Murder in Batz
2015 · Movie
as Jeanne Gourvennec
Marie-José Nat
1940-04-20
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Bonifacio, Corse, France
Marie-José Benhalassa (22 April 1940 – 10 October 2019), known professionally as Marie-José Nat, was a French actress. Among her notable works in cinema were the sequel films Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc and Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise (1963), directed by André Cayatte. In 1974, she received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Violins at the Ball. Benhalassa was born in Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, to a Kabyle Berber father, Abdelkader Benhalassa, and a Corsican mother, Vincentine (Biancarelli). In 1960, she married the actor Roger Dumas and divorced him in 1962. She then married French director Michel Drach with whom she had three sons, David, Julien and Aurélien. They divorced in 1981. She had a relationship of several years with the actor Victor Lanoux. On 30 September 2005 she married the painter, writer and songwriter Serge Rezvani in her third marriage. She died in Paris of cancer at age 79. After secondary studies at the Ajaccio high school, Benhalassa entered the cours Simon in Paris. Benhalassa began her career as a cover-girl and haute-couture model. In 1955, she won a competition from the magazine Femmes d'aujourd'hui which allowed her to become Jean-Claude Pascal's partner in a photo comics entitled L'amour est un songe. Denys de La Patellière offered her her first major role in 1959 in Rue des prairies alongside Jean Gabin, in which she played his daughter. The following year, she performed in a comedy sketch by René Clair alongside Claude Rich and Yves Robert, and obtained a major role in La Vérité by Henri-Georges Clouzot, playing Brigitte Bardot's rival opposite Sami Frey. In 1965, she married filmmaker Michel Drach; they had three children and divorced in 1981. She starred in several of her husband's films: Amelie or The Time to Love (1961), Elise, or Real Life (1970) and Les violons du bal (1974), inspired by his childhood experiences during World War II. She was also known for Train of Life (1998), Litan (1982) and The Dacians (1966) with Jean Sorel, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Victor Lanoux and Bernadette Lafont as acting partners. In 2001, Nat was a member of the jury at the 36th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2001, and at the 24th Cabourg Film Festival in 2010. She was the very first person to appear on the front cover of Télé 7 Jours in its current name on March 26, 1960. Nat was awarded Best Actress at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in Violins at the Ball, and the film was nominated for the Golden Palm award. She was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur on 31 December 2004, chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite on 18 November 2002 and promoted to the rank of officer on 14 November 2011, commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres as a member of the conseil de l'ordre of which she was a member from 1 March 2001 until April 2012. Source: Article "Marie-José Nat" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
The Bardot mystery
2012 · Movie
Winnetou darf nicht sterben
2007 · Movie
as Herself
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My Russian Uncle
2006 · Movie
as Geneviève Ferrand
Ceux qui aiment ne meurent jamais
2004 · Movie
as Éva
Elena's Gift
2004 · Movie
as Elena
The Year when I Was Seven
2003 · Movie
as Alice dite Yaya
En las arenas negras
2003 · Movie
as Violette
Train of Life
1998 · Movie
as Sura
Deux mamans pour Noël
1998 · Movie
as Marie
Vivement dimanche
1998 · TV Show
as Self
Terre indigo
1996 · TV Show
as Mathilde Vallogne
Le Nombril du monde
1993 · Movie
as Oumi
Black River
1990 · Movie
as Mrs. Ginette
Litan
1982 · Movie
as Nora
The Making of Litan
1982 · Movie
as Herself
Champs-Elysées
1982 · TV Show
as Self
Disobedience
1981 · Movie
as Madre di Luca
A Mother, a Daughter
1981 · Movie
Ciné regards
1978 · TV Show
as Self
Replay
1977 · Movie
as Cécile
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977 · Movie
as Self
Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir
1975 · Movie
as Ethel Rosenberg
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Numéro un
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Violins at the Ball
1974 · Movie
as She, Michel's wife
Tell Me You Love Me
1974 · Movie
as Charlotte le Royer
Spécial cinéma
1974 · TV Show
as Self
6 Calvary Street
1973 · Movie
as Françoise Verbrugge
Embassy
1972 · Movie
as Laure
Les Gens de Mogador
1972 · TV Show
as Julia Angellier
Midi trente
1972 · TV Show
as Self
Cadet Rousselle
1971 · TV Show
as Self
Opium and the Stick
1970 · Movie
as Farroudja
Elise, or Real Life
1970 · Movie
as Elise Le Tellier
Diamond Rush
1969 · Movie
as Lucia
The Dacians
1967 · Movie
as Meda
Diamond Safari
1966 · Movie
as Electre
A Woman in White
1965 · Movie
as Claude Sauvage
The Real Bargain
1965 · Movie
as Béatrice
Dim Dam Dom
1965 · TV Show
as Self
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
1964 · Movie
as Françoise
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
1964 · Movie
as Françoise Dubreuil
Un coup dans l'aile
1963 · Movie
as Nicole
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962 · Movie
as La Jeune Femme (segment "La colère")
La Colère
1962 · Movie
Sentimental Education
1962 · Movie
as Anne Arnoux
The Marriage of Figaro
1961 · Movie
as Chérubin
The Menace
1961 · Movie
as Josepha
Amelie or The Time to Love
1961 · Movie
as Amélie
The Truth
1960 · Movie
as Annie Marceau
Love and the Frenchwoman
1960 · Movie
as Line, la jeune mariée (segment "Le Mariage")
Long Live the Duke!
1960 · Movie
Rue de Paris
1959 · Movie
as Odette
You Have Nothing to Declare?
1959 · Movie
as Lise Dupont
La Nuit de Tom Brown
1959 · Movie
as Dorothy "Dot" Brown
Secret professionnel
1959 · Movie
as Elvire
Happy Arenas
1958 · Movie
Give Me My Chance
1957 · Movie
as Rosine
Crime and Punishment
1956 · Movie
as La jeune fille du bal
Cinépanorama
1956 · TV Show
as Self
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Anatomy of a Marriage
· Movie
as Françoise
