Marie-José Nat

Marie-José Nat
Marie-José Nat at the Cannes film festival
Born	Marie-José Benhalassa (1940-04-22) 22 April 1940 Bonifacio
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	Actress, Series
Years active	1956-present
Spouse(s)	Michel Drach (1964-81; divorced); 3 children Roger Dumas (12 July 1960-61; divorced)
Children	3

Marie-José Nat (born 22 April 1940) is a French film and television actress.

Early life and family

Marie-José Benhalassa was born in Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, to a Kabyle father and a Corsican mother. She was married to film director Michel Drach, and starred in his 1961 film Amelie or The Time to Love, his 1970 film Elise, or Real Life and his 1974 film Les violons du bal, concerning his childhood experiences during World War II. Among her notable works in cinema are the sequel films Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc and Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise (1963), directed by André Cayatte.

Awards

She was awarded Best Actress at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in Les Violons du bal, and the film was nominated for the Golden Palm award.

Selected filmography

• Women's Club (1956)
• Rue des prairies (1959)
• The Truth (1960)
• La Menace (1961)
• Amelie or The Time to Love (1961)
• L'Éducation sentimentale (1962)
• Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc (1964)
• Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise (1964)
• Le Journal d'une femme en blanc (1965)
• Dacii (1966)
• Diamond Safari (1966)
• Le Paria (1969)
• Elise, or Real Life (1970)
• L'Opium et le Bâton (1971)
• Embassy (1972)
• Violins at the Ball (1974)
• Dis-moi que tu m'aimes (1974)
• The Simple Past (1977)
• La disubbidienza (1981)
• Train of Life (1998)
• Colette, une femme libre (2004)

External links

• Marie-José Nat at IMDb
• Marie-José Nat, at AllMovie