Jean Seberg

Jean Seberg

actress, additional crew, director

Jean Seberg was born on Nov 13, 1938 in USA. Jean Seberg's big-screen debut came with Saint Joan directed by Otto Preminger in 1957. Jean Seberg is known for Le bleu des origines directed by Philippe Garrel, Nico stars as Nico and Zouzou as ZouZou. The upcoming new movie Jean Seberg plays is Le bleu des origines which will be released on Feb 21, 1979.

Jean Dorothy Seberg was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, to substitute teacher Dorothy Arline (Benson) and pharmacist Edward Waldemar Seberg. Her father was of Swedish descent and her mother was of English and German ancestry.One month before her 18th birthday, Jean landed the title role in Otto Preminger's Sainte Jeanne (1957) after a much-publicized contest involving some 18,000 hopefuls. The failure of that film and the only moderate success of her next, Bonjour tristesse (1958), combined to stall Seberg's career, until her role in Jean-Luc Godard's landmark feature, À bout de souffle (1960), brought her renewed international attention. Seberg gave a memorable performance as a schizophrenic in the title role of Robert Rossen's Lilith (1964) opposite Warren Beatty and went on to appear in over 30 films in Hollywood and Europe.In the late 1960s, Seberg became involved in anti-war politics and was the target of an undercover campaign by the FBI to discredit her because of her association with several members of the Black Panther party. She was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Paris in 1979.

  • Birthday

    Nov 13, 1938
  • Place of Birth

    Marshalltown, Iowa, USA

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