Famed French actress Jeanne Moreau, who was known for her roles in Jules et Jim, The Lovers and The Bride Wore Black, has died aged 89.
The star died at her home in Paris, the district's mayor told AFP. The cause of her death has not yet been announced.
Moreau came to prominence in Louis Malle's The Lovers (Les Amants) in 1958. The controversial film, in which she played a woman who leaves her husband for a younger man, was banned in some US cities at the time.
She went on to work with many of the best known New Wave and avant-garde directors, such as François Truffaut (Jules et Jim), Michelangelo Antonioni (La notte and Beyond the Clouds) and Orson Welles (The Trial, Chimes at Midnight and The Immortal Story).
She won a number of awards in her long career including the best actress prize at Cannes in 1960 for Moderato Cantabile and the Bafta Award for best foreign actress for Viva Maria! in 1967.
More recently, she starred in Map of the Human Heart (1992) and The Proprietor (1997).
