---
name: "Françoise Lebrun"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/francoise-lebrun"
fi1m_id: "francoise-lebrun"
imdb_id: "nm0495950"
tmdb_id: 236639
wikidata_id: "Q3086542"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 August 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T17:41:13.715473+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Françoise Lebrun

## Identity

Françoise Lebrun

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/francoise-lebrun
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** francoise-lebrun
- **IMDb ID:** nm0495950
- **TMDB ID:** 236639
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3086542
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Lebrun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3086542, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0495950/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/236639

Actor. Born 18 August 1944 in France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 August 1944, France
- **Active:** 1973–present
- **Also known as:** Francoise Lebrun, François Lebrun
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (2), 2000s 87 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, History 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $20m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Lebrun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3086542, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0495950/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/236639

## Biography

Françoise Lebrun is a French actress. She made her screen debut as Veronika in Jean Eustache’s *The Mother and the Whore* (1973).

Lebrun has appeared in numerous French films, including *India Song* (1975), *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly* (2007), *Séraphine* (2008), *My Golden Days* (2015) and *Vortex* (2021). She is also credited in the 2026 series *Paolo*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com, fr.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly* (2007), Fi1m 87, as Madame Bauby — [page](https://film.one/film/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly.md)
- *India Song* (1975), Fi1m 78, as Voix de la Réception (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/india-song.md)
- *The Mother and the Whore* (1973), Fi1m 86, as Veronika — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mother-and-the-whore.md)

## Complete filmography (87)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Paolo* (2026), series, Actor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/paolo.md)
- *Goodbye Cruel World* (2026), as Narrator (voice)
- *Love Would Have Sufficed, Even for Nietzsche* (2026), Actor
- *Father Mother Sister Brother* (2025), as Madame Gautier
- *Before What Comes After* (2025), as Mme Léonie
- *Filmlovers!* (2025), as The Grandmother
- *Paternal* (2024), as Rozenn
- *Being Blanche Houellebecq* (2024), as Françoise
- *No One and Nothing* (2024), as Monique
- *Double foyer* (2024), as Catherine
- *I Am Pierre Creton, Normand and Filmmaker* (2023), as Françoise Lebrun
- *A Prince* (2023), as La mère
- *The Book of Solutions* (2023), as Denise
- *The Wall of the Dead* (2023), as La Grand-mère
- *Ceux de la nuit* (2023), as Narrator (voice)
- *Almost Fall* (2022), Actor
- *15 Ways to Kill Your Neighbour* (2022), as Agnès
- *Vortex* (2021), as Elle
- *Bazin roman* (2021), as voix-off
- *Before Tim* (2020), as Denise
- *Twelve Thousand* (2020), as Anouk
- *Thalasso* (2019), as Françoise Lebrun
- *Silent Streams* (2019), Actor
- *Love Blooms* (2019), as Françoise
- *Black Earth Rising* (2018), series, as Madame Florence Patenaude
- *My Life with James Dean* (2018), as Géraud's mother
- *The Sower* (2017), as Blanche
- *Go, Toto!* (2017), as Madeline (voice)
- *Thirst Street* (2017), as Landlady
- *Porto* (2017), as Mother
- *The Girl Without Hands* (2016), as La Mère (voice)
- *The Dunce* (2016), as Valentine
- *Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman* (2016), Actor
- *Looking for Her* (2016), as Renée Lefèvre
- *The Girl and the River* (2015), as Mileva Einstein
- *Fever* (2015), as Sarah
- *My Golden Days* (2015), as Rose
- *Mémoires Sélectives* (2015), as Alice
- *The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq* (2014), as Françoise
- *Only the Fire* (2013), as Françoise
- *Just a Sigh* (2013), as Alix's mother (voice)
- *The Nun* (2013), as Madame de Moni
- *Dead Europe* (2012), as Leah
- *ID:A* (2011), as Isabelle
- *Crazy Quilt* (2011), Director
- *Holiday* (2010), as Marie-Paule, la femme de chambre
- *63 Glances* (2010), as Woman 3
- *Tomorrow at Dawn* (2009), as Claire Guibert
- *Julie & Julia* (2009), as Baker's Mother
- *Ah! The Libido* (2009), as La femme élégante hôtel Betty
- *Séraphine* (2008), as La mère supérieure
- *EA2 (2e exercice d'admiration : Jean Eustache)* (2008), Actor
- *The Key* (2007), as Florence Arp
- *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly* (2007), as Madame Bauby — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly.md)
- *Fragments sur la grâce* (2006), as Une lectrice
- *Et + si @ff* (2006), as Germaine Sémouly · Writer
- *À vot' bon cœur* (2005), as Françoise, Paul's wife
- *Inguélézi* (2004), as The mother
- *Malraux, the Daring Dreamer* (2001), Actor
- *Electroménager* (2001), as Psychiatrist
- *On a très peu d'amis* (1998), as Rose
- *Une nouvelle douceur* (1997), Actor
- *Just for Laughs* (1997), as L'infirmière
- *The Marked Woman* (1992), series, as Lady Witney
- *Fugue en sol mineur* (1992), as La foraine
- *La Fille du magicien* (1990), Writer
- *Trous de mémoire* (1985), as The woman
- *At the Top of the Stairs* (1983), as Michèle · Dialogue
- *Pornoscopie* (1983), Actor
- *L'Homme fragile* (1981), as Cécile Delvert
- *My Dearest* (1980), as The woman doctor
- *The Virgin of Pessac 79* (1979), Writer, Assistant Director
- *A Dirty Story* (1977), Actor
- *Ben and Benedict* (1977), as Ben / Bénédicte
- *My Heart Is Red* (1977), as Clara
- *Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert* (1976), Actor
- *French Provincial* (1975), as Augustine jeune
- *India Song* (1975), as Voix de la Réception (voice) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/india-song.md)
- *The Pig* (1975), Producer
- *Woman of the Ganges* (1974), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Mother and the Whore* (1973), as Veronika — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mother-and-the-whore.md)
- *Le Château de Pointilly* (1972), as La jeune femme
- *Ce que cherche Jacques* (1970), as L'étudiante en musicologie
- *The Virgin of Pessac* (1968), Writer, Assistant Director
- *Les Rives du fleuve*, as Mère d’Alice
- *Love u Hiroshima*, Actor
- *Leila et la Nuit*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Françoise Lebrun](https://film.one/media/person/95132/gallery-158face174ca.jpg) Françoise Lebrun — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Fran%C3%A7oise_Lebrun_%282022%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Françoise Lebrun en rencontre à la boutique Potemkine, en décembre 2023.](https://film.one/media/person/95132/gallery-15927923b6fa.jpg) Françoise Lebrun en rencontre à la boutique Potemkine, en décembre 2023. — ManoSolo13241324, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Fran%C3%A7oise_Lebrun_2023.jpg/1280px-Fran%C3%A7oise_Lebrun_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The Mother And The Whore + Francoise Lebrun Intro - Picturehouse Central - Wednesday 20th April 2022](https://film.one/media/person/95132/gallery-a07ac6b5abf0.jpg) The Mother And The Whore + Francoise Lebrun Intro - Picturehouse Central - Wednesday 20th April 2022 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Fran%C3%A7oise_Lebrun_%282022%29.jpg/1280px-Fran%C3%A7oise_Lebrun_%282022%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The Mother And The Whore + Francoise Lebrun Intro - Picturehouse Central - Wednesday 20th April 2022](https://film.one/media/person/95132/gallery-87d730b504e0.jpg) The Mother And The Whore + Francoise Lebrun Intro - Picturehouse Central - Wednesday 20th April 2022 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/MothWhorePCen200422_%282_of_4%29.jpg/1280px-MothWhorePCen200422_%282_of_4%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Françoise Lebrun](https://film.one/media/person/95132/gallery-0918d32ac77e.jpg) Françoise Lebrun — Image via TMDB
- ![Françoise Lebrun](https://film.one/media/person/95132/gallery-b66e7301a7d9.jpg) Françoise Lebrun — Image via TMDB
- ![The Mother And The Whore + Francoise Lebrun Intro - Picturehouse Central - Wednesday 20th April 2022](https://film.one/media/person/95132/gallery-24761520808a.jpg) The Mother And The Whore + Francoise Lebrun Intro - Picturehouse Central - Wednesday 20th April 2022 — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/MothWhorePCen200422_%281_of_4%29.jpg/1280px-MothWhorePCen200422_%281_of_4%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Françoise Lebrun en 2022.](https://film.one/media/person/95132/gallery-8a0915b1ce91.jpg) Françoise Lebrun en 2022. — ManoSolo13241324, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Fran%C3%A7oise_Lebrun_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Officer of Arts and Letters 2013: Officer of Arts and Letters (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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