Jean Seberg
| Jean Seberg | |
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Seberg in Gang War in Naples (1972)
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| Born |
Jean Dorothy Seberg November 13, 1938 Marshalltown, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | August 30, 1979 (aged 40) Paris, France |
| Cause of death | Probable suicide |
| Body discovered | September 8, 1979 |
| Resting place | Montparnasse Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Iowa |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1957–1979 |
| Spouse(s) |
François Moreuil (m. 1958–60) Romain Gary (m. 1962–70) Dennis Charles Berry (m. 1972–79) |
| Partner(s) | Ahmed Hasni (1978–1979) |
| Children | 2 |
Jean Dorothy Seberg (/ˈdʒiːn ˈsiːbərg/;French: [ʒɑ̃ sebɛʀ]; November 13, 1938 – August 30, 1979) was an American actress, who lived half her life in France. She starred in 34 films in Hollywood and in Europe, including Saint Joan, Bonjour Tristesse, Breathless, Lilith, The Mouse That Roared, Moment to Moment, A Fine Madness, Paint Your Wagon, Airport, Macho Callahan, and Gang War in Naples.
Seberg is also one of the best-known targets of the FBI COINTELPRO project. Her victimization was rendered as a well-documented retaliation for her support of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s.
Jean Seberg died at the age of 40 in Paris, with police ruling her death a probable suicide.
Jean Seberg was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, the daughter of Dorothy Arline (née Benson; July 11, 1909 – March 7, 1997), a substitute teacher, and Edward Waldemar Seberg (October 2, 1906 – September 5, 1984), a pharmacist. Her family was Lutheran and of Swedish, English, and German ancestry. Her paternal grandfather, Edward Carlson, arrived in the U.S. in 1882 and observed, "there are too many Carlsons in the New World". He decided to change the family's last name to Seberg in memory of the water and mountains of Sweden. Jean had a sister Mary-Ann (b. August 27, 1936), a brother Kurt (b. June 1, 1942), and a brother David (February 2, 1950 – March 24, 1968), who was killed in a car accident at the age of eighteen.
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