Emmanuelle Riva

Actor

About

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Also Known As
Paulette Germaine Riva
Birth Place
Cheniménil, Vosges, FR
Born
February 24, 1927
Died
January 28, 2017
Cause of Death
Cancer

Filmography

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The Great Alibi (2008)
Mon Fils A Moi (2006)
Eros Therapy (2004)
C'Est La Vie (2001)
Dominique
Venus Beauty Institute (French) (1999)
Aunt Lyda
Arthur Rimbaud (1996)

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Kapo (1960) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Forget Everything
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Kapo (1960) -- (Movie Clip) It's No Use Being Healthy

Notes

She was awarded an honorary rank as knight by French Legion of Honor in January 1990.

Biography

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Great Alibi (2008)
Mon Fils A Moi (2006)
Eros Therapy (2004)
C'Est La Vie (2001)
Dominique
Venus Beauty Institute (French) (1999)
Aunt Lyda
Arthur Rimbaud (1996)
God, My Mother's Lover and the Butcher's Son (1995)
Blue (1993)
The Mother
A Shadow of a Doubt (1993)
Marie'S Mother
Pour Sacha (1992)
Madame Malka
Loin du Bresil (1992)
Juliette
Niezwykla Podroz Baltazara Kobera (1988)
Liberte la Nuit (1984)
Gli Occhi, la Bocca (1984)
Mother
Un Delitto (1984)
Madame Louise
Le Diable au Coeur (1976)
Mother
Au long de la riviere Fango (1974)
Mathilde
J'Irai Comme Un Cheval Fou (1973)
Madame Rey
Les Portes de Feu (1972)
Baronne
The Hours of Love (1965)
Maretta
Love à la Carte (1965)
Marilina
Thomas the Imposter (1965)
The Princess Debormes
Thérèse (1963)
Thérèse
Leon Morin, Priest (1961)
Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1960)
Elle
Kapo (1959)
Thérèse

Life Events

1953

Went to first audition in Paris, France

1958

First film appearance, an uncredited role in the Jean Gabin film "Les grandes familles"

1959

Discovered by filmmaker Alain Resnais while starring in a Dominique Rolin play "L'Epouvantail" in Paris

1959

Starred in Resnais' "Hiroshima Mon Amour"

1960

Played a Jewish prisoner in a concentration camp in Gillo Pontecorvo's " Kapò"

1961

Cast opposite Jean-Paul Belmondo in Jean-Pierre Melville's groundbreaking " Léon Morin, Priest"

1962

Played title heroine in Georges Franju's "Thérèse Desqueyroux"

1965

First onscreen pairing with Jean-Louis Trintignant, segment titled "La donna che viveva sola" in Italian comedy "Io uccido, tu uccidi/I Kill, You Kill"

1989

Acted in French TV movie "Catherine de Médicis"

1993

Cast as the mother of Juliette Binoche's character in "Three Colors: Blue," directed by Krzysztof Kie¿lowski

2011

Had career renaissance with role opposite Jean-Louis Trintignant in "Amour"; they played a married couple whose life changes drastically when she suffers a stroke

2013

Became oldest actress ever to receive Oscar nomination for Actress in a Leading Role (for "Amour")

Videos

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Kapo (1960) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Forget Everything French teenager Edith (Susan Strasberg), now posing as a common thief so her Nazi captors won't realize she's Jewish, is comforted by fellow prisoners Sofia (Didi Perego) and Terese (Emmanuelle Riva), en route to a concentration camp, in Gillo Pontecorvo's Kapo, 1960.
Kapo (1960) -- (Movie Clip) It's No Use Being Healthy In a concentration camp for political prisoners and criminals, women prepare for examination by Nazi officials, hoping to appear healthy enough to be worth saving, Susan Strasberg as French teen Edith, whose captors don't know she's Jewish, in Gillo Pontecorvo's Kapo, 1960.

Bibliography

Notes

She was awarded an honorary rank as knight by French Legion of Honor in January 1990.

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