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 humour."Jean Douchet, Nouvelle vague (Hazan, 1998; ISBN 2850256196), p. 302: "En tant que metteuse en scène, elle livre une œuvre vibrante, tendue, révoltée, passionnée et pourtant pleine de joie et d'humour." 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.Juliet Berto biography, mubi.com. Accessed 13 September 2022.
Partial filmography As actor
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967) - girl talking to Robert La Chinoise (1967) - Yvonne Weekend (1967) - FLSO activist / young bourgeoise in auto accident (uncredited) Wheel of Ashes (1968) - girl playing pinball Ciné-girl (1969) - Régine Détruisez-vous (1969) Joy of Learning (1969) - Patricia Lumumba Slogan (1969) - assistant of Serge / secretary Je, tu, elles... (1969) - woman who buys men from a catalogue Camarades (1970) - Juliette L'escadron Volapük (1970) - Marguerite, waitress Un été sauvage (1970) - Sylvie L'araignée d'eau (1970) Vladimir and Rosa (1971) - Juliet / weatherwoman / hippie (uncredited) (1971) - Annick Damien La cavale (1971) - Annick Damien Out 1 (1971) - Frederique Sex-shop (1972) - Isabelle Les caïds (1972) - Célia Murelli Out 1: Spectre (1972) - Frederique Les petits enfants d'Attila (1972) - nun (uncredited) Le retour d'Afrique (1973) - Juliet Défense de savoir (1973) - Juliette Cristiani Erica Minor (1974) - Claude Le protecteur (1974) - Nathalie Malakian Summer Run (1974) Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) - Celine The Middle of the World (1974) - Juliette Le mâle du siècle (1975) - Isabelle Claro (1975) Mr. Klein (1976) - Jeanine Duelle (1976) - Leni The Moving Picture Man (1977) L'Argent des Autres (1978) - Arlette Rivière Roberte (1979) - Petit F Bastien Bastienne (1979) - Catherine Destins parallèles (1979) Guns (1980) - Margot Neige (1981) - Anita Conversa Acabada (1981) - Helena Cap Canaille (1983) - Paula Baretto Family Life (1985) - Mara Adolescente, sucre d'amour (1985) - Juliette Un amour à Paris (1987) - Mona Hôtel du Paradis (1987) - prostitute Papillon du vertige (1987) - Clarisse
As director Babar Basses'mother (1974; short) Neige (1981; co-directed with Jean-Henri Roger) Cap Canaille (1983; co-directed with Jean-Henri Roger) Havre (1986) Damia : concert en velours noir (1989; documentary)
References
External links
Juliet Berto's Cinématon - A 4 minutes online portrait of the actress by Gérard Courant