Juliet Berto (16 January 1947 – 10 January 1990), born Annie Jamet, was a French actress, director and screenwriter. A member of the same loose group of student radicals as

Anne Wiazemsky Anne Wiazemsky (14 May 1947 – 5 October 2017) was a French actress and novelist. She made her cinema debut at the age of 18, playing Marie, the lead character in Robert Bresson's ''Au Hasard Balthazar'' (1966), and went on to appear in several ...

, she first appeared in Jean-Luc Godard's ''

Two or Three Things I Know About Her ''Two or Three Things I Know About Her'' (french: Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle) is a 1967 French New Wave film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, one of three features he completed that year. As with the other two ('' La Chinois ...

'', and would go on to appear in many of Godard's subsequent films, including ''

La Chinoise ''La Chinoise, ou plutôt à la Chinoise: un film en train de se faire'' (English: ''The Chinese, or, rather, in the Chinese manner: a film in the making''), commonly referred to simply as ''La Chinoise'', is a 1967 French political film directed b ...

'', '' Week End'', '' Le Gai Savoir'', and '' Vladimir et Rosa''. She later became a muse for the French New Wave director

Jacques Rivette Jacques Rivette (; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine '' Cahiers du Cinéma''. He made twenty-nine films, including '' L'amour f ...

, starring in ''

Out 1 ''Out 1'', also referred to as ''Out 1: Noli Me Tangere'', is a 1971 French film directed by Jacques Rivette and Suzanne Schiffman. It is indebted to Honoré de Balzac's ''La Comédie humaine'', particularly the ''History of the Thirteen'' colle ...

'' and '' Celine and Julie Go Boating''. In the 1980s she became a screenwriter and film director. Her film ''

Cap Canaille Cap Canaille is a headland situated in the Bouches-du-Rhône ''département'', in southern France, on the Mediterranean Sea coast between the towns Cassis and La Ciotat and about 27 km (16 mi) from the centre of Marseille. At , it is th ...

'' (1983) was entered into the

33rd Berlin International Film Festival The 33rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 18 February to 1 March 1983. The festival opened with the out of competition film, '' Tootsie'' by Sydney Pollack. The Golden Bear was awarded to the British film '' Ascendancy'' ...

. In 1987, she was a member of the jury at the

37th Berlin International Film Festival The 37th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February to 3 March 1987. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Soviet Union film ''Tema'' directed by Gleb Panfilov. The retrospective was in honour of Armenian-American film and ...

. She died of

breast cancer Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a r ...

six days before her 43rd birthday.Juliet Berto biography
mubi.com. Accessed September 13, 2022.

Partial filmography

* '' 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her'' (1967) - Girl talking to Robert * ''

'' (1967) - Yvonne * '' Weekend'' (1967) - Une activiste du FLSO / La jeune bourgeoise accidentée (uncredited) * ''

Wheel of Ashes ''Wheel of Ashes'' is a 1968 French film directed by Peter Emmanuel Goldman. Cast *Pierre Clémenti Pierre André Clémenti (28 September 1942 – 27 December 1999) was a French actor. Life and career Born in Paris to an unknown father and Rose ...

'' (1968) - Girl Playing Pinball 1 * ''Ciné-girl'' (1969) - Régine * ''Détruisez-vous'' (1969) * '' Joy of Learning'' (1969) - Patricia Lumumba * '' Slogan'' (1969) - L'assistante de Serge / Secretary * ''Je, tu, elles...'' (1969) - La femme qui achète les hommes sur catalogue * ''Camarades'' (1970) - Juliette * ''L'escadron Volapük'' (1970) - Marguerite, la serveuse * ''Un été sauvage'' (1970) - Sylvie * ''L'araignée d'eau'' (1970) * ''Vladimir and Rosa'' (1971) - Juliet / Weatherwoman / Hippie (uncredited) * ' (1971) - Annick Damien * ''La cavale'' (1971) - Annick Damien * ''

'' (1971) - Frederique * ''Sex-shop'' (1972) - Isabelle * ''Les caïds'' (1972) - Célia Murelli * ''Out 1: Spectre'' (1972) - Frederique * ''Les petits enfants d'Attila'' (1972) - La religieuse (uncredited) * ''Le retour d'Afrique'' (1973) - Juliet * ''Défense de savoir'' (1973) - Juliette Cristiani * ''Erica Minor'' (1974) - Claude * ''Le protecteur'' (1974) - Nathalie Malakian * ''Summer Run'' (1974) * '' Celine and Julie Go Boating'' (1974) - Celine * '' The Middle of the World'' (1974) - Juliette * ''Le mâle du siècle'' (1975) - Isabelle * ''Claro'' (1975) * '' Mr. Klein'' (1976) - Jeanine * ''

Duelle ''Duelle (Une )'' is a 1976 experimental fantasy drama directed by Jacques Rivette. The main title is a neologistic feminine form for the noun "duel." The director-assigned English title is ''Twhylight'', a combination of "twilight" and "why". The ...

'' (1976) - Leni * ''

The Moving Picture Man ''The Moving Picture Man'' ( es, El cine soy yo) is a 1977 Venezuelan drama film directed by Luis Armando Roche. It was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Juliet Berto Juliet Berto (16 January 1947 – 10 Janua ...

'' (1977) * ''

L'Argent des Autres (''Other People's Money'') is a 1978 French drama film directed by Christian de Chalonge, and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Deneuve, Claude Brasseur and Michel Serrault. It won the Louis Delluc Prize and the César Award for Best ...

'' (1978) - Arlette Rivière * ''Roberte'' (1979) - Petit F * ''Bastien Bastienne'' (1979) - Catherine * ''Destins parallèles'' (1979) * ''Guns'' (1980) - Margot * '' Neige'' (1981) - Anita * ''Conversa Acabada'' (1981) - Helena * ''

'' (1983) - Paula Baretto * ''

Family Life Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideal ...

'' (1985) - Mara * ''Adolescente, sucre d'amour'' (1985) - Juliette * ''Un amour à Paris'' (1987) - Mona * '' Hôtel du Paradis'' (1987) - Prostitute * ''Papillon du vertige'' (1987) - Clarisse

References

External links

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Juliet Berto's Cinématon - A 4 minutes online portrait of the actress by Gérard Courant
1947 births 1990 deaths 20th-century French actresses 20th-century French screenwriters 20th-century French women writers Actresses from Grenoble Deaths from cancer in France French film actresses French film directors French women film directors French women screenwriters {{france-film-actor-stub