Marie Rivière
Marie Rivière (born 22 December 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is known for her collaborations with director Éric Rohmer.
From a working-class background, Marie Rivière grew up on a housing estate/project in Montreuil before working as a schoolteacher, then as a shop assistant. At 21, having seen L'Amour l'après-midi, she sent a letter and photo to Éric Rohmer. He saw her in his office at Les films du losange, in the presence of Arielle Dombasle and Thierry Lhermitte, and offered her a small role in Perceval le Gallois. Two years later she appeared in Rohmer's The Aviator's Wife, the first in the Comédies et Proverbes series. The Green Ray, in which she played the fragile dreamer Delphine, was a critical and popular success, and won the Golden Lion at Venice. In 1998 she appeared again for Rohmer in Conte d'automne (Autumn Tale), alongside another Rohmer muse, Béatrice Romand.
She co-directed her first film in 1993, with Marc Rivière, La Règle du Silence.
Acting
Movie
My Donkey, My Lover & I
as Claire
2020
Movie
Just the Two of Us
as Blanche’s Mother
2023
Movie
Sex, Love & Therapy
as Martine
2014
Movie
The Green Ray
as Delphine
1986
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Courted
as Marie-Laure Racine
2015
Movie
Down by Love
as Mère Anna
2016
Movie
A Tale of Winter
as Dora
1992
Movie
Venus Beauty Institute
as La cliente aux bottines fourées
1999
Movie
A Tale of Autumn
as Isabelle
1998
Movie
Time to Leave
as Mère
2005
Movie
The Aviator's Wife
as Anne
1981
Movie
Love Is in the Air
as La mère de Charlotte
2005
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Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
as L'arnaqueuse - Swindler
1987
Movie
Hideaway (Le refuge)
as La femme sur la plage
2009
Movie
Bright Days Ahead
as Jocelyne
2013
Movie
A Castle in Italy
as Nathan's Mother
2013
Movie
Perceval
as Pucelle / Dame / Fille de Garin
1978
Movie
At Work
as Paul's Mother
2026
Movie
This Summer Feeling
as Adélaïde
2015
Movie
The Assembly Line
as Robert’s mum
2023
Movie
The Lady and the Duke
as Madame Laurent
2001
Movie
Actresses
as The costume designer
2007
Movie
Girls Can't Swim
as Anne-Marie
2000
Movie
Life the Way It Is
as Florence
1978
