- Born
- Birth nameMarie-Madeleine Gagarine
- Macha Méril was born on September 3, 1940 in Rabat, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]. She is an actress and producer, known for Deep Red (1975), Belle de Jour (1967) and Vagabond (1985). She was previously married to Michel Legrand and Gian Vittorio Baldi.
- SpousesMichel Legrand(September 18, 2014 - January 26, 2019) (his death)Gian Vittorio Baldi(October 9, 1969 - 1978) (divorced)
- Children
- ParentsVladimir Anatolievitch GAGARINEMaria Vsevolodovna Bielsky
- RelativesAnatolii Evguenievitch GAGARINE(Grandparent)Maria Wladimirovna Sollohub(Grandparent)
- Worked as a model in the 1960s.
- She formed her own production company called Machafilm which co-produced Robert Bresson's Four Nights a Dreamer and Pier Paolo Pasolini's Porcile.
- She has written a series of cookbooks and four novels.
- She has been given the Officier des Arts et des Lettres, Chevalier de l'Ordre du Merite, Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur and Chevalier du Mérite Agricole.
- She attended the course of Lee Strasberg at the Actor's Studio in the early '60s as an observer while working as a model in for Harper's Bazaar in New York.
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