Juliet Berto
Juliet Berto | |
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Berto in 1972 | |
| Born | Annie Lucienne Marie Louise Jamet 16 January 1947 |
| Died | 10 January 1990 (aged 42) Breux-Jouy, France |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1967–1988 |
Juliet Berto (16 January 1947 – 10 January 1990), born Annie Jamet, was a French actress, director and screenwriter.
A member of the same loose group of student radicals as Anne Wiazemsky, she first appeared in Jean-Luc Godard's Two or Three Things I Know About Her, and would go on to appear in many of Godard's subsequent films, including La Chinoise, Week End, Le Gai Savoir, and Vladimir et Rosa. She later became a muse for the French New Wave director Jacques Rivette, starring in Out 1 and Celine and Julie Go Boating.
In the 1980s, she became a screenwriter and film director. Jean Douchet wrote that her work as a director was "vibrant, tense, rebellious, and passionate, yet full of joy and humor." Her film Cap Canaille (1983) was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 1987, she was a member of the jury at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. She died from breast cancer at age 42.