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Jean Dorothy Seberg (November 13, 1938 – August 30, 1979) was an American actress who lived half her life in France.
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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.
Gender
Female
Birthday
November 13, 1938
Died
August 30, 1979
Birthplace
Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
Also Known As
Breathless
1960
Airport
1970
Paint Your Wagon
1969
Bonjour Tristesse
1958
The Mouse That Roared
1959
A Fine Madness
1966
Lilith
1964
Macho Callahan
1971
Pendulum
1969
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
The Assassination
1972
Backfire
1964
Line of Demarcation
1966
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
Kill!
1971
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
Saint Joan
1957
The Wild Duck
1976
Godard by Godard
2023
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
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