Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Jean-Pierre Léaud: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born May 5, 1944 (age 82) • Paris • France
Movement / Style New Wave

Photos

Jean-Pierre Leaud and Jacqueline Bisset in a scene from Day for Night, with Leaud in a suit looking at Bisset, who faces forward in a patterned dress and large earrings.
scene from Les Quatre Cents Coups
Jean-Pierre Leaud and Claude Jade sit at a table, facing each other and holding hands, in a scene from the 1968 film Stolen Kisses directed by Francois Truffaut.
Jean-Pierre Leaud rests his chin on his hand while holding a notebook, seated beside Anne Wiazemsky, who wears a cap and holds an open book, in a scene from La Chinoise.
See All Images →
Brigitte Bardot stands outdoors in a snowy mountain landscape in Italy, 1958, wearing a jacket and holding a camera in her hands.
Brigitte Bardot
French actress
Delphine Seyrig in Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman
Delphine Seyrig
French actress
Jean-Paul Belmondo stands shirtless beside Jean Seberg, who faces a mirror and applies makeup, in a black-and-white scene from the film Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard.
Jean-Paul Belmondo
French actor
Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau, dressed in period costumes, sit with arms raised and rifles in hand, leading a jubilant crowd in a scene from Viva Maria (1965).
Jeanne Moreau
French actress
Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire
Marlon Brando
American actor
default image
Nestor Almendros
Spanish cinematographer
default image
Charles-Marie Vanel
French actor
Isabelle Huppert wearing a black textured dress with cutout details, smiling and looking to the side at the Cannes Film Festival.
Isabelle Huppert
French actress
Roman Polanski in a close-up portrait, wearing a white collared shirt and dark jacket, smiling slightly at the Cannes Film Festival.
Roman Polanski
Polish film director
Lily-Rose Depp poses for photographers in a sleeveless black dress at The Idol photocall during the 76th Cannes film festival.
Lily-Rose Depp
French-American actress and model
Claudette Colbert in Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Claudette Colbert
American actress
Marion Cotillard smiling and wearing a black dress at the 33rd Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association event.
Marion Cotillard
French actress
God of Carnage
Yasmina Reza
French dramatist, novelist, and actress
Léa Seydoux
Léa Seydoux
French actress
Gerard Depardieu wearing a black jacket and white shirt, looking toward the camera at 'The Homesman' premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
Gérard Depardieu
French actor
Omar Sy smiling and wearing a black and white floral shirt at the Cannes film festival photocall, with a blurred outdoor background.
Omar Sy
French actor
Actress Catherine Deneuve smiling and wearing a black fur coat, pearl earrings, and rings at the Cinema For Peace Gala in Berlin.
Catherine Deneuve
French actress
Juliette Binoche poses in a white outfit with long earrings at the 48th Cesar Film Awards, standing in front of a large geometric backdrop.
Juliette Binoche
French actress
default image
Musidora
French actress and director
French actress Audrey Tatou in 2013, with short dark hair, wearing a dark jacket, and looking directly at the camera against a pink and gray background.
Audrey Tautou
French actress

Related Quizzes

USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
Pop Culture Quiz