French actress Jeanne Moreau who hit the spotlight in 1962 through movie ‘Jules et Jim’ and starred in several films in 20th century has died at age 89.
The actress’s death was announced by her agent on Monday.
AFP reports that according to the district’s mayor, Jeanne Moreau, whose husky voice and show-stopping beauty captivated cinema audiences, was found dead at her home in Paris.
Having made her name in Francois Truffaut’s “Jules et Jim”, his 1962 story of a love triangle, Moreau had a prolific career and appeared in films well into her eighties.
She won France’s equivalent of an Oscar, a Cesar, for best actress in 1992 for “The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea”.
Paying tribute to her, President Emmanuel Macron said Moreau had “embodied cinema” and she was a free spirit who “always rebelled against the established order”.
