Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life interesting and suspenseful.

François Truffaut's New Wave film Jules et Jim (1962) her biggest success internationally is centred on her magnetic starring role. She debuted at the Comédie-Française in Ivan Turgenev's A Month in the Country and by her twenties was already one of leading actresses in the theatre's troupe. Early life and education
Moreau was born in Paris the daughter of Katherine (née Buckley) a dancer who performed at the Folies Bergère and Anatole-Désiré Moreau a restaurateur.

She is the recipient of a César Award for Best Actress a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress and a Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award for individual performances and several lifetime awards. Most prolific during the 1960s Moreau continues to appear in films to the present day. Jeanne Moreau (French pronunciation: ​[ʒan mɔˈʁo]; born 23 January 1928) is a French actress singer screenwriter and director.