Macha Méril

Biography

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

Deep Red

as Helga Ulmann

Belle de Jour

as Renée

Happiness Never Comes Alone

as Fanfan Keller

Vagabond

as Mme Landier

Mr. Stein Goes Online

as Marie

Beau Pere

as la Maîtresse de maison

The Married Woman

as Charlotte

Deadly Circuit

as Madeleine Beauvoir

Late Night Trains

as The Lady on the Train

Chinese Roulette

as Traunitz