Anne Wiazemsky

1947 - 2017

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: France

native language: French

languages spoken, written or signed: French

educated at: Paris Nanterre University

occupation: film actor, film director, novelist, screenwriter

award received: Knight of the Legion of Honour, Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, Prix Renaudot des lycéens, grand prix de l'héroïne Madame Figaro du roman

Anne Wiazemsky (14 May 1947 – 5 October 2017) was a French actress and novelist. She made her cinema debut at the age of 18, playing Marie, the lead character in Robert Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar (1966). A year later she married the director Jean-Luc Godard and appeared in several of his films, including La Chinoise (1967), Week End (1967), and One Plus One (1968). Her maternal grandfather was the novelist and dramatist François Mauriac. Source: Wikipedia (en)