Alexandra Stewart
Alexandra Stewart | |
|---|---|
 Alexandra Stewart on Les Grosses Têtes radio program in 2014 | |
| Born | June 10, 1939 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1956–present |
| Partner(s) | Louis Malle |
| Children | 1 |
Alexandra Stewart (born June 10, 1939) is a Canadian actress.
Biography[]
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Stewart left for Paris, France, in 1958, to study art. Within a year, she made her film debut in , and has since then enjoyed a steady career in both French- and English-language films.
Besides her cinema career, Stewart regularly appeared on television in shows such as and . She has also appeared in the 1981 cartoon Space Stars and had cameos in Highlander: The Series, The Saint and Danger Man (TV Series) . Notably, she is also the English-language narrator of Chris Marker's 1983 documentary, Sans Soleil. She was part of the jury of the 2004 Chicago International Film Festival.
Personal life[]
Stewart had a daughter, Justine, with the French director Louis Malle.[1]
Selected filmography[]
- 1956: Women's Club (by Ralph Habib) (uncredited)
- 1959: (by Jean Laviron) as La speakerine
- 1959: Les Liaisons dangereuses as Une amie de Miguel (uncredited)
- 1959: Two Men in Manhattan as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1960: L'eau a la bouche as Séraphine Brett-Juval, aka Fifine
- 1960: (by Pierre Kast) as Alexandra
- 1960: Tarzan the Magnificent as Lori
- 1960: Trapped by Fear as Véra
- 1960: Thank You, Natercia as Sandra
- 1960: Exodus (by Otto Preminger) as Jordana Ben Canaan
- 1961: The End of Belle as Belle Shermann
- 1961: Les Mauvais Coups as Hélène
- 1961: La Morte-Saison des amours as Sandra
- 1962: (by Claude de Givray) as Françoise
- 1962: (by Stellio Lorenzi) as Misa
- 1962: Le rendez-vous de minuit as Jacqueline
- 1962: Homage at Siesta Time as Marianne Graham
- 1963: (by Franz Peter Wirth) as Prinzessin
- 1963: Ro.Go.Pa.G. as Alexandra (segment "Il nuovo mondo")
- 1963: Violenza segreta as Elisabetta
- 1963: (by Will Tremper) as Juanita
- 1963: Le Feu follet (by Louis Malle) as Solange
- 1963: Dragées au poivre (by Jacques Baratier) as Anna, la fille de couverture
- 1963: (by Alfred Weidenmann) as Rektorengattin
- 1964: (by Camillo Mastrocinque) as Laura
- 1965: Sie nannten ihn Gringo (by Roy Rowland) as
- 1965: Mickey One (by Arthur Penn) as Jenny
- 1965: Thrilling (by Ettore Scola) as Frida (segment "")
- 1966: Marcia nuziale as Nancy
- 1967: Maroc 7 (by Gerry O'Hara) as Michelle Craig
- 1967: La loi du survivant as Hèléne
- 1968: L'Écume des Jours as Isis
- 1968: La mariée était en noir (by François Truffaut) as Mlle Becker
- 1968: Only When I Larf (by Basil Dearden) as Liz
- 1969: Bye bye, Barbara as Eve Michelli
- 1969: Waiting for Caroline (by Ron Kelly) as Caroline
- 1969: (by Mario Schifano) as Marina
- 1970: Slap in the Face (by Rolf Thiele) as Celestine
- 1970: The Man Who Had Power Over Women (by John Krish) as Frances
- 1970: Kemek as Marisa Love
- 1970: Ils as Hélène Jeanteur
- 1971: Ciel bleu
- 1971: Zeppelin (by Etienne Périer) as Stephanie
- 1971: Valparaiso, Valparaiso as La paysanne
- 1971: Où est passé Tom? as Alexandra
- 1972: Les soleils de l'île de Pâques as Alexandra
- 1972: (by ) as Jean's Wife
- 1973: Sugar Cookies (uncredited)
- 1973: Because of the Cats (by Fons Rademakers) as Feodora
- 1973: Day for Night (by François Truffaut) as Stacey
- 1974: Bingo (by Jean-Claude Lord) as Hélène
- 1974: The Marseille Contract (by Robert Parrish) as Rita
- 1975: The Heatwave Lasted Four Days as Barbara Lawrence
- 1975: Black Moon (by Louis Malle) as Sister Lily
- 1976: (by Pierre Kast) as Alexandra
- 1977: (by Philippe de Broca) as Delphine
- 1977: The Uncanny (by ) as Mrs. Blake (segment "Quebec Province 1975")
- 1977: Good-bye, Emmanuelle (by François Leterrier) as Dorothée
- 1978: La petite fille en velours bleu (by Alan Bridges) as Théo Casarès
- 1978: In Praise of Older Women (by George Kaczender) as Paula
- 1980: (by Pierre Kast) as Sandra
- 1980: Agency (by George Kaczender) as Mimi
- 1980: Phobia (by John Huston) as Barbara Grey
- 1980: Final Assignment as Sam O'Donnell
- 1981: Help Me Dream as Magda
- 1981: The Last Chase (by Martyn Burke) as Eudora
- 1981: Les Uns et les autres (by Claude Lelouch) as Alexandra
- 1981: (by ) as Mme Claude
- 1981: Chanel Solitaire as Nathalie
- 1981: Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid as Clara
- 1982: Cercasi Gesù as Francesca's mother
- 1982: Chassé-croisé as Une femme sculpteur
- 1982: Le choc as La femme de la première victime (uncredited)
- 1982: La guérilléra as Alexandrine
- 1983: (by Tana Kaleya and ) as Alexandra
- 1984: Le Bon Plaisir as Julie Hoffman
- 1984: (by Jean Couturier) as Liane
- 1984: The Blood of Others (TV Movie, by Claude Chabrol) as Madeleine
- 1986: Peau d'ange as Héléna Werner
- 1987: Under The Cherry Moon (by Prince) as Mrs. Sharon
- 1988: Frantic (by Roman Polanski) as Edie
- 1988: The Passenger - Welcome to Germany as Mrs.
- 1989: Les Jeux de société (TV Movie)
- 1990: Monsieur (by Jean-Philippe Toussaint) as Mme Dubois-Lacour
- 1995: Le Fils de Gascogne (by Pascal Aubier)
- 1996: Seven Servants (by Daryush Shokof) as Hilda
- 2000: (by Jean-Pierre Mocky) as Tante Lou
- 2000: Sous le sable (by François Ozon) as Amanda
- 2001: (by Jacques Rozier) as L'ambassadrice
- 2002: Les filles, personne s'en méfie as La femme cliente
- 2003: Rien, voilà l'ordre as Alexandra Stewart
- 2005: Mon petit doigt m'a dit... (by Pascal Thomas) as Mme Boscovan
- 2005: El cantor as Edna
- 2007: Fallen Heroes as La madre di Bruno
- 2009: Bazar as Joanna
- 2011: Ma compagne de nuit as La mère de Julia
- 2011: The Hidden Face as Emma
- 2013: Merry Christmas as Maya Dawn Lewis
- 2014: Valentin Valentin (by Pascal Thomas) as Sylvia
- 2015: as Nina
- 2019: À cause des filles..? as La mère de la mariée
Recognition[]
- From 23 to 25 November 1990, Alexandra Stewart presided over the 14th Festival international du film de création super 8 de Metz organised by Claude Kunowitz in partnership with the Mairie de Metz.
References[]
- ^ Severo, Richard (25 November 1995). "Louis Malle, Film Director Equally at Home in France and America, Is Dead at 63". New York Times. p. 12. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
External links[]
- Alexandra Stewart at IMDb
- [1] Article published in The Gazette (Montreal), July 14, 1973.
| hide Authority control  | |
|---|---|
| General |
|
| National libraries | |
| Other |
|
Categories:
- 1939 births
- Actresses from Montreal
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Canadian film actresses
- Canadian television actresses
- Canadian voice actresses
- Canadian expatriates in France
- Living people