Marie Rivière
Born: 1956-12-22 in Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
2025
- Queen Mom as Responsable Maintenance
2023
- The Asembly Line as Robert’s mum
- Just the Two of Us as Blanche’s Mother
- Marinaleda
2020
- Dark Flow
- My Donkey, My Lover & I as Claire
- Eva voudrait as Emmanuelle
2018
- Féminin plurielles as Professor
2016
- Down by Love as Mère Anna
2015
- Deux rivages
- This Summer Feeling as Adélaïde
- Courted as Marie-Laure Racine
2014
- Sex, Love & Therapy as Martine
- Madeleine and the Two Apaches as Madeleine
2013
- El Turrrf as Suzanne
- Bright Days Ahead as Jocelyne
- A Castle in Italy as Nathan's Mother
- My Sense of Modesty
2012
2011
2010
- Memory Lane as Aude
- In the Company of Éric Rohmer as Self
2009
- Hideaway (Le refuge) as La femme sur la plage
2007
- Actresses as The costume designer
2005
- Time to Leave as Mère
- Love Is in the Air as La mère de Charlotte
- Le Canapé rouge
- Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens as Self
2003
- Clandestino as La conductrice
- Zéro défaut as Simone
2001
- The Lady and the Duke as Madame Laurent
2000
- Marie-Line as Louise
- Samia as La conseillère d'orientation
- Girls Can't Swim as Anne-Marie
1999
- Venus Beauty Institute as La cliente aux bottines fourées
1998
- A Tale of Autumn as Isabelle
1995
- Muriel's Parents Are Desperate as La mere
1993
- The Stolen Diary as Lucie
1992
- A Tale of Winter as Dora
1991
1988
- Les lutteurs immobiles as Judith
- Rosette vole les voleurs as Rosette's friend
- Le bonheur se porte large as Isabelle
1987
- Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle as L'arnaqueuse - Swindler
- Rosette cherche une chambre as Florence
- La nuit du coucou as Françoise Bonnot
1986
- The Green Ray as Delphine
1985
- Rosette vend des roses as Rosette's friend
- Folie suisse as Anna Daubigny
1984
- Raison perdue as Paula
1983
1982
- Cinématon XVIII as N°172 / N°173
- Chassé-croisé
1981
- The Aviator's Wife as Anne
1980
- Catherine de Heilbronn as Brigitte
1979
- Heart to Heart as Une élève du cours de dactylo (uncredited)
1978
- Perceval as Pucelle / Dame / Fille de Garin
- Médiumnité
- Life the Way It Is as Florence
- Cinématon as N°172 / N°173