Macha Méril
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Vieillir et jouir sans entraves
2026
Les Boules de Noël
2024
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024
Enquête parallèle
2023
Godard Cinema
2023
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
The Unexpected Getaway
2022
The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Solidarity concert for Ukraine
2022
Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda Lear
2022
Michel Legrand, enchanted music
2022
Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée
2022
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
2021
Un monde, un regard
2021
La Dernière Partie
2021
Belle belle belle
2020
The Unexpected Child
2019
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
2018
Cannes 1968, révolution au palais
2018
Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris
2017
Mr. Stein Goes Online
2017
Alliances rouge sang
2016
Folie passagère
2015
La Trouvaille de Juliette
2014
3rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master Race
2012
Happiness Never Comes Alone
2012
Ten Minutes from Naturists
2012
Seasons of Love
2012
The Nights of Alice
2011
Guy Gilles
2008
René Bousquet ou le grand arrangement
2007
On n'est pas couché
2006
Mademoiselle Gigi
2006
Clochemerle
2004
Bel-Ami
2003
Belle grand mère, La Trattoria
2003
Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments
2003
Méditerranée
2001
Le sciamane
2000
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
1999
Belle Grand-Mère
1998
Vivement dimanche
1998
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
1997
A Crucial Test
1996
Son of Gascogne
1995
Délit mineur
1994
To Remember
1993
Berlin '39
1993
L'éternel mari
1993
Le Don
Le Don
1993
Double Vision
1992
Fish Soup
1992
Meeting Venus
1991
A Simple Story
1991
The Cocottes
1991
Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin
1989
La Vouivre
1989
Duet for One
1986
Lance et Compte
1986
Follow My Gaze
1986
Vagabond
1985
Colette
1985
Les Rois du gag
1985
Au nom de tous les miens
1985
The Chicks
1985
Télématin
1985
Wild Animals
1984
Le Grand Carnaval
1983
For Those I Loved
1983
Deadly Circuit
1983
Le Crime d'amour
1982
Champs-Elysées
1982
L'Apprentissage de la ville
1982
Le bonheur des tristes
1981
Le rose di Danzica
1981
Beau Pere
1981
Bolero
1981
Tender Cousins
1980
La promessa
1979
Le rose di Danzica
1979