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person_profile-Marie-José Nat

Marie-José Nat Died at age: 79

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Marie-José Nat

Date of Birth:

Apr 20, 1940

Country of birth:

France

Died:

Oct 10, 2019

Biography of

Marie-José Nat

    Marie-José Benhalassa (22 April 1940 – 10 October 2019), known professionally as Marie-José Nat, was a French actress. Among her notable works in cinema were the sequel films Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc and Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise (1963), directed by André Cayatte. In 1974, she received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Violins at the Ball.

    Benhalassa was born in Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, to a Kabyle Berber father, Abdelkader Benhalassa, and a Corsican mother, Vincentine (Biancarelli).

    In 1960, she married the actor Roger Dumas and divorced him in 1962. She then married French director Michel Drach with whom she had three sons, David, Julien and Aurélien. They divorced in 1981. She had a relationship of several years with the actor Victor Lanoux. On 30 September 2005 she married the painter, writer and songwriter Serge Rezvani in her third marriage.

    She died in Paris of cancer at age 79.

    After secondary studies at the Ajaccio high school, Benhalassa entered the cours Simon in Paris.

    Benhalassa began her career as a cover-girl and haute-couture model. In 1955, she won a competition from the magazine Femmes d'aujourd'hui which allowed her to become Jean-Claude Pascal's partner in a photo comics entitled L'amour est un songe.

    Denys de La Patellière offered her her first major role in 1959 in Rue des prairies alongside Jean Gabin, in which she played his daughter. The following year, she performed in a comedy sketch by René Clair alongside Claude Rich and Yves Robert, and obtained a major role in La Vérité by Henri-Georges Clouzot, playing Brigitte Bardot's rival opposite Sami Frey.

    In 1965, she married filmmaker Michel Drach; they had three children and divorced in 1981. She starred in several of her husband's films: Amelie or The Time to Love (1961), Elise, or Real Life (1970) and Les violons du bal (1974), inspired by his childhood experiences during World War II. She was also known for Train of Life (1998), Litan (1982) and The Dacians (1966) with Jean Sorel, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Victor Lanoux and Bernadette Lafont as acting partners.

    In 2001, Nat was a member of the jury at the 36th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2001, and at the 24th Cabourg Film Festival in 2010.

    She was the very first person to appear on the front cover of Télé 7 Jours in its current name on March 26, 1960.

    Nat was awarded Best Actress at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in Violins at the Ball, and the film was nominated for the Golden Palm award.

    She was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur on 31 December 2004, chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite on 18 November 2002 and promoted to the rank of officer on 14 November 2011, commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres as a member of the conseil de l'ordre of which she was a member from 1 March 2001 until April 2012.

    Source: Article "Marie-José Nat" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Filmography of

Marie-José Nat

Found 40 Movies in total

Murder in Batz

Jeanne Gourvennec ( Actor )

... 2015

My Russian Uncle

Geneviève Ferrand ( Actor )

... 2006

Elena's Gift

Elena ( Actor )

... 2004

... 2004

The Year when I Was Seven

Alice dite Yaya ( Actor )

... 2003

Train of Life

Sura ( Actor )

... 1998

Deux mamans pour Noël

Marie ( Actor )

... 1998

Le nombril du monde

Oumi ( Actor )

... 1993

... 1992

Litan

Nora ( Actor )

... 1982

... 1981

Disobedience

Madre di Luca ( Actor )

... 1981

Replay

Cécile ( Actor )

... 1977

... 1975

Tell Me You Love Me

Charlotte Le Royer ( Actor )

... 1974

Violins at the Ball

She, Michel's wife ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1973

Embassy

Laure ( Actor )

... 1972

Elise, or Real Life

Elise Le Tellier ( Actor )

... 1970

Opium and the Stick

Farroudja ( Actor )

... 1970

The Dacians

Meda ( Actor )

... 1967

Diamond Safari

Electre ( Actor )

... 1966

A Woman in White

Claude Sauvage ( Actor )

... 1965

... 1965

... 1964

... 1964

The Seven Deadly Sins

La jeune femme (segment "La colère") ( Actor )

... 1962

The Marriage of Figaro

Chérubin ( Actor )

... 1961

... 1961

The Menace

Josepha ( Actor )

... 1961

The Truth

Annie Marceau ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1960

... 1960

... 1959

Rue de Paris

Odette ( Actor )

... 1959

You Have Nothing to Declare?

Lise Dupont ( Actor )

... 1959

La Nuit de Tom Brown

Dorothy "Dot" Brown ( Actor )

... 1959

... 1958

Give Me My Chance

Rosine ( Actor )

... 1957

Crime and Punishment

La jeune fille du bal ( Actor )

... 1956