Françoise Lebrun
Françoise Lebrun is a French actress. She has appeared in many movies, and is especially known for her role as Veronika in The Mother and the Whore. She also worked for, amongst others, Paul Vecchiali, Marguerite Duras and Lucas Belvaux, and is the subject of the documentary Françoise Lebrun, les voies singulières. In a Variety review of the 2004 Vecchiali film A Vot' Bon Coeur, Lisa Nesselson called her "a supreme master of the sustained monologue."
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1971 | La ville-bidon | Lolotte | Jacques Baratier | |
| 1972 | Le château de Pointilly | Adolfo Arrieta | ||
| 1973 | The Mother and the Whore | Veronika | Jean Eustache | |
| 1974 | La femme du Gange | Voice | Marguerite Duras | Short |
| 1975 | India Song | Voice | Marguerite Duras | |
| 1975 | French Provincial | Young Augustine | André Téchiné | |
| 1976 | Mon coeur est rouge | Clara | Michèle Rosier | |
| 1977 | Ben et Bénédict | Ben / Bénédicte | Paula Delsol | |
| 1977 | Une sale histoire | Jean Eustache | Short | |
| 1978 | Aurélien | Bérénice | Michel Favart | TV Movie |
| 1978 | En l'autre bord | The concierge | Jérôme Kanapa | |
| 1980 | Ma chérie | The doctor | Charlotte Dubreuil | |
| 1981 | L'homme fragile | Cécile Delvert | Claire Clouzot | |
| 1982 | Lointains boxeurs | Claudine Bories | Short | |
| 1983 | Archipel des amours | Jean-Claude Biette | ||
| 1983 | At the Top of the Stairs | Michèle | Paul Vecchiali | |
| 1985 | Trous de mémoire | The woman | Paul Vecchiali | |
| 1988 | La police | Claire Simon | Short | |
| 1991 | L'impure | Lady Witney | Paul Vecchiali | TV Movie |
| 1992 | Fugue en sol mineur | Paul Vecchiali | Short | |
| 1994 | Mère louve | |||
| 1995 | Pullman paradis | Sophie Volland | Michèle Rosier | |
| 1996 | Pour rire! | The nurse | Lucas Belvaux | |
| 1998 | On a très peu d'amis | Rose | Sylvain Monod | |
| 2000 | Un possible amour | Fabienne's mother | Christophe Lamotte | |
| 2000 | Une nouvelle douceur | Alejandra Rojo | Short | |
| 2000 | Combats de femme | Lisbeth | Christophe Lamotte | TV Series |
| 2001 | Electroménager | Psychiatrist | Sylvain Monod | |
| 2001 | Dérives | Marguerite | Christophe Lamotte | TV Movie |
| 2001 | Malraux, tu m'étonnes! | Yvonne de Gaulle | Michèle Rosier | |
| 2004 | À vot' bon coeur | Françoise | Paul Vecchiali | |
| 2004 | Inguélézi | The mother | François Dupeyron | |
| 2004 | La question de l'étranger | Hubert Attal | Short | |
| 2006 | Voyage à Vézelay | Pierre Creton | Short | |
| 2006 | Et + si @ff | Germaine Sémouly | Paul Vecchiali | |
| 2006 | Il sera une fois... | Mother Muche | Sandrine Veysset | |
| 2006 | Fragments sur la grâce | A reader | Vincent Dieutre | |
| 2006 | Point de fuite | Nicolas Lasnibat | Short | |
| 2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Madame Bauby | Julian Schnabel | Nominated - International Cinephile Society Awards for Best Ensemble |
| 2007 | ...Et tremble d'être heureux | Hélène Abrège | Paul Vecchiali | |
| 2007 | The Key | Florence Arp | Guillaume Nicloux | |
| 2008 | Ea2 | Vincent Dieutre | Short | |
| 2008 | Séraphine | Mother Superior | Martin Provost | |
| 2009 | Ah! La libido | The elegant woman | Michèle Rosier | |
| 2009 | Tomorrow at Dawn | Claire Guibert | Denis Dercourt | |
| 2009 | Quelque chose à te dire | Jacques's mother | Cécile Telerman | |
| 2009 | La librairie de Schrödinger | The photographer | Christophe Beauvais, Claire Vassé | Short |
| 2009 | Julie & Julia | Baker's Mother | Nora Ephron | |
| 2010 | Holiday | Marie-Paule | Guillaume Nicloux | |
| 2011 | La fille de l'autre | Françoise | Harry Cleven | TV Movie |
| 2011 | 63 regards | A woman | Christophe Pellet | |
| 2011 | ID A | Isabelle | Christian E. Christiansen | |
| 2011 | La liberté ou l'amour | The mother | Geoffroi Heissler | Short |
| 2012 | L'affaire Gordji, histoire d'une cohabitation | Guillaume Nicloux | TV Movie | |
| 2012 | Dead Europe | Leah | Tony Krawitz | |
| 2013 | La nuit | Adrien Dantou | Short | |
| 2013 | The Nun | Madame de Moni | Guillaume Nicloux | |
| 2013 | Le temps de l'aventure | Alix's mother | Jérôme Bonnell | |
| 2013 | Seul le feu | Françoise | Christophe Pellet | Short |
| 2013 | J'aurais voulu que tu sois là | The mother | Geoffroi Heissler | Short |
| 2014 | The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq | Françoise | Guillaume Nicloux | |
| 2014 | La fille et le fleuve | Mileva Einstein | Aurélia Georges | |
| 2014 | Fever | Sarah | Raphaël Neal | |
| 2015 | À 14 ans | Jade's grandmother | Hélène Zimmer | |
| 2015 | My Golden Years | Rose | Arnaud Desplechin | |
| 2015 | Take Me to the Water | Her | Nelson Bourrec Carter | Short |
| 2015 | Looking for Her | Renée Lefèvre | Ounie Lecomte | |
| 2016 | Le Cancre | Valentine | Paul Vecchiali | |
| 2016 | Porto | Mother | Gabe Klinger | |
| 2016 | The Girl Without Hands | The Mother | Sébastien Laudenbach | Voice |
| 2017 | Thirst Street | Landlandy | Nathan Silver | |
| 2018 | L'Amour debout | Françoise Lebrun | Michaël Dacheux |