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Jean Seberg

Jean Seberg

Birthday: 1938-11-13 | Place of Birth: Marshalltown, Iowa, USA

Jean Dorothy Seberg (November 13, 1938 – August 30, 1979) was an American actress who lived half her life in France. She appeared in 34 films in Hollywood and in Europe, including Saint Joan, Bonjour Tristesse, Breathless, Lilith, The Mouse That Roared, Moment to Moment, A Fine Madness, Paint Your Wagon, Airport, Macho Callahan, and Gang War in Naples. She was also one of the best-known targets of the FBI COINTELPRO project. Her targeting was a well-documented retaliation for her support of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s. Seberg died at the age of 40 in Paris, with police ruling her death a probable suicide. Romain Gary, Seberg's second husband, called a press conference shortly after her death where he publicly blamed the FBI's campaign against Seberg for her deteriorating mental health. Gary claimed that Seberg "became psychotic" after the media reported a false story that the FBI planted about her becoming pregnant with a Black Panther's child in 1970. Romain Gary stated that Seberg had repeatedly attempted suicide on the anniversary of the child's death, August 25.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1995
1974
Mousey

as    Laura Richardson, formerly Anderson

1973
The Corruption of Chris Miller

as    Ruth Miller

1972
Camorra

as    Luisa

1971
Kill!

as    Emily Hamilton

1970
Airport

as    Tanya Livingston

1969
Pendulum

as    Adele Matthews

1969
Paint Your Wagon

as    Elizabeth Woodling

1966
A Fine Madness

as    Lydia West

1964
Lilith

as    Lilith Arthur

1960
Let No Man Write My Epitaph

as    Barbara Holloway

1958
Bonjour Tristesse

as    Cecile

1957
Saint Joan

as    St. Joan of Arc