President of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1975
President of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995
Provided the voiceover for the 1997 TV ads for Air France, which she also directed.
She is the first woman to enter the Academie des Beaux-Arts of Paris (January 2001).
She was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of her outstanding contribution to film culture.
Signed the manifesto against French abortion laws published by the magazine "Le Nouvel Observateur" on 5 April 1971.
Walked off the set of the TV series "ER" (1994) (January 2000).
Was billed in her early films as "pensionnaire de la Comedie Francaise".
Was considered for the female lead in El Cid (1961), finally played by Sophia Loren.
Was President of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1983.
Was robbed of a $432,000 in cash and jewels by a bandana-wearing intruder who broke into her Paris apartment (September 2003).
Was the first French actress to make the cover of "Time" (March 1965).
Won the Best Actress Molière Award (the French equivalent of a Tony) in 1988 for her acclaimed performance in Hermann Broch's "Le récit de la servante Zerline", a huge theatrical success which toured 11 countries.