Françoise Lebrun

Françoise Lebrun
Françoise Lebrun in 2022
Born (1944-08-18) 18 August 1944 (age 80)
Occupation(s)Actress, Screenwriter, Film director, Producer
Years active1971–present

Françoise Lebrun (born 18 August 1944) is a French actress.

Career

She has appeared in many movies, and is especially known for her role as Veronika in Jean Eustache's The Mother and the Whore (1973).

She has worked with other directors including Paul Vecchiali, Marguerite Duras and Lucas Belvaux, and is the subject of the documentary Françoise Lebrun, les voies singulières (2008). In a Variety review of the Vecchiali film A Vot' Bon Coeur (2004), Lisa Nesselson called her "a supreme master of the sustained monologue."[1]

Personal Life

Her daughter, Clara Le Picard, is a writer and stage director.

Filmography

Cinema

Year Title Role Director Notes
1971 La ville-bidon Lolotte Jacques Baratier
1972 Le château de Pointilly Adolfo Arrieta
1973 The Mother and the Whore Veronika Jean Eustache
1974 La femme du Gange Voice Marguerite Duras
1975 India Song The receptionist Marguerite Duras
French Provincial Young Augustine André Téchiné
1977 Ben et Bénédict Ben / Bénédicte Paula Delsol
Mon coeur est rouge Clara Michèle Rosier
Une sale histoire Jean Eustache Short
1978 En l'autre bord The concierge Jérôme Kanapa
1980 Ma chérie The doctor Charlotte Dubreuil
1981 L'homme fragile Cécile Delvert Claire Clouzot
1982 Lointains boxeurs The young woman Claudine Bories Short
1983 Archipel des amours Jean-Claude Biette
At the Top of the Stairs Michèle Paul Vecchiali
1985 Trous de mémoire The woman Paul Vecchiali
1988 La police Claire Simon Short
Le monologue de la femme rompue Broken woman Jacques Doazan Short
1992 Fugue en sol mineur Paul Vecchiali Short
1995 Pullman paradis Sophie Volland Michèle Rosier
1997 Pour rire! The nurse Lucas Belvaux
Une nouvelle douceur Alejandra Rojo Short
1998 On a très peu d'amis Rose Sylvain Monod
2000 Un possible amour Fabienne's mother Christophe Lamotte Short
2001 Electroménager Psychiatrist Sylvain Monod
Malraux, tu m'étonnes! Yvonne de Gaulle Michèle Rosier
2004 Inguélézi The mother François Dupeyron
La question de l'étranger Hubert Attal Short
2005 À vot' bon coeur Françoise Paul Vecchiali
2006 Et + si @ff Germaine Sémouly Paul Vecchiali
Fragments sur la grâce A reader Vincent Dieutre
Point de fuite Nicolas Lasnibat Short
Voyage à Vézelay Pierre Creton Short
2007 The Key Florence Arp Guillaume Nicloux
Il sera une fois... Mother Muche Sandrine Veysset
...Et tremble d'être heureux Hélène Abrège Paul Vecchiali
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Madame Bauby Julian Schnabel
2008 Séraphine Mother Superior Martin Provost
Ea2 Vincent Dieutre Short
2009 Julie & Julia Baker's Mother Nora Ephron
Ah! La libido The elegant woman Michèle Rosier
Tomorrow at Dawn Claire Guibert Denis Dercourt
Quelque chose à te dire Jacques's mother Cécile Telerman
La librairie de Schrödinger The photographer Christophe Beauvais
& Claire Vassé 		Short
2010 Holiday Marie-Paule Guillaume Nicloux
63 regards Third woman Christophe Pellet Short
2011 ID A Isabelle Christian E. Christiansen
La liberté ou l'amour The mother Geoffroi Heissler Short
2012 Dead Europe Leah Tony Krawitz
2013 The Nun Madame de Moni Guillaume Nicloux
Le temps de l'aventure Alix's mother Jérôme Bonnell
La nuit Adrien Dantou Short
Seul le feu Françoise Christophe Pellet Short
La trilogie française Philippe Terrier-Hermann Short
À la claire fontaine The voice Jacques Richard Short
J'aurais voulu que tu sois là The mother Geoffroi Heissler Short
2014 The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq Françoise Guillaume Nicloux
2015 Fever Sarah Raphaël Neal
À 14 ans Jade's grandmother Hélène Zimmer
My Golden Days Rose Arnaud Desplechin
La fille et le fleuve Mileva Marić Aurélia Georges
Mémoires Sélectives Alice Pauline Étienne &
Rafaella Houlstan-Hasaerts 		Short
Take Me to the Water Her Nelson Bourrec Carter Short
2016 Le Cancre Valentine Paul Vecchiali
Looking for Her Renée Lefèvre Ounie Lecomte
The Girl Without Hands The mother Sébastien Laudenbach
2017 Porto Mother Gabe Klinger
The Sower Blanche Marine Francen
Thirst Street Landlady Nathan Silver
Cinq nuits Claude Guillaume Orignac Short
Rappelle-moi The mother Marie-Hélène Copti Short
Sept mille années Christophe Cognet Short
2018 Ma vie avec James Dean Géraud's mother Dominique Choisy
Rages The grand-mother Scott Noblet Short
Love u Hiroshima Madame Pierrot Jules-César Bréchet Short
Histoire de Stefano The voice Chiara Malta Short
2019 Thalasso Herself Guillaume Nicloux
L'amour debout Herself Michaël Dacheux
Les grands squelettes Philippe Ramos
2020 Douze mille Anouk Nadège Trebal
Avant Tim Denise Alexis Diop Short
2022 Vortex The Mother Gaspar Noé
Petite fleur Agnès Santiago Mitre
Le mur des morts The grand-mother Eugène Green Short
Presque l'automne Cécile Margot Pouppeville Short
2023 A Prince The mother Pierre Creton
The Book of Solutions Denise Becker Michel Gondry
2024 Paternel Rozenn Ronan Tronchot
Filmlovers! Arnaud Desplechin
Double foyer Catherine Claire Vassé
Rien ni personne Monique Gallien Guibert
Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq Françoise Guillaume Nicloux

Television

Year Title Role Director Notes
1978 Aurélien Bérénice Michel Favart TV series (3 episodes)
1992 L'impure Lady Witney Paul Vecchiali TV movie
2000 Mère en fuite Lisbeth Christophe Lamotte TV movie
2001 Dérives Marguerite Christophe Lamotte TV movie
2011 La fille de l'autre Françoise Harry Cleven TV movie
2012 L'affaire Gordji, histoire d'une cohabitation Guillaume Nicloux TV movie
2018 Black Earth Rising Madame Patenaude Hugo Blick TV series (2 episodes)
2019 La part du soupçon Gladys Durieux Jelosse Christophe Lamotte TV movie
Mythomaniac The ghost Fabrice Gobert TV series (6 episodes)
2022 Un homme abîmé Francine Sorrente Philippe Triboit TV movie

Theater

Year Title Author Director
1976 Le Défi Jean-Claude Perrin Jean-Claude Perrin
& Maurice Bénichou
1978 Remagen Anna Seghers Jacques Lassalle
Dissident, il va sans dire Michel Vinaver Jacques Lassalle
1983 Œil pour œil Jacques Audiard &
Louis-Charles Sirjacq 		Louis-Charles Sirjacq
1994 Com’e adesso Daniele Del Giudice Jean Lacornerie
1995-96 Lulu Frank Wedekind Jean-Luc Lagarce
1999 La Fuite en Égypte Bruno Bayen Bruno Bayen
2003-2005 Life Is a Dream Pedro Calderón de la Barca Guillaume Delaveau
2004 Le Couloir Philippe Minyana Frédéric Maragnani
2007 Le Lien Laurent Mauvignier Laurence de La Fuente
2012 Le Peuple d’Icare Dan Artus Dan Artus
2015-2017 All Bovarys Clara Le Picard Clara Le Picard
2022 Cerveau Clara Le Picard Clara Le Picard

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominated work Result
2023 Lumières Award for Best Actress Vortex Nominated

References

  1. ^ Nesselson, Lisa (May 16, 2004), "Please Give Generously", Variety.


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