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Marie Rivière

Marie Rivière

Acting

Born: December 22, 1956Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France

Marie Rivière (born 22 December 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is known for her collaborations with director Éric Rohmer. From a working-class background, Marie Rivière grew up on a housing estate/project in Montreuil before working as a schoolteacher, then as a shop assistant. At 21, having seen L'Amour l'après-midi, she sent a letter and photo to Éric Rohmer. He saw her in his office at Les films du losange, in the presence of Arielle Dombasle and Thierry Lhermitte, and offered her a small role in Perceval le Gallois. Two years later she appeared in Rohmer's The Aviator's Wife, the first in the Comédies et Proverbes series. The Green Ray, in which she played the fragile dreamer Delphine, was a critical and popular success, and won the Golden Lion at Venice. In 1998 she appeared again for Rohmer in Conte d'automne (Autumn Tale), alongside another Rohmer muse, Béatrice Romand. She co-directed her first film in 1993, with Marc Rivière, La Règle du Silence.

Known For
Filmography
At Work

At Work

Paul's Mother

2026
Queen Mom

Queen Mom

Responsable Maintenance

2025
Bonus Malus

Bonus Malus

2024
Température ambiante

Température ambiante

2024
Just the Two of Us

Just the Two of Us

Blanche’s Mother

2023
The Asembly Line

The Asembly Line

Robert’s mum

2023
Marinaleda

Marinaleda

2023
Eva voudrait

Eva voudrait

Emmanuelle

2020
My Donkey, My Lover & I

My Donkey, My Lover & I

Claire

2020
Dark Flow

Dark Flow

2020
Féminin plurielles

Féminin plurielles

Professor

2018
Down by Love

Down by Love

Mère Anna

2016
Courted

Courted

Marie-Laure Racine

2015
This Summer Feeling

This Summer Feeling

Adélaïde

2015

Deux rivages

2015
Sex, Love & Therapy

Sex, Love & Therapy

Martine

2014
Madeleine and the Two Apaches

Madeleine and the Two Apaches

Madeleine

2014
El Turrrf

El Turrrf

Suzanne

2013
A Castle in Italy

A Castle in Italy

Nathan's Mother

2013
Bright Days Ahead

Bright Days Ahead

Jocelyne

2013
My Sense of Modesty

My Sense of Modesty

2013
Under the Snow

Under the Snow

2012
Washed Ashore

Washed Ashore

2011
Memory Lane

Memory Lane

Aude

2010

In the Company of Éric Rohmer

Self

2010
Hideaway (Le refuge)

Hideaway (Le refuge)

La femme sur la plage

2009
Actresses

Actresses

The costume designer

2007
Le Canapé rouge

Le Canapé rouge

2005
Love Is in the Air

Love Is in the Air

La mère de Charlotte

2005
Time to Leave

Time to Leave

Mère

2005
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens

Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens

Self

2005

Clandestino

La conductrice

2003
Zéro défaut

Zéro défaut

Simone

2003
The Lady and the Duke

The Lady and the Duke

Madame Laurent

2001
Marie-Line

Marie-Line

Louise

2000
Samia

Samia

La conseillère d'orientation

2000
Girls Can't Swim

Girls Can't Swim

Anne-Marie

2000
Venus Beauty Institute

Venus Beauty Institute

La cliente aux bottines fourées

1999
A Tale of Autumn

A Tale of Autumn

Isabelle

1998
Muriel's Parents Are Desperate

Muriel's Parents Are Desperate

La mere

1995
The Stolen Diary

The Stolen Diary

Lucie

1993
A Tale of Winter

A Tale of Winter

Dora

1992

Adrien's Sleep

1991
Les lutteurs immobiles

Les lutteurs immobiles

Judith

1988
Le bonheur se porte large

Le bonheur se porte large

Isabelle

1988

Rosette vole les voleurs

Rosette's friend

1988

La nuit du coucou

Françoise Bonnot

1987
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle

L'arnaqueuse - Swindler

1987

Rosette cherche une chambre

Florence

1987
The Green Ray

The Green Ray

Delphine

1986

Folie suisse

Anna Daubigny

1985

Rosette vend des roses

Rosette's friend

1985
Raison perdue

Raison perdue

Paula

1984
The Adventures of Rosette

The Adventures of Rosette

1983

Rosette sort le soir

Marie

1983

Cinématon XVIII

N°172 / N°173

1982
Chassé-croisé

Chassé-croisé

1982
The Aviator's Wife

The Aviator's Wife

Anne

1981
Catherine de Heilbronn

Catherine de Heilbronn

Brigitte

1980
Heart to Heart

Heart to Heart

Une élève du cours de dactylo (uncredited)

1979
Cinématon

Cinématon

N°172 / N°173

1978
Médiumnité

Médiumnité

1978
Perceval

Perceval

Pucelle / Dame / Fille de Garin

1978
Life the Way It Is

Life the Way It Is

Florence

1978