---
name: "Marianne Faithfull"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marianne-faithfull"
fi1m_id: "marianne-faithfull"
imdb_id: "nm0265717"
tmdb_id: 19995
wikidata_id: "Q48280"
roles: []
born: "29 December 1946"
died: "30 January 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T05:38:05.656925+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."
---

# Marianne Faithfull

## Identity

Marianne Faithfull

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marianne-faithfull
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marianne-faithfull
- **IMDb ID:** nm0265717
- **TMDB ID:** 19995
- **Wikidata ID:** Q48280
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Faithfull, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48280, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265717/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19995

Actor. Born 29 December 1946 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. Died 30 January 2025.

## Details

- **Born:** 29 December 1946, Hampstead, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 30 January 2025
- **Active:** 2006–2021
- **Also known as:** Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull, ماریان فیث‌فول
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (1), 2020s 76 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Faithfull, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48280, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265717/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19995

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Marie Antoinette*](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Marianne Faithfull (1946–2025) was an English singer and actress. She began her career in 1964 after being discovered at a party by the Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham and achieved early success with the single "As Tears Go By".

Faithfull appeared in films including *The Girl on a Motorcycle* (1968) and *Hamlet* (1969). Later roles included Maria Teresa in Sofia Coppola's *Marie Antoinette* (2006), a segment in *Paris, je t'aime* (2006), and Maggie in *Irina Palm* (2007), for which she received a nomination for Best Actress at the European Film Awards. She also provided voice work as a Bene Gesserit ancestor in *Dune* (2021).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, mariannefaithfull.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Dune* (2021), Fi1m 76, as Bene Gesserit Ancestor (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/dune.md)
- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), Fi1m 74, as Maria Teresa — [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *Dune* (2021), as Bene Gesserit Ancestor (voice) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/dune.md)
- *Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful* (2020), as S elf
- *Shelley's Blaze* (2018), as Narrator (voice)
- *Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence* (2017), Actor
- *Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones* (2015), Actor
- *The Beatles 1+* (2015), Actor
- *Belle du Seigneur* (2012), as Mariette
- *Faces in the Crowd* (2011), as Dr. Langenkamp
- *Marianne Faithfull - BBC 4 Sessions* (2009), Actor
- *FM* (2009), series, as Joe's Mum
- *The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume Two* (2007), Actor
- *Irina Palm* (2007), as Maggie
- *Paris Je T'aime* (2006), as Marianne (Le Marais)
- *Le Marais* (2006), as Marianne
- *Marie Antoinette* (2006), as Maria Teresa — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/marie-antoinette.md)
- *Marianne Faithfull - Live in Hollywood* (2005), Actor
- *Nord-plage* (2004), Actor
- *Art & the 60s* (2004), Actor
- *A Letter to True* (2004), as Narrator (voice)
- *His Brother* (2003), as Compositors
- *Far from China* (2001), as Helen
- *Intimacy* (2001), as Betty
- *Retying the Knot: The Incredible String Band* (1997), Actor
- *Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout* (1996), as God
- *Crimetime* (1996), as Club Singer
- *Moondance* (1995), as Mother
- *Shopping* (1994), as Bev
- *Eurotrash* (1993), series, Actor
- *When Pigs Fly* (1993), as Lilly
- *Absolutely Fabulous* (1992), series, as God — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/absolutely-fabulous.md)
- *The Turn of the Screw* (1992), as Narrator
- *Dreaming* (1991), as Woman in Crowd
- *Marianne Faithfull: Blazing Away* (1990), as Vocals
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Woman in Crowd
- *Broken English: Three Songs by Marianne Faithfull* (1979), as Songs
- *Assault on Agathon* (1975), as Helen Rochefort
- *Lucifer Rising* (1974), as Lilith (uncredited)
- *Magick Lantern Cycle* (1974), as Lilith
- *Ghost Story* (1974), as Sophy Kwykwer
- *The Stronger* (1971), Actor
- *Cucumber Castle* (1970), as Marianne Faithfull
- *Hamlet* (1969), as Ophelia
- *W. Somerset Maugham* (1969), series, as Anne Torel
- *The Girl on a Motorcycle* (1968), as Rebecca
- *Anna* (1968), as Une jeune femme dans la soirée dansante
- *I'll Never Forget What's'isname* (1967), as Josie
- *Made in U.S.A* (1967), as Marianne Faithfull
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Lonesome Sally
- *Who's Crazy?* (1965), Music

## Gallery

- ![Marianne Faithfull](https://film.one/media/person/450398/gallery-65893f91f3e1.jpg) Marianne Faithfull — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Marianne_Faithfull%2C_Women%27s_World_Awards_2009_b.jpg/1280px-Marianne_Faithfull%2C_Women%27s_World_Awards_2009_b.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Marianne Faithfull at the Women's World Award 2009 (Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria).](https://film.one/media/person/450398/gallery-aee48d401a01.jpg) Marianne Faithfull at the Women's World Award 2009 (Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria). — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Marianne_Faithfull%2C_Women%27s_World_Awards_2009_a.jpg/1280px-Marianne_Faithfull%2C_Women%27s_World_Awards_2009_a.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Marianne Faithfull at the premiere of Irina Palm, at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/450398/gallery-d1eec2e53fc8.jpg) Marianne Faithfull at the premiere of Irina Palm, at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival. — Thore Siebrands from Germany, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Marianne_faithfull_berlinale.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Marianne Faithfull singing "This little bird", "Yesterday", "Summer nights" and "As Tears go by" in Dutch TV programme Fanclub, 11 March 1966](https://film.one/media/person/450398/gallery-dbb8b3d2012c.jpg) Marianne Faithfull singing "This little bird", "Yesterday", "Summer nights" and "As Tears go by" in Dutch TV programme Fanclub, 11 March 1966 — Photographer: A. Vente, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Fanclub1966MarianneFaithfull2.jpg/1280px-Fanclub1966MarianneFaithfull2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Marianne Faithfull](https://film.one/media/person/450398/gallery-5895c02e105a.jpg) Marianne Faithfull — Image via TMDB
- ![Marianne Faithfull](https://film.one/media/person/450398/gallery-52fd575a2d08.jpg) Marianne Faithfull — Image via TMDB
- ![Marianne Faithfull](https://film.one/media/person/450398/gallery-9dec09a60280.jpg) Marianne Faithfull — Image via TMDB
- ![Marianne Faithfull singing "Sunny Goodge Street", "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (Ne me quitte pas)" and "That's Right Baby" in Dutch TV programme Fanclub. Regist (1966)](https://film.one/media/person/450398/gallery-17a1aeedfe48.jpg) Marianne Faithfull singing "Sunny Goodge Street", "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (Ne me quitte pas)" and "That's Right Baby" in Dutch TV programme Fanclub. Regist (1966) — Photographer: A. Vente, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Fanclub1966MarianneFaithfull3_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Fanclub1966MarianneFaithfull3_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Marianne Faithfull at the Women's World Award 2009 (Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria).](https://film.one/media/person/450398/gallery-d8a6219fdc60.jpg) Marianne Faithfull at the Women's World Award 2009 (Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria). — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Marianne_Faithfull%2C_Women%27s_World_Awards_2009_c.jpg/1280px-Marianne_Faithfull%2C_Women%27s_World_Awards_2009_c.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Marianne Faithfull](https://film.one/media/person/450398/gallery-d3baa9de6cb4.jpg) Marianne Faithfull — Image via TMDB
- ![Marianne Faithfull](https://film.one/media/person/450398/gallery-8f9b8ac3f4fe.jpg) Marianne Faithfull — Image via TMDB
- ![Marianne Faithfull](https://film.one/media/person/450398/gallery-e2b915f1654e.jpg) Marianne Faithfull — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 2011: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (won)
- European Film Award for Best Actress 2007: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Irina Palm*

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

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