Divas: Jeanne Moreau

Womanica

Acast Creative Studios

History, Society & Culture, Education

4.3 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017) was a leading French actress of French New Wave cinema, as well as a singer, screenwriter, director, and socialite. Orson Welles once called her “the greatest actress in the world.” She often played complex, controversial female characters. She was also a signatory of the famous French Manifesto of the 343 (1971) which publicly announced that she had obtained an illegal abortion.

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This month, we're diving into the "Divas" of history, examining how the label has been used from many angles, whether describing women pejoratively... or with admiration.

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0:05.4	Female swindlers too.
0:07.4	Discover the stories of women from the past who not only survived, but thrived as con-artists and thieves.
0:16.6	How did they use their feminine characteristics to swindle in a world where men made the rules?
0:24.0	Join me, Lucy Worsley, historian and author, and my all-female team in ladies swindlers, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:34.7	Welcome to the Criminalia podcast. I'm Maria Tremarky.
0:38.3	And I'm Holly Fry. Together, we invite you into the dark and winding corridors of historical true crime.
0:45.0	Each season, we explore a new theme from poisoners to art thieves.
0:49.4	We uncover the secrets of history's most interesting figures, from legal injustices to body snatching.
0:56.6	And tuning in at the end of each episode as we indulge in cocktails and mock tales inspired by each story.
1:03.6	Listen to Criminalia on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:18.6	Music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello. My name is Vanessa Handy. I'm an associate producer at Wonder Media Network,
1:24.1	and I'm excited to be guest hosting this episode of Womanica.
1:29.3	This month, we're diving into the divas of history, examining how the label has been used
1:34.3	from many angles, whether describing women protortively or with admiration.
1:41.3	Today's Womanican was a tour de force.
1:45.4	She embodied the femme fatale of the French New Wave movement.
1:49.3	She gave dimension to complex female characters on the screen and in her own life.
1:56.2	Please welcome the legendary Jean-Marot.
2:04.6	Jean-Morot was a very much. Please welcome the legendary Jean Moreau. Jean Moreau was born in Paris on January 23rd,
2:07.6	1928.
2:09.6	Her mother was an English dancer and her father was a French restaurateur.
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