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name: "Macha Méril"
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born: "3 September 1940"
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updated: "2026-09-16T14:05:03.025202+00:00"
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# Macha Méril

Actor. Born 3 September 1940 in Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco].

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 September 1940, Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]
- **Also known as:** Macha Meril, Marie-Madeleine Gagarine, Macha Meryl, Маша Мериль, Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina

## Biography

Macha Méril is a French actress born on 3 September 1940 in Rabat, then in the French Protectorate in Morocco. Of Russian princely descent on her father's side, she studied literature at the Sorbonne before training at the Cours Dullin of the Théâtre National Populaire.

She made her screen debut in *La Main chaude* (1960) and rose to prominence with the lead in Jean-Luc Godard's *Une femme mariée* (1964). Subsequent roles include parts in Luis Buñuel's *Belle de Jour* (1967), Dario Argento's *Deep Red* (1975) and Agnès Varda's *Vagabond* (1985), in which she played Madame Landier. Méril has also worked as a producer and writer.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Vagabond* (1985), Fi1m 90, as Madame Landier — [page](https://film.one/film/vagabond.md)

## Also known for

- *Deep Red* (1975), Helga Ulmann
- *Belle de Jour* (1967), Renée
- *Happiness Never Comes Alone* (2012), Fanfan Keller
- *Mr. Stein Goes Online* (2017), Marie
- *Beau Pere* (1981), la Maîtresse de maison
- *The Married Woman* (1964), Charlotte
- *Late Night Trains* (1975), The Lady on the Train
- *Deadly Circuit* (1983), Madeleine Beauvoir

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