Jean Dorothy Seberg was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, to substitute teacher Dorothy Arline (Benson) and pharmacist Edward Waldemar Seberg. Her father was of Swedish descent and her mother was of English and German ancestry.
One month before her 18th birthday, Jean landed the title role
in
Otto Preminger's
Saint Joan (1957) after a
much-publicized contest involving some 18,000 hopefuls. The failure of
that film and the only moderate success of her next,
Bonjour Tristesse (1958),
combined to stall Seberg's career, until her role in
Jean-Luc Godard's landmark feature,
Breathless (1960),
brought her renewed international attention. Seberg gave a memorable
performance as a schizophrenic in the title role of
Robert Rossen's
Lilith (1964) opposite
Warren Beatty and went on to
appear in over 30 films in Hollywood and Europe.
In the late 1960s, Seberg became involved in anti-war politics and was
the target of an undercover campaign by the FBI to discredit her
because of her association with several members of the Black Panther
party. She was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Paris in 1979.
Ballad for Billy the Kid(1974)
Le bleu des origines(1979)as Jean Seberg
The Wild Duck(1976)as Gina Ekdal, Gattin
Le grand délire(1975)as Emily
White Horses of Summer(1975)as Lea Kingsburg
The Road to Corinth(1967)
Our Agent Tiger(1965)
In the French Style(1963)
Breathless(1960)
The Corruption of Chris Miller(1973)
Monsieur Cinéma(1967)as Self
Les Hautes Solitudes(1974)as Self
Compression(1995)as Self
Godard par Godard(2023)as Self
Belmondo L'Incorrigible(2022)as Patricia Franchini, Olga Celan
La Nouvelle Vague, une bande à part(2022)as Self
Hollywood Insider(2018)as Self
Les Nuits de France Culture(1994)as Self
