Award-winning French actress Jeanne Moreau dies aged 89
The French actress won awards at the Cannes Film Festival and an honorary Oscar.
French actress Jeanne Moreau, whose seven-decade career included work with Francois Truffaut, Orson Welles, Wim Wenders and other acclaimed directors, has died aged 89.
The French president’s office announced her death in a statement without providing a cause.
An assistant to her agent confirmed the death but would not provide details.
Moreau, perhaps best known for her performance in Truffaut’s 1962 film Jules And Jim, continued working well into her eighties.
She won awards at the Cannes Film Festival, which she presided over twice, and an honorary Oscar.
President Emmanuel Macron hailed her for her deep range, extending beyond her early roles as a femme fatale into comedy and other genres, and praised her political activism.
