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Producer: Deux. Madeleine Morgenstern was born on 9 July 1931 in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She is a producer, known for Deux (1989), François Truffaut: Portraits volés (1993) and Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo (1997). She was previously married to François Truffaut.
- Producer
- July 9, 1931
- Madeleine Morgenstern
Truffaut was married to Madeleine Morgenstern from 1957 to 1965, and they had two daughters, Laura (born 1959) and Eva (born 1961). Madeleine was the daughter of Ignace Morgenstern, managing director of one of France's largest film distribution companies, Cocinor, and was largely responsible for securing funding for Truffaut's first films.
- 1955–1984
- Montmartre Cemetery
- 21 October 1984 (aged 52), Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Oct 17, 1993 · "He loved that area," said Madeleine Morgenstern, Truffaut's former wife. "He always joked that he wanted to see the Gaumont Palace, which was the biggest movie theater in Paris, from the...
Jun 19, 2023 · Truffaut, though initially reserved, poured his heart out to Scott: about his marriage to Madeleine Morgenstern and their divorce; about his adulterous romances with Jeanne Moreau (the star of his ...
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The year 1957 was an important one for him: he married Madeleine Morgenstern, the daughter of an important film distributor, and founded his own production company, Les Films du Carrosse; named after Jean Renoir 's The Golden Coach (1952). He also directed The Mischief Makers (1957), considered the real first step of his cinematographic work.
During this difficult period - he was still upset over the end of his eight-year marriage to Madeleine Morgenstern (they had two daughters) - he began an intimate relationship with actress Jeanne Moreau.
