---
name: "Juliette Mayniel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/juliette-mayniel"
fi1m_id: "juliette-mayniel"
imdb_id: "nm0562831"
tmdb_id: 24300
wikidata_id: "Q539582"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 January 1936"
died: "21 July 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T09:06:08.570447+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."
---

# Juliette Mayniel

## Identity

Juliette Mayniel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/juliette-mayniel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** juliette-mayniel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0562831
- **TMDB ID:** 24300
- **Wikidata ID:** Q539582
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Mayniel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q539582, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562831/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24300

Actor. Born 22 January 1936 in Saint-Hippolyte, Aveyron, France. Died 21 July 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 January 1936, Saint-Hippolyte, Aveyron, France
- **Died:** 21 July 2023
- **Also known as:** Raymonde Marie Juliette Meyniel
- **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Mayniel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q539582, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562831/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24300

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Eyes Without a Face*](https://film.one/film/eyes-without-a-face.md) (86)

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## Biography

Juliette Mayniel (22 January 1936 – 21 July 2023) was a French actress. She appeared in more than 30 films and television productions between 1958 and 1978. Her feature film debut was in *The Cousins* (1959), directed by Claude Chabrol.

She played Edna Grüber in Georges Franju's *Eyes Without a Face* (1960). At the 10th Berlin International Film Festival she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her role in *The Fair* (1960). From 1964 to 1968 she was the partner of the Italian actor Vittorio Gassman, with whom she had a son, Alessandro Gassmann, who also became an actor. She later lived in Mexico.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Eyes Without a Face* (1960), Fi1m 86, as Edna Gruber — [page](https://film.one/film/eyes-without-a-face.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *L'isola* (1983), Actor
- *The Bloodstained Shadow* (1978), as Signora Nardi
- *Dog Lay Afternoon* (1976), as Yvette
- *Il maestro di violino* (1976), as contessa Margherita di Sansevero
- *I prosseneti* (1976), as La contessa Gilda
- *The Family Vice* (1975), as Magda
- *Scandal in the Family* (1975), as Piera - Carlo's wife
- *Women in the Sun* (1974), as Emma
- *The Knock Out Cop* (1973), as Maria
- *The Moonlit Road* (1973), as Katarzyna
- *A Love Story Today* (1970), as Myra / Helena
- *Quella piccola differenza* (1969), as Antonella
- *The Odyssey* (1969), as Circe
- *The Wild Cat* (1968), Actor
- *Listen, Let's Make Love* (1968), as Gilberta
- *The Odyssey* (1968), series, as Circe
- *Assassination in Rome* (1965), as Lorena Borelli
- *Amori pericolosi* (1964), as The lame wife (segment "Il passo")
- *Il passo* (1964), Actor
- *Because, Because of a Woman* (1963), as Chloé
- *Ophélia* (1963), as Lucie
- *Bluebeard* (1963), as Mme Collomb
- *Ça c'est la vie* (1962), Actor
- *Jusqu'à plus soif* (1962), as Maie-Anne
- *The Trojan Horse* (1961), as Creusa
- *Skin and Bones* (1961), as Michèle
- *The Fair* (1960), as Annette
- *Do or Die!* (1960), as Edith
- *Eyes Without a Face* (1960), as Edna Gruber — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/eyes-without-a-face.md)
- *A Couple* (1960), as Anne
- *The Night of the Hunted* (1959), as Josette
- *Island Fisherman* (1959), as Gaude Mével
- *The Cousins* (1959), as Florence
- *Premier mai* (1958), as (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Juliette Mayniel](https://film.one/media/person/3877107/gallery-5419fa92e2d2.jpg) Juliette Mayniel — Oriol Maspons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Oriol_Maspons_%E2%80%94_Juliette_Mayniel_%281960%29.jpg/1280px-Oriol_Maspons_%E2%80%94_Juliette_Mayniel_%281960%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Screenshot dal film Il vizio di famiglia (1975) estratto personalmente](https://film.one/media/person/3877107/gallery-527112a19e01.png) Screenshot dal film Il vizio di famiglia (1975) estratto personalmente — Mariano Laurenti (director) / Federico Zanni (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Il_vizio_di_famiglia_19.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Screenshot dal film Il vizio di famiglia (1975) estratto personalmente](https://film.one/media/person/3877107/gallery-06aa8e98466e.png) Screenshot dal film Il vizio di famiglia (1975) estratto personalmente — Mariano Laurenti (director) / Federico Zanni (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Il_vizio_di_famiglia_18.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Screenshot dal film Il vizio di famiglia (1975) estratto personalmente](https://film.one/media/person/3877107/gallery-684834d19b14.png) Screenshot dal film Il vizio di famiglia (1975) estratto personalmente — Mariano Laurenti (director) / Federico Zanni (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Il_vizio_di_famiglia_17.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Juliette Mayniel](https://film.one/media/person/3877107/gallery-8ca00b4f545f.jpg) Juliette Mayniel — Image via TMDB
- ![Juliette Mayniel](https://film.one/media/person/3877107/gallery-4068f9e45007.jpg) Juliette Mayniel — Image via TMDB
- ![Juliette Mayniel](https://film.one/media/person/3877107/gallery-876619c0c586.jpg) Juliette Mayniel — Image via TMDB
- ![Screenshot dal film Il vizio di famiglia (1975) estratto personalmente](https://film.one/media/person/3877107/gallery-4f1936e4a885.png) Screenshot dal film Il vizio di famiglia (1975) estratto personalmente — Mariano Laurenti (director) / Federico Zanni (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Il_vizio_di_famiglia_32.png/1280px-Il_vizio_di_famiglia_32.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Screenshot dal film Il vizio di famiglia (1975) estratto personalmente](https://film.one/media/person/3877107/gallery-513b469e0877.png) Screenshot dal film Il vizio di famiglia (1975) estratto personalmente — Mariano Laurenti (director) / Federico Zanni (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Il_vizio_di_famiglia_07.png/1280px-Il_vizio_di_famiglia_07.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Juliette Mayniel](https://film.one/media/person/3877107/gallery-5345236d50ba.jpg) Juliette Mayniel — Image via TMDB
- ![Juliette Mayniel](https://film.one/media/person/3877107/gallery-446fb0d29226.jpg) Juliette Mayniel — Image via TMDB
- ![Juliette Mayniel](https://film.one/media/person/3877107/gallery-59a4c8a7193b.jpg) Juliette Mayniel — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won

- 1960: Best Actress (won), for *The Fair*

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

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