Marguerite Duras
Known for Directing · 53 credits
- Born
- 1914-04-04
- Died
- 1996-03-03
- Place of birth
- Gia Định, Vietnam
- Also known as
- Marguerite Donnadieu · 마르그리트 뒤라스 · 마르그리트 뒤라 · 마가렛 뒤라스 · 玛格丽特·杜拉斯
Biography
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards.
Duras was born Marguerite Donnadieu on 4 April 1914, in Gia Định, Cochinchina, French Indochina (now Vietnam). Her parents, Marie (née Legrand, 1877–1956) and Henri Donnadieu (1872–1921), were teachers from France who likely had met at Gia Định High School. They both had previous marriages. Marguerite had two brothers: Pierre, the older, and the younger Paul.
Duras' father fell ill and he returned to France, where he died in 1921, when Duras was seven years old. Between 1922 and 1924, the family lived in France while her mother was on administrative leave. They then moved back to French Indochina when she was posted to Phnom Penh followed by Vĩnh Long and Sa Đéc. The family struggled financially, and her mother made a bad investment in an isolated property and area of rice farmland in Prey Nob, a story which was fictionalized in Un barrage contre le Pacifique (The Sea Wall).
In 1931, when she was 17, Duras and her family moved to France where she successfully passed the first part of the baccalaureate with the choice of Vietnamese as a foreign language, as she spoke it fluently. Duras returned to Saigon in late 1932 where her mother found a teaching post. There, Marguerite continued her education at the Lycée Chasseloup-Laubat and completed the second part of the baccalaureate, specializing in philosophy.
In autumn 1933, Duras moved to Paris, graduating with a degree in public law in 1936. At the same time, she took classes in mathematics. She continued her education, earning a diplôme d'études supérieures (DES) in public law and, later, in political economy. After finishing her studies in 1937, she found employment with the French government at the Ministry of the Colonies. In 1939, she married the writer Robert Antelme, whom she had met during her studies.
Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (50)
Duras/Godard
1987
as Self
The Lorry
1977
as elle
Pornotropic
2020
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Baxter, Vera Baxter
1977
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
India Song
1975
as Voix Intemporelle (voice)
Delphine and Carole
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Little Girl Blue
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Godard Cinema
2023
Nathalie Granger
1973
as (voice)
Pop Age
1966
as Self
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
1976
Duras and Cinema
2014
as self (archive footage)
Dim Dam Dom: Marguerite Duras and Little François
1965
as Self
Woman of the Ganges
1974
as Voice
The Colour of Words
1984
as Self
Le Navire Night
1979
as (voice)
Mulher a Mulher: Interview with Marguerite Duras by Yann Lemée
1980
as Self
Césarée
1978
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Marguerite as She Was
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Mitterrand, président culturel
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Écrire
1994
as Self
Aurélia Steiner (Vancouver)
1979
as Narrator (voice)
Gaumont-Palace
1976
as Narrator (voice)
Work and Words
1984
as Self
The Places of Marguerite Duras
1976
as Self
Les Mains négatives
1978
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson
1966
as Self
L’homme atlantique
1981
as Narrator (voice)
Marguerite Duras in the Lions' Den
1966
as Self
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Marguerite Duras and the '68ers
1968
as Self
L'affaire Matzneff
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Agatha and the Limitless Readings
1981
as Narrator (voice)
Marguerite Duras and Stripper Lolo Pigalle
1965
as Self
Savannah Bay c’est toi
1984
as Self
Marguerite Duras and the Prison Governess
1967
as Self
One Minute for One Image
1983
as Self - Narrator
La Dame des Yvelines
1984
as Self
Duras Shoots
1981
as Self
Marguerite Duras: Worn Out with Desire . . . to Write
1985
as Self
Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau
1965
as Self
Marguerite Duras, l'écriture et la vie
2021
as Self
The Marguerite Duras Century
as Self
Cygne I
1976
as Narrator (voice)
The Death of the Young English Aviator
1993
as Self
Hiroshima: The Time of Return
2005
as (voice)
Les enfants et Noël
1965
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Marguerite Duras
1994
as Self
About Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards. Duras was born Marguerite Donnadieu on 4 April 1914, in Gia Định, Cochinchina, French Indochina (now Vietnam). Her parents, Marie (née Legrand, 1877–1956) and Henri Donnadieu (1872–1921), were teachers from France who likely had met at Gia Đ… With 53 credits spanning from 1965 to 2023, Marguerite Duras has appeared in 50 films and 3 TV shows.
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- Duras/Godard (1987) — as Self
- The Lorry (1977) — as elle
- Pornotropic (2020) — as Self - Writer (archive footage)
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022) — as Self (archive footage)
- Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977) — as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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