Jean Seberg
Born November 13, 1938 (Age: 87)
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Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
Biography
Jean Dorothy Seberg (November 13, 1938 – August 30, 1979) was an American actress who lived half her life in France. She appeared in 34 films in Hollywood and in Europe, including Saint Joan, Bonjour Tristesse, Breathless, Lilith, The Mouse That Roared, Moment to Moment, A Fine Madness, Paint Your Wagon, Airport, Macho Callahan, and Gang War in Naples. She was also one of the best-known targets of the FBI COINTELPRO project. Her targeting was a well-documented retaliation for her support of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s. Seberg died at the age of 40 in Paris, with police ruling her death a probable suicide. Romain Gary, Seberg's second husband, called a press conference shortly after her death where he publicly blamed the FBI's campaign against Seberg for her deteriorating mental health. Gary claimed that Seberg "became psychotic" after the media reported a false story that the FBI planted about her becoming pregnant with a Black Panther's child in 1970. Romain Gary stated that Seberg had repeatedly attempted suicide on the anniversary of the child's death, August 25.
Jean Dorothy Seberg (November 13, 1938 – August 30, 1979) was an American actress who lived half her life in France.
She appeared in 34 films in Hollywood and in Europe, including Saint Joan, Bonjour Tristesse, Breathless, Lilith, The Mouse That Roared, Moment to Moment, A Fine Madness, Paint Your Wagon, Airport, Macho Callahan, and Gang War in Naples.
She was also one of the best-known targets of the FBI COINTELPRO project. Her targeting was a well-documented retaliation for her support of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s.
Seberg died at the age of 40 in Paris, with police ruling her death a probable suicide. Romain Gary, Seberg's second husband, called a press conference shortly after her death where he publicly blamed the FBI's campaign against Seberg for her deteriorating mental health. Gary claimed that Seberg "became psychotic" after the media reported a false story that the FBI planted about her becoming pregnant with a Black Panther's child in 1970. Romain Gary stated that Seberg had repeatedly attempted suicide on the anniversary of the child's death, August 25.
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Filmography
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Jean Seberg: American Actress
1997
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 58
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 52
Les Hautes solitudes
1974
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as
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Age: 36
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Ballad for Billy the Kid
1974
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as The Star
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Age: 35
Mousey
1974
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as Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson
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Age: 35
The Corruption of Chris Miller
1973
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as Ruth Miller
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Age: 34
The Assassination
1972
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as Edith Lemoine
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Age: 33
Camorra
1972
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as Luisa
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Age: 33
This Kind of Love
1972
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as Giovanna
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Age: 33
Airport
1970
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as Tanya Livingston
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Age: 31
Paint Your Wagon
1969
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as Elizabeth Woodling
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Age: 30
Pendulum
1969
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as Adele Matthews
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Age: 30
No Name City
1969
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as Self
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Age: 30
Diamonds Are Brittle
1965
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as Bettina Ralton
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Age: 26
Lilith
1964
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as Lilith Arthur
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Age: 25
Backfire
1964
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as Olga Celan
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Age: 25
Le Grand Escroc
1964
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as Patricia
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Age: 25
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
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as Patricia Leacock (segment "Le Grand escroc")
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Age: 25
In the French Style
1963
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as Christina James
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Age: 24
Eruption
1962
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as Annette
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Age: 23
Five Day Lover
1961
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as Claire
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Age: 22
Playtime
1961
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as Kate Hoover
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Age: 22
Time Out for Love
1961
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as Ann
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Age: 22
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
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as Barbara Holloway
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Age: 21
Breathless
1960
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as Patricia Franchini
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Age: 21
The Mouse That Roared
1959
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as Helen Kokintz
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Age: 20
Bonjour Tristesse
1958
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as Cecile
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Age: 19