
Marie-José Nat
Known for Acting · 62 credits
- Born
- 1940-04-20
- Died
- 2019-10-10
- Place of birth
- Bonifacio, Corse, France
- Also known as
- Marie-José Benhalassa
Biography
Marie-José Benhalassa (22 April 1940 – 10 October 2019), known professionally as Marie-José Nat, was a French actress. Among her notable works in cinema were 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. In 1974, she received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Violins at the Ball.
Benhalassa was born in Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, to a Kabyle Berber father, Abdelkader Benhalassa, and a Corsican mother, Vincentine (Biancarelli).
In 1960, she married the actor Roger Dumas and divorced him in 1962. She then married French director Michel Drach with whom she had three sons, David, Julien and Aurélien. They divorced in 1981. She had a relationship of several years with the actor Victor Lanoux. On 30 September 2005 she married the painter, writer and songwriter Serge Rezvani in her third marriage.
She died in Paris of cancer at age 79.
After secondary studies at the Ajaccio high school, Benhalassa entered the cours Simon in Paris.
Known For
TV Shows (12)

Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

Midi trente
1972
as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

Numéro un
1975
as Self

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self

Ciné regards
1978
as Self

Dim Dam Dom
1965
as Self

Cadet Rousselle
1971
as Self

Les Gens de Mogador
1972
as Julia Angellier

Terre indigo
1996
as Mathilde Vallogne
Movies (50)

Disobedience
1981
as Madre di Luca

Diamond Safari
1966
as Electre

6 Calvary Street
1973
as Françoise Verbrugge

The Seven Deadly Sins
1962
as La Jeune Femme (segment "La colère")

The Truth
1960
as Annie Marceau

Love and the Frenchwoman
1960
as Line, la jeune mariée (segment "Le Mariage")

The Dacians
1967
as Meda

Rue de Paris
1959
as Odette

Train of Life
1998
as Sura

Amelie or The Time to Love
1961
as Amélie

Crime and Punishment
1956
as La jeune fille du bal

Elena's Gift
2004
as Elena
My Russian Uncle
2006
as Geneviève Ferrand

You Have Nothing to Declare?
1959
as Lise Dupont

Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977
as Self

Deux mamans pour Noël
1998
as Marie

The Bardot mystery
2012

Long Live the Duke!
1960

The Making of Litan
1982
as Herself

A Woman in White
1965
as Claude Sauvage

Sentimental Education
1962
as Anne Arnoux

Violins at the Ball
1974
as She, Michel's wife

Murder in Batz
2015
as Jeanne Gourvennec

Opium and the Stick
1970
as Farroudja

Give Me My Chance
1957
as Rosine

Litan
1982
as Nora

Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
1964
as Françoise Dubreuil

Elise, or Real Life
1970
as Elise Le Tellier

The Menace
1961
as Josepha

Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
1964
as Françoise

Le Nombril du monde
1993
as Oumi

Ceux qui aiment ne meurent jamais
2004
as Éva

The Real Bargain
1965
as Béatrice

La Nuit de Tom Brown
1959
as Dorothy "Dot" Brown

Winnetou darf nicht sterben
2007
as Herself

The Marriage of Figaro
1961
as Chérubin

Replay
1977
as Cécile

The Year when I Was Seven
2003
as Alice dite Yaya

Black River
1990
as Mrs. Ginette

Happy Arenas
1958

Secret professionnel
1959
as Elvire

La Colère
1962

Embassy
1972
as Laure

Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir
1975
as Ethel Rosenberg

En las arenas negras
2003
as Violette

Un coup dans l'aile
1963
as Nicole

Tell Me You Love Me
1974
as Charlotte le Royer

Diamond Rush
1969
as Lucia

A Mother, a Daughter
1981
Anatomy of a Marriage
as Françoise
About Marie-José Nat
Marie-José Benhalassa (22 April 1940 – 10 October 2019), known professionally as Marie-José Nat, was a French actress. Among her notable works in cinema were 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. In 1974, she received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Violins at the Ball. Benhalassa was born in Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, to a Kabyle Berber father, Abdelkader Benhalassa, and a Corsican mother, V… With 62 credits spanning from 1956 to 2015, Marie-José Nat has appeared in 50 films and 12 TV shows.
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- Disobedience (1981) — as Madre di Luca
- Diamond Safari (1966) — as Electre
- 6 Calvary Street (1973) — as Françoise Verbrugge
- The Seven Deadly Sins (1962) — as La Jeune Femme (segment "La colère")
- The Truth (1960) — as Annie Marceau
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