Maureen Stapleton

She is of no relation to actress Jean Stapleton. Marie Trintignant is interred in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, in Paris, France. Her more recent appearances include Cocoon and Cocoon: The Return (1985 and 1988). She also appeared in the film noir Série noire of 1979. She was nominated again for Airport and Interiors (1978), and won for Reds (1981). She was nominated five times for France's most prestigious acting honor, the Cesar Award for her roles in :. Her film career also brought her immediate success, with her debut in Lonelyhearts (1958) earning her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The mother of four, her death caused considerable emotion in France.

She won a second Tony Award for Neil Simon's The Gingerbread Lady in 1971. Marie Trintignant died of a cerebral edema on August 1, 2003 while on a film location in Vilnius, Lithuania after being beaten up by her boyfriend Bertrand Cantat, lead singer for the French rock group Noir Désir. She played in other Williams' productions Twenty-Seven Wagons Full of Cotton and Orpheus Descending, as well as Lillian Hellman's Toys in the Attic. Throughout her early life she was afflicted by severe shyness, but despite this, by her mid-teens she had decided to become an actress. Stepping in as a replacement for Anna Magnani, Stapleton won a Tony Award for her role in Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo in 1951. When her younger sister died at the age of nine, Marie Trintignant became withdrawn and virtually stopped speaking. She has said that it was her infatuation with the actor Joel McCrea that led her into acting, and she made her Broadway debut in Burgess Meredith's production of The Playboy of the Western World in 1946. She was born in Boulogne-Billancourt the daughter of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant and his second wife Nadine Marquand.

Stapleton began acting in theater after finishing high school, and rapidly gained respect as both a dramatic and comedic actress. Marie Trintignant (January 21, 1962 - August 1, 2003) was a French actress. Lois Maureen Stapleton (born June 21, 1925 in Troy, New York) in an American theater and film actress. Une affaire de femmes - 1989, (best supporting actress). Les Marmottes - 1994, (best supporting actress). Le cri de la soie - 1997, (best actress).

Le cousin - 1998, (best supporting actress). Comme elle respire - 1999, (best actress).