Marie-José Nat

Marie-José Nat
Nat at the 55th Cannes Film Festival in May 2002
Born Marie-José Benhalassa
(1940-04-22) 22 April 1940
Bonifacio, Corsica, France
Occupation Actress
Years active 1956–present
Spouse(s)
Roger Dumas
(m. 1960; div. 1961)

Michel Drach
(m. 1964; div. 1981)

Serge Rezvani (m. 2005)
Children 3 sons

Marie-José Benhalassa (born 22 April 1940), known professionally as Marie-José Nat, is a French actress. In 1974, She received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Violins at the Ball.

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. She was also known for Train of Life (1998), Litan (1982) and The Dacians (1966). 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.[1]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Violins at the Ball". www.festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 16 March 2014.


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