Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina (born 3 September 1940), known by her stage name Macha Méril, is a French actress and writer. Méril is descended by her father from the Russian princely house Gagarin and by her mother from a Ukrainian noble family. She appeared in 125 films between 1959 and 2012, including films directed by Jean-Luc Godard (A Married Woman / Une femme mariée), Luis Buñuel (Belle de jour), and Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Chinese Roulette). She also appeared in the Quebec television series Lance et Compte. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Helga Ulmann in Dario Argento's Deep Red and in Aldo Lado's Night Train Murders (1975). Description above from the Wikipedia article Macha Méril,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2025The Veiled Lady — Herself, Thanks
• 2024Les Boules de Noël — Simone
• Enquête parallèle — Colette Chaperot
• 2022Michel Legrand, enchanted music
• 2022The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Solidarity concert for Ukraine
• 2021La Dernière Partie — Louise
• Un monde, un regard
• 2020Belle belle belle — Lili
• 2019The Unexpected Child — Christine
• 2017Albatros, The Film Adventure Of The White Russians In Paris — (voice)
• 2017Mr. Stein Goes Online — Marie
• 2016Alliances rouge sang — Béatrice
• 2014La Trouvaille de Juliette — Juliette
• 20123rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master Race — Alice Fabre (old)
• 2012Happiness Never Comes Alone — Fanfan Keller
• 2012Seasons of Love — Henriette Marcenat
• 2012Ten Minutes from Naturists — Suzy Dulac, tante de Patrick
• 2011The Nights of Alice — Bettina
• 2007René Bousquet ou le grand arrangement — Évelyne Baylet
• 2006Mademoiselle Gigi — Mamita
• 2004Clochemerle — Baroness Alphonsine de Courtebiche
• 2003Bel-Ami — Mme Madeleine Forestier / Mme du Roy de Cantel
• 2003Belle grand mère, La Trattoria — Joséphine, dite « Babou »
• Méditerranée — Carla Valbonne
• 2000Le sciamane — Claudia's mother
• 1998A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries — Madame Beauvier
• 1998Belle Grand-Mère — Babou
• Joséphine, Guardian Angel — Tania
• 1996A Crucial Test — Catherine
• 1994Délit mineur — Madeleine
• 1993Berlin '39 — Madame Vic
• 1993L'éternel mari — Claudia
• 1993Le Don — Margherita
• To Remember — Narrator
• 1992Double Vision — Mrs. Perfect
• 1992Fish Soup — Caterina
• 1991A Simple Story — La vedova del Roccella
• 1991Meeting Venus — Miss Malikoff
• 1991The Cocottes — Mme Rose
• 1989La Vouivre — La rodinet
• Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin — Tatiana
• 1986Duet for One — Anya
• 1986Follow My Gaze — La femme à l'ouvre boîte
• Lance et Compte — Maroussia Lambert
• Au nom de tous les miens — Mère de Martin
• Colette — Colette
• 1985Les Rois du gag — Jacqueline
• 1985The Chicks — Françoise
• 1985Vagabond — Madame Landier
• 1984Wild Animals — Sylvia
• 1983Deadly Circuit — Madeleine Beauvoir
• 1983For Those I Loved — Martin's Mother
• 1983Le Grand Carnaval — Mme Armande Labrouche
• 1982L'Apprentissage de la ville — Luc's mother
• 1982Le Crime d'amour — Jeanne Bontemps / Odette Dumont
• 1981Beau Pere — la Maîtresse de maison
• 1981Bolero — Magda Kremer
• 1981Le bonheur des tristes — Madeleine
• Le rose di Danzica — Elvira
• 1980Tender Cousins — Mère de Julien
• La promessa — Signora Heller
• 1979Le rose di Danzica — Elvira von Lehner
• Morte a passo di valzer — Lady Flora Drayton
• 1979Night of The Flowers — Macha
• 1978Ridendo e scherzando — Susy
• 1978Robert et Robert — Agathe
• 1978Rock 'n Roll — Annalisa
• 1978Tanto va la gatta al lardo... — Vera
• 1978Your Turn, My Turn — Marianne
• 1977A Second Hand Lady — Clelia, la madre di Simona
• 1977Chinese Roulette — Traunitz
• 1977Emmenez-moi au Ritz — Barbara
• 1977Pasión — Bianca
• 1977Ride bene... chi ride ultimo — principessa Esmeralda Benti Contini
• 1976Peccatori di provincia — Vincenzina Lo Curcio
• 1976Perdutamente tuo... mi firmo Macaluso Carmelo fu Giuseppe — baronessa Valeria Lamia
• 1975Deep Red — Helga Ulmann
• 1975Il registratore — Ms. Collins
• 1975Late Night Trains — The Lady on the Train
• 1975Son tornate a fiorire le rose — Linda De Simone
• 1975The Last Day of School Before Christmas — Egle
• 1975The Man of the Winds — Anna
• 1974Amore mio non farmi male — Linda De Simone
• 1974Chinese In Paris — Madeleine
• 1972We Won't Grow Old Together — Françoise
• 1971We Are All in Temporary Liberty — Gisella, wife of Mario De Rossi
• 1970Conjugal Love — Leda
• 1969Pigsty — Co-Producer
• 1968Don't Play with Martians — Maryvonne Guéguen
• 1968Wall Engravings — Jeanne Delaître, Producer
• 1967Belle de Jour — Renée
• 1967Horizon — Elisa
• 1966The Defector — Frieda Hoffmann
• 1965Rampage at Apache Wells — Lizzy
• 1964Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise — Nicole
• 1964Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc — Nicole
• 1964The Little Misses — Caroline
• 1964The Married Woman — Charlotte
• 1963Sweet and Sour — La striptisiste
• 1963Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? — Jacqueline Edwards
• 1962Adorable Liar — Sophie
• 1962Love on a Pillow — Raphaële
• 1962Sign of the Lion — La Blonde du 14 Juillet (uncredited)
• The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries — Countess Janine St. Alyre
• 1960The Itchy Palm — Yvette

Appearances as themselves (25)

• 2026Vieillir et jouir sans entraves — Self - Actress / Writer
• 2025Les mille et une vies de Philippe Bouvard — Self
• 2024Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema — Self - Actress
• 2023Godard Cinema — Self
• Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée — Self
• 2022Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda Lear — Self
• The Unexpected Getaway — Self
• 2021Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort — self
• 2018Cannes 1968, révolution au palais — Self
• 2018Françoise Dorléac, une promesse — Self
• Folie passagère — Self
• 2008Guy Gilles — Self
• On n'est pas couché — Self - Guest
• 2003Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments — Self - Interviewee
• 1999Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon — Self
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• 1995Son of Gascogne — Self
• Télématin — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• Ciné regards — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• 1966Pop Age — Self
• Dim Dam Dom — Self
• Betrayal and Retribution - The Spawn of the Last House on the Left — Self