Personal Info
Birth date
1946-12-29 (78 Years)
Day of death
2025-01-30
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Also known as
Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull
ماریان فیثفول
Marianne Faithfull
Biography
Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (December 29, 1946 - January 30, 2025) was an English rock singer and actress. She achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her hit single "As Tears Go By" and became one of the lead female artists during the British Invasion in the United States. Born in Hampstead, London, Faithfull began her career in 1964 after attending a Rolling Stones party, where she was discovered by Andrew Loog Oldham. Her debut album Marianne Faithfull (1965) (released simultaneously with her album Come My Way) was a commercial success followed by a number of albums on Decca Records. From 1966 to 1970, she had a highly publicised romantic relationship with Mick Jagger. Her popularity was further enhanced by her film roles, such as those in I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967), The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968), and Hamlet (1969).
Filmography
Top of the Pops
6.6
Overview:
The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.
Who Do You Think You Are?
6.729
Overview:
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.
Musikladen
NYR
Overview:
Der Musikladen was a West German music television programme that ran from December 13, 1972 to November 29, 1984. The show continued the 1960s Beat-Club under a new name, and in turn was replaced by Extratour.
V Graham Norton
5
Overview:
V Graham Norton was an entertainment programme shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom starring Graham Norton, broadcast every weeknight as a successor to the weekly So Graham Norton. It aired from 6 May 2002 to 26 December 2003. It featured celebrities who chatted with Graham and became involved in studio games which were usually laden with sexual innuendo. The studio games were later featured on the clip show Nortonland in 2007 on digital channel Challenge. The show featured a 'webcam', a roving television camera which was randomly situated in a different place in the UK each week and which followed Graham's instructions and allowed him to interact with the public live. The feature was made technically possible using digital microwave link technology provided by Rear Window Television with the 'spontaneous' webcam feature always produced as a full quality Outside Broadcast, before being made to look like a traditional webcam at the studios.
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
3.7
Overview:
The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2007 and currently airs on weekday afternoons. The show's main focus is the "Best of British" theme with many of the shows' segments focusing on fashion, health, nature, cookery and animals.
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
6.981
Overview:
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.
Intimacy
6.2
Overview:
Failed musician Jay abandoned his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon, a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day, Jay follows her and learns about her. This eventually disrupts their relationship.
Saturday Night Live
7
Overview:
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
Shindig!
6.2
Overview:
Shindig! is an American musical variety series which aired on ABC from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966. The show was hosted by Jimmy O'Neill, a disc jockey in Los Angeles at the time who also created the show along with his wife Sharon Sheeley and production executive Art Stolnitz. The original pilot was rejected by ABC and David Sontag, then Executive Producer of ABC, redeveloped and completely redesigned the show. A new pilot with a new cast of artists was shot starring Sam Cooke. That pilot aired as the premiere episode.
Dune
7.783
Overview:
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
Die Harald Schmidt Show
7
Overview:
The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.
Hullabaloo
NYR
Overview:
Hullabaloo is an American musical variety series that ran on NBC from January 12, 1965 through August 29, 1966. Similar to Shindig! it ran in prime time in contrast to ABC's American Bandstand.Disco
NYR
Overview:
Disco was a pop music program that aired in Germany on the ZDF network from 1971 to 1982. It generally aired on the first Saturday of each month at 7:30PM, each show running 45 minutes. 133 shows were produced. The show was hosted by German actor and comedian Ilja Richter. Its lesser known predecessor on ZDF, 4-3-2-1 Hot & Sweet was aired between 1966 and 1970, presenters included Ilja Richter and Suzanne Doucet. Disco generally served a younger pop-oriented audience compared to ZDF's Hitparade, and until 1972, its main competitor was Beat-Club, followed by Musikladen, both on ARD. Repeats of Disco have been aired since 1984 on ZDF Musikkanal, after its closedown in 1989 on 3sat. Since 2004, the digital ZDF Theaterkanal aired repeats of the entire series. In 2007, ZDF Dokukanal began to air reruns, starting with episodes from 1975 and also multiple repeats of the series have been shown on hit24 in 2008. The show focussed on chart hits current at the time of airing, giving about equal airtime to international pop music and German Schlager. Despite its name, it did not particularly focus on disco music although it featured many disco hits as long as they were chart relevant..
Marie Antoinette
6.7
Overview:
The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Paris Je T'aime
6.771
Overview:
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.
Irina Palm
6.896
Overview:
Maggie, a quiet retiring grandmother, finds herself helpless as her grandson’s health deteriorates. When one last chance appears, but money is desperately short, Maggie acts to raise the cash in a fashion that surprises everyone but her.
Faces in the Crowd
6.08
Overview:
A horror-thriller centered on a woman living with "face-blindness" after surviving a serial killer's attack. As she lives with her condition, one in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them, the killer closes in.
Shopping
5.4
Overview:
A dark, hip, urban story of a barren and anonymous city where the underclass' sport of choice is ram-raiding. An exciting game in which stolen cars are driven through shop windows to aid large-scale looting before the police arrive. For Tommy, it's a business, but for Billy and Jo, it's a labour of love. As the competition between Tommy and Billy grows more fierce, the stakes become higher and the "shopping" trips increasingly risky.
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
8
Overview:
A global television broadcast of the event in which former Pink Floyd leader singer and composer Roger Waters led an all-star cast in a mammoth benefit performance of his acclaimed concept album, The Wall. Set in Berlin, Germany less than a year after the destruction of the hated Berlin Wall, Waters was accompanied by disparate talents such as Cyndi Lauper, James Galway, Joni Mitchell and Albert Finney in the classic dark musical tale of a rock star's descent into madness and back.
Belle du Seigneur
5.415
Overview:
English-language adaptation of Albert Cohen's epic Swiss tale of a tortured love affair between a high-ranking Jewish official and the Protestant wife of one of his employees.
Sympathy for the Devil
6.3
Overview:
While The Rolling Stones rehearse "Sympathy for the Devil" in the studio, an alternating narrative reflects on 1968 society, politics and culture through five different vignettes.
FM
6.5
Overview:
FM is a British sitcom which aired on ITV2, starring Chris O'Dowd, Kevin Bishop and Nina Sosanya. The series followed the lives of two DJs and their producer on their FM radio programme, "Skin 86.5 FM". The show also featured music from real-life artists and guest stars from the music industry. The first episode aired on 25 February 2009 and the series ran for 6 episodes. It broadcast on Wednesdays at 22:30. The series launched with 213,000 viewers. The whole series was re-run on Friday 3 April from 22:00 until 01:00. On 13 April 2009 the series was released on DVD with a BBFC rating of 15. ITV Studios began searching for funding from record companies and radio stations to produce a second series for the show.
This Much I Know to Be True
7.3
Overview:
Like all musicians in 2021, Nick Cave was unable to connect with his audience in person. He uses this concert film to break the vocal and instrumental silence, talk about himself and perform songs from “Ghosteen” and “Carnage”, with help from Warren Ellis.
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
7.125
Overview:
An exploration of the life of Anita Pallenberg, European actress and rock ’n’ roll muse. Told in Anita’s own words, from her unpublished memoir, and in the words of her family, this bittersweet film is a never-seen-before look at life with The Rolling Stones.Acting
2024Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg as Self
2024The Stones and Brian Jones as Self (voice)
2023Wild Summon as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022This Much I Know to Be True as Self
2021Dune as Bene Gesserit Ancestor (voice)
2020Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful as S elf
2019Magick Lantern Cycle as Lilith
2019Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - Singer (archive footage)
2018Shelley's Blaze as Narrator (voice)
2017My Generation as Self (voice)
2017Faithfull as Self (archive footage)
2017Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence as Unknown
2015Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones as Unknown
2012Belle du Seigneur as Mariette
2011Faces in the Crowd as Dr. Langenkamp
2009FLicKeR as Self
2009Marianne Faithfull - BBC 4 Sessions as Unknown
2009FM (1 Episode) as Unknown
2009Somebody Told Me About Carla Bruni as Self
2008Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker (1 Episode) as Self
2007The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume Two as Unknown
2007The Alan Titchmarsh Show (1 Episode) as Self
2007The Making of Marie Antoinette as Self
2007Irina Palm as Maggie
2006Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 as Self (video "The Memory Remains")
2006Paris Je T'aime as Marianne (Le Marais)
2006Le Marais as Marianne
2006Marie Antoinette as Maria Teresa
2005Marianne Faithfull - Live in Hollywood as Unknown
2004Who Do You Think You Are? (1 Episode) as Self
2004Nord-plage as Unknown
2004Marianne Faithfull Sings Kurt Weill as herself
2004Comizi di Non Amore as Self
2004Art & the 60s as Unknown
2004A Letter to True as Narrator (voice)
2002Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up as Self (archive footage)
2002V Graham Norton (1 Episode) as Self
2002NDR Kultur – Das Journal (1 Episode) as Self
2001Far from China as Helen
2001Intimacy as Betty
2000Marianne Faithfull: Dreaming My Dreams as Self
2000The Beatles Revolution as Self
1999Tripping as Self
1999Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward as Self
1998The Brian Epstein Story as Self
1998Vivement dimanche (1 Episode) as Self
1997The Brit Girls (4 Episodes) as Self (archive footage)
1997Retying the Knot: The Incredible String Band as Unknown
1997Beautiful Losers as Self
1997Ruby (1 Episode) as Self
1996Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1 Episode) as Self
1996Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout as God
1996The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus as Self - Herself
1996Crimetime as Club Singer
1995Die Harald Schmidt Show (1 Episode) as Self
1995The History of Rock 'n' Roll as Self
1995Moondance as Mother
1994Shopping as Bev
1993When Pigs Fly as Lilly
1992The Turn of the Screw as Narrator
1991Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon as Herself
1991Dreaming as Woman in Crowd
1990Blazing Away as Vocals
1990Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin as Self - Vocals
1989Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets as Self
1982The Compleat Beatles as Self
1982The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years as Self
1979Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip as Self
1979Broken English: Three Songs by Marianne Faithfull as Unknown
1975Saturday Night Live (2 Episodes) as Self - Musical Guest
1975Assault on Agathon as Helen Rochefort
1975Numéro un (1 Episode) as Self
1974Lucifer Rising as Lilith (uncredited)
1974Ghost Story as Sophy Kwykwer
1973The 1980 Floor Show as Self
1972Musikladen (1 Episode) as Self
1971Disco (1 Episode) as Self
1970Cucumber Castle as Marianne Faithfull
1969Hamlet as Ophelia
1969Heads as Self
1968Sympathy for the Devil as Self - Backing Singer (uncredited)
1968The Girl on a Motorcycle as Rebecca
1967I'll Never Forget What's'isname as Josie
1967Made in U.S.A as Marianne Faithfull
1967Anna as Une jeune femme dans la soirée dansante
1966Go Go Go Said the Bird as Herself
1965The Music of Lennon & McCartney as Self (as Marianne Faithful)
1965Hullabaloo (2 Episodes) as Self
1964Shindig! (4 Episodes) as Self - Singer
1964Top of the Pops (5 Episodes) as Self
Crew
2003His Brother ... Compositors