Marlène Jobert (born 4 November 1940) is a French actress and author.

Life and career

Jobert was born in

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, to Charles Jobert, born in

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, Côte-d’Or, who served in the

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, and his wife, Jewish Éliane Andrée Azulay, born in

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, Algiers. Her father was the natural son of Augustine Jobert, herself the natural daughter of Madeleine Jobert. Her mother was daughter of Abraham Azulay, born in Algiers, Sephardi Jewish, and wife María Joaquina Blanca de la Santísima Trinidad García Martín, born in Bonares,

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, Spanish, paternal granddaughter of Josué Azulay and wife Mazaltob Dahan, and maternal granddaughter of Joaquín García and wife Josefina Martín. She came to

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aged eight. Jobert debuted as an actress on stage and television. In 1968, she achieved stardom by playing starring roles in the successful comedies ''Faut pas prendre les enfants du bon Dieu pour des canards sauvages'' and ''L'Astragale''. She co-starred with

Charles Bronson Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in action films and his "granite features and brawny physique". Bronson was born into extreme poverty in ...

in '' Rider on the Rain'' and with

Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (; 9 April 19336 September 2021) was a French actor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward, frequently portraying police officer ...

in ''

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''. During the 1970s, Jobert was one of France's popular movie actresses. But during the next decade, she gradually withdrew from film work and concentrated on a new career in

children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...

. She is the author and/or narrator of (mainly children's) audio books. She also has written a series of books which cautiously lead on to the appreciation of classical music, e.g. of

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, Chopin, and

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. Jobert and spouse Swedish dental surgeon Dr. Walter Green have twin daughters:

Eva Green Eva Gaëlle Green (; ; born ) is a French British-based actress, known for appearing in blockbuster and independent films, in which she often portrays eccentric, villainous, and complex characters. The daughter of actress Marlène Jobert, she ...

, who is also an actress, and Joy Green, who is a horse breeder in Italy. Her niece Joséphine Jobert is an actress known for the television show '' Death in Paradise''.

Selected filmography

* '' Therese Desqueyroux'' (1962), at the end of the film in the scene at the Parisian café * '' Masculin Féminin'' (1966), with Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal Goya. Director:

Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French and Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as ...

* '' Very Happy Alexander'' (''Alexandre le bienheureux'') (1968), with

Philippe Noiret Philippe Noiret (; 1 October 1930 – 23 November 2006) was a French film actor. Life and career Noiret was born in Lille, France, the son of Lucy (Heirman) and Pierre Noiret, a clothing company representative. He was an indifferent student a ...

, Françoise Brion. Director:

Yves Robert Yves Robert (; 19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. Life and career Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. In his teens, he went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting w ...

*'' Leontine'' (1968), with Françoise Rosay,

Bernard Blier Bernard Blier (; 11 January 1916 – 29 March 1989) was a French character actor. Life and career Blier was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, a researcher at the Pasteur Institute, was posted at the time. His rotund featu ...

. Director : Michel Audiard * '' L'Astragale'' (1968), with Horst Buchholz, Magali Noël. Director:

Guy Casaril Guy Casaril (11 November 1933 – 3 May 1996) was a French film director, screenwriter and non-fiction writer. His first film, ''L'Astragale'', was a cinematic adaptation of an eponymous novel by Albertine Sarrazin. His biopic about Edith Piaf was ...

* '' Rider on the Rain'' (''Le Passager de la Pluie'') (1970), with

, Annie Cordy, Jill Ireland. Director:

René Clément René Clément (; 18 March 1913 – 17 March 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the films ''The Battle of the Rails'' (1946), ''Forbidden Games'' (1952), ''Gervaise (film), Gervaise'' (1956), ''Purple No ...

* '' Last Known Address'' (''Dernier Domicile Connu'') (1970), with

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. Director: José Giovanni. * ''

'' (''Les Mariés de l'An 2'') (1971), with

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. Director:

Jean-Paul Rappeneau Jean-Paul Rappeneau (; born 8 April 1932) is a French film director and screenwriter. Career He started out in film as an assistant and screenwriter collaborating with Louis Malle on ''Zazie dans le métro'' in 1960 and ''Vie privée'' in 1961. ...

* '' Touch and Go'' (''La Pourdre d'escampette'') (1971), with

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Michel Piccoli Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide vari ...

. Director:

Philippe de Broca Philippe Claude Alex de Broca de Ferrussac (; 15 March 1933 – 26 November 2004) was a French film director. He directed 30 full-length feature films, including the highly successful ''That Man from Rio (''L'Homme de Rio'')'', ''Le Magnifique, ...

* '' Catch Me a Spy'' (1971), with

Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in '' The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. ...

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. Director:

Dick Clement Dick Clement (born 5 September 1937) is a retired English writer, director and producer. He became known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais for television series including ''The Likely Lads'', ''Whatever Happened to the Likely La ...

* '' Ten Days' Wonder'' (''La Décade prodigieuse'') (1972), with

Orson Welles George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, producer, and magician who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is among the greatest and most influential film ...

, Anthony Perkins, Michel Piccoli. Director:

Claude Chabrol Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle vague'') group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues an ...

* '' We Won't Grow Old Together'' (''Nous Ne Vieillirons Pas Ensemble'') (1972), with

Jean Yanne Jean Yanne (; born Jean Roger Gouyé ; 18 July 1933 – 23 May 2003) was a French actor, screenwriter, producer, director and composer. In 1972, he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film '' We Won't ...

. Director:

Maurice Pialat Maurice Pialat (; 31 August 1925 – 11 January 2003) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films. His work is often described as " realist",

* '' Juliette and Juliette'' (''Juliette et Juliette'') (1974), with Annie Girardot and

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. Director: Remo Forlani * '' The Secret'' (''Le Secret'') (1974), with

Jean-Louis Trintignant Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (; 11 December 1930 – 17 June 2022) was a French actor. He made his theatrical debut in 1951, and went on to be regarded as one of the best French dramatic actors of the post-World War II, war era. He starred in m ...

, Philippe Noiret. Director:

Robert Enrico Robert Georgio Enrico (April 13, 1931 – February 23, 2001) was a French film director and scriptwriter best known for making the Oscar-winning short '' An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1961). He was born in Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, in the no ...

* ' (''The Wonderful Crook'') (1975), with

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. Director: Claude Goretta * ' (''Mad Enough to Kill'') (1975), with Tomas Milian, Thomas Waintrop. Director:

Yves Boisset Yves Félix Claude Boisset (14 March 1939 – 31 March 2025) was a French film director and screenwriter. Early life Boisset was born 14 March 1939, in Paris, France. He studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). ...

* '' The Good and the Bad'' (''Le Bon et les Méchants'') (1976), with Jacques Dutronc,

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, Bruno Cremer, Brigitte Fossey. Director:

Claude Lelouch Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained critical ...

* ' (''Julie Gluepot'') (1977), with Jean-Claude Brialy, Alexandra Stewart. Director: Philippe de Broca * '' The Accuser'' (''L'Imprécateur'') (1977), with Jean Yanne, Michel Piccoli,

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. Director: Jean-Louis Bertucelli * ' (''Your Turn, My Turn'') (1978), with Philippe Léotard. Director: François Leterrier * '' A Dangerous Toy'' (''Il Giocattolo'') (1979), with Nino Manfredi. Director:

Giuliano Montaldo Giuliano Montaldo (22 February 1930 – 6 September 2023) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He was known internationally for his biographical docudrama Sacco & Vanzetti (1971 film), ''Sacco & Vanzetti'' (1971), which was n ...

* ' (1979), with Jean Rochefort, Helmut Qualtinger. Director: Achim Kurz * ''

The Police War ''The Police War'' (French: ''La guerre des polices'') is a French police drama film directed by Robin Davis and starring Claude Brasseur, Claude Rich and Marlène Jobert. The French title (literally: "the war of the polices") refers to the riv ...

'' (1979), with Claude Brasseur, Claude Rich,

Jean-François Stévenin Jean-François Stévenin (; 23 April 194427 July 2021) was a French actor and filmmaker. He appeared in 150 films and television shows since 1968. He starred in the film '' Cold Moon'', which was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. He ...

. Director: Robin Davis * ' (1983), with Jacques Villeret, Bruno Cremer. Director: Daniel Duval * ' (1984), with ,

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, Wadeck Stanczak. Director:

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jobert, Marlene 1940 births French film actresses Living people Jobert family Writers from Algiers Actresses from Algiers Pieds-noirs Audiobook narrators Jewish French actresses Algerian emigrants to France Algerian Jews 20th-century French actresses French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni César Honorary Award recipients Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Actresses of Algerian descent