Marlène Jobert (born 4 November 1940) is a French author and retired actress.
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Life and career
Jobert was born in Algiers, French Algeria, to Charles Jobert, born in Dijon, Côte-d’Or, who served in the French Air Force, and his wife, Éliane Andrée Azulay, born in Birkhadem, who was daughter of Abraham Azulay, born in Algiers, a Sephardi Jewish chair-maker, and his Spanish wife María Joaquina García Martín, born in Bonares, Province of Huelva, Andalusia. She came to Metropolitan France aged eight.
Jobert debuted as an actress on stage and television. In 1968, she achieved stardom by playing starring roles in the successful comedy Faut pas prendre les enfants du bon Dieu pour des canards sauvages and in the drama L'Astragale. She co-starred with Charles Bronson in Rider on the Rain and with Jean-Paul Belmondo in The Married Couple of the Year Two. During the 1970s, Jobert was one of France's popular movie actresses. But during the next decade, she gradually withdrew from film work and concentrated on a new career in children's literature. She is the author and/or narrator of (mainly children's) audio books. She also has written a series of books which cautiously lead on to the appreciation of classical music, e.g. of Mozart, Chopin, and Tchaikovsky.
Jobert and spouse Swedish dental surgeon Dr. Walter Green have twin daughters: Eva Green, who is also an actress, and Joy Green, who is a horse breeder in Italy. Her niece Joséphine Jobert is an actress known for the television show Death in Paradise.
Selected filmography
Therese Desqueyroux (1962), at the end of the film in the scene at the Parisian café
Masculin Féminin (1966), with Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal Goya. Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Very Happy Alexander (Alexandre le bienheureux) (1968), with Philippe Noiret, Françoise Brion. Director: Yves Robert
Leontine (1968), with Françoise Rosay, Bernard Blier. Director : Michel Audiard
L'Astragale (1968), with Horst Buchholz, Magali Noël. Director: Guy Casaril
Rider on the Rain (Le Passager de la Pluie) (1970), with Charles Bronson, Annie Cordy, Jill Ireland. Director: René Clément
Last Known Address (Dernier Domicile Connu) (1970), with Lino Ventura. Director: José Giovanni.
The Married Couple of the Year Two (Les Mariés de l'An 2) (1971), with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Laura Antonelli. Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Touch and Go (La Pourdre d'escampette) (1971), with Michael York, Michel Piccoli. Director: Philippe de Broca
To Catch a Spy (1971), with Kirk Douglas, Trevor Howard. Director: Dick Clement
Ten Days' Wonder (La Décade prodigieuse) (1972), with Orson Welles, Anthony Perkins, Michel Piccoli. Director: Claude Chabrol
We Won't Grow Old Together (Nous Ne Vieillirons Pas Ensemble) (1972), with Jean Yanne. Director: Maurice Pialat
