Marie-José Nat

Personal Info

Birthday

April 20, 1940

Day of Death

2019-10-10

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Bonifacio, Corse, France

Also Known As

Marie-José Benhalassa

Marie-José Nat

Biography

Marie-José Benhalassa (22 April 1940 – 10 October 2019), known professionally as Marie-José Nat, was a French actress. Among her notable works in cinema were the sequel films Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc and Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise (1963), directed by André Cayatte.

In 1974, she received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Violins at the Ball. Benhalassa was born in Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, to a Kabyle Berber father, Abdelkader Benhalassa, and a Corsican mother, Vincentine (Biancarelli). In 1960, she married the actor Roger Dumas and divorced him in 1962.

Known For

Les Gens de Mogador

Embassy

Disobedience

Train of Life

The Seven Deadly Sins

The Dacians

The Truth

Love and the Frenchwoman

Filmography

2015
Murder in Batz
as Jeanne Gourvennec
2007
Winnetou darf nicht sterben
as Herself
2006
My Russian Uncle
as Geneviève Ferrand
2004
Elena's Gift
as Elena
Ceux qui aiment ne meurent jamais
as Éva
2003
The Year when I Was Seven
as Alice dite Yaya
1998
Train of Life
as Sura
Deux mamans pour Noël
as Marie
1993
Le nombril du monde
as Oumi
1992
Black River
as Mrs. Ginette
1982
Litan
as Nora
1981
Disobedience
as Madre di Luca
1977
Replay
as Cécile
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
as Self
1975
Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir
as Ethel Rosenberg
1974
Tell Me You Love Me
as Charlotte le Royer
Violins at the Ball
as She, Michel's wife
1972
Embassy
as Laure
1970
Elise, or Real Life
as Elise Le Tellier
Opium and the Stick
as Farroudja
1969
Diamond Rush
as Lucia
1967
The Dacians
as Meda
1966
Diamond Safari
as Electre
1965
A Woman in White
as Claude Sauvage
The Real Bargain
as Béatrice
1964
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
as Françoise Dubreuil
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
as Françoise
1963
Un coup dans l'aile
as Nicole
1962
Sentimental Education
as Anne Arnoux
The Seven Deadly Sins
as La Jeune Femme (segment "La colère")
1961
The Marriage of Figaro
as Chérubin
Amelie or The Time to Love
as Amélie
The Menace
as Josepha
1960
The Truth
as Annie Marceau
Love and the Frenchwoman
as Line, la jeune mariée (segment "Le Mariage")
1959
Rue de Paris
as Odette
You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Lise Dupont
La Nuit de Tom Brown
as Dorothy "Dot" Brown
1957
Give Me My Chance
as Rosine
1956
Crime and Punishment
as La jeune fille du bal