Sophie Marceau

Prior to this, in 1995, she had made a 9-minute short film, L'Aube à l'envers, which also starred her friend Godrèche. Mitchell was married to the film and theatre critic David Monsey, and died of cancer in 1979, at the age of fifty-three. Making her directorial debut in a feature film, Sophie Marceau was awarded Best Director by the jury of the 2002 Montreal World Film Festival for her film Parlez-moi d'amour (Speak to Me of Love), starring Judith Godrèche. She wrote an acclaimed biography of the French writer Colette, and her own autobiography was published in 1957. Marceau wrote a semi-autobiographical novel Telling Lies (2001), and tried directing, as well. Outside of acting, Mitchell was also an established writer, penning several books for children and adults as well as winning awards for playwriting. Following this success, she appeared in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), and as a Bond girl in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999). She continued to act occasionally on television until the late 1970s, appearing in guest roles in series such as Out of the Unknown (in 1966); her final screen role was in the BBC science-fiction series 1990 in 1977.

Marceau rose to international stardom playing the part of Princess Isabelle in Mel Gibson's epic Braveheart (1995). On television, Mitchell was voted Television Actress of the Year for 1953 by the Daily Mail newspaper, mainly for her role as Cathy in the Nigel Kneale / Rudolph Cartier adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights. The following year, she appeared in another Kneale / Cartier literary adaptation when she took the role of Julia opposite Peter Cushing as Winston Smith in their controversial and well-remembered adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four, which was to prove her most memorable role on the small screen. She showed her dramatic skills in films directed by her long-time companion, director Andrzej Zulawski: L'Amour braque (1985), Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (1989), La Note bleue (1991) and La Fidélité (2000). She went on to appear in several prominent film roles over the following three decades, winning a British Film Award for The Divided Heart (1954) and the Berlin Film Festival Award for Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957). At age 16 she played a more demanding role in Fort Saganne (1984), where her partners were Gerard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve. The same year she played with Jean-Paul Belmondo in Joyeuses Pâques (1984). Already an experienced stage actress, she did not make her speaking debut in film until the age of twenty-four in The Queen of Spades (1949), although she had played an uncredited minor role in Love on the Dole eight years earlier. Two years later the less funny but more sentimental sequel La Boum 2 (1982) increased her popularity further. Yvonne Mitchell (born July 7, 1925 in London, England, UK; died March 24, 1979 in London, England, UK) was a British stage, television and film actress, probably best remembered for her role as Julia in the 1954 BBC Television adaptation of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

In 1983, she was honored with a Cesar Award, France's equivalent of an Oscar, for "Most Promising Actress". At the age of 14 she played in the teenager movie La Boum (1980), which overnight elevated her to teenage idol status in France and many other European countries. Sophie Marceau (November 17, 1966) is a French actress born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu in Paris, France. La Boum (aka The Party) (1980).

La Boum 2 (1982). Fort Saganne (1984). Joyeuses Pâques (aka Happy Easter) (1984). L'Amour braque (1985).

Police (1985). Descente aux enfers (Descent Into Hell) (1986). L'Étudiante (aka The Student) (1988). Chouans! (1988).

Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (aka My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days) (1989). Pacific Palisades (1990). Pour Sacha (aka For Sasha) (1991). La Note bleue (aka Blue Note) (1991).

Fanfan (aka Fanfan & Alexandre) (1993). La Fille de d'Artagnan (The Daughter of D'Artagnan) (1994). Braveheart (1995). Al di là delle nuvole (aka Beyond the Clouds) (1995).

Anna Karenina (1997). Marquise (1997). Firelight (1997). Lost & Found (1999).

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999). The World Is Not Enough (aka Pressure Point) (1999). La Fidélité (Fidelity) (2000). Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre (aka Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre) (2001).

Alex and Emma (2003). Je reste! (2003). Les Clefs de bagnole (aka The Car Keys) (2003). A ce soir (2004).