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Jean Dorothy Seberg (/ ˈ s iː b ɜːr ɡ /; French: [ʒin sebɛʁɡ]; November 13, 1938 – August 30, 1979) was an American actress. She is considered an icon of the French New Wave as a result of her performance in Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 film Breathless.
Feb 26, 2020 · Ten days after actress Jean Seberg had been reported missing, her decomposing body was found wrapped in a blanket in the back seat of her white Renault in Paris. She was only 40.
Jean Seberg. Actress: Breathless. Jean Dorothy Seberg was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, to substitute teacher Dorothy Arline (Benson) and pharmacist Edward Waldemar Seberg.
The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg. It was the biggest talent search for a Hollywood film in the 1950s. More than 18,000 unknown actresses from the United States and Europe auditioned, but a pretty seventeen-year-old girl from Marshalltown, Iowa, won the chance to play Joan of Arc in Otto Preminger’s 1957 film, Saint Joan.
Jean Seberg. Actress: Breathless. Jean Dorothy Seberg was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, to substitute teacher Dorothy Arline (Benson) and pharmacist Edward Waldemar Seberg.
Feb 10, 2024 · Jean Seberg was a groundbreaking actress in French New Wave cinema — then had her life destroyed by the U.S. government in retaliation for supporting civil rights. Seberg was so distressed in the fallout of the FBI's smear campaign against her that she went into early labor.
Dec 12, 2019 · Before she died by suicide, the movie star had been missing for 10 days, having left her apartment in Paris with a stash of prescribed barbiturates, wearing nothing aside from a...
Feb 26, 2020 · American actress Jean Seberg was best known for her role in “Breathless,” a classic of French new wave cinema. But she became the target of FBI scrutiny due to her support of the Black Panther...
Feb 19, 2020 · Jean Seberg (1938-79) began her career playing a martyr and ended it being one. She was barely out of high school when she was plucked from Marshalltown, Iowa, and cast as the lead in Otto...
Described by Gary Morris as "more icon than actress," Jean Seberg soared to fame at age 17, when director Otto Preminger selected her from thousands of teenage hopefuls to play the title role in the film Saint Joan (1957), which was shot in France.
