Ms. Moreau continued to perform into her 80s, including in a French television series in 2013 and “Le Talent de Mes Amis” in 2015. Ms. Moreau was made an officer of the Legion of Honor and was the first woman inducted into the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Ms. Moreau decided to become an actress after seeing her first play, “Antigone,” when she was 15. In 1953, she distinguished herself in a production of “L’Heure Éblouissante,” when, after the other leading lady became ill, Ms. Moreau managed to play both the wife and the mistress. In a 2001 interview with Alan Riding of The New York Times, Ms. Moreau described her view of the human experience.

Source: New York Times July 31, 2017 10:08 UTC