Jean Seberg

Actor, Celebrity

1938 – 1979

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Who was Jean Seberg?

Jean Dorothy Seberg was an American actress. She starred in 34 films in Hollywood and in Europe, including Saint Joan, Breathless, Lilith, 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 of a barbiturate overdose in Paris. Her death was ruled a probable suicide.

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Born
Nov 13, 1938
Marshalltown
Also known as
  • Jean Dorothy Seberg
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Iowa
Lived in
  • Iowa
  • France
  • Southern France
  • Majorca
  • Greece
  • Paris
Died
Aug 30, 1979
Paris
Resting place
Montparnasse Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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