1971We Are All in Temporary LibertyGisella, wife of Mario De Rossi1970Conjugal LoveLeda1969PigstyCo-Producer1968Don't Play with MartiansMaryvonne Guéguen1968Wall EngravingsJeanne Delaître · Producer1967Belle de JourRenée1967HorizonElisa1966The DefectorFrieda Hoffmann1966Pop AgeSelf1965Rampage at Apache WellsLizzy1965Dim Dam DomTVSelf1964The Married WomanCharlotte1964The Little MissesCaroline1964Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-MarcNicole1964Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with FrançoiseNicole1963Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?Jacqueline Edwards1963Sweet and SourLa striptisiste1962Love on a PillowRaphaële1962Sign of the LionLa Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited)1962Adorable LiarSophie1960The Dow Hour of Great MysteriesTVCountess Janine St. Alyre1960The Itchy PalmYvette