Cast & creator
Marie Rivière
Best known for A Man of His Time, The Diary of a Chambermaid, Just the Two of Us
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.
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television credits
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1978–2026 · acting roles
6.3
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (75)
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A Man of His Time
Réceptionniste
2026
The Diary of a Chambermaid
Madame Anne
2026
Just the Two of Us
Blanche’s Mother
2023
At Work
Paul's Mother
2026
The Green Ray
Delphine
1986The Green Ray
Writer
1986
Sex, Love & Therapy
Martine
2014
Down by Love
Mère Anna
2016
My Donkey, My Lover & I
Claire
2020
The Aviator's Wife
Anne
1981
Time to Leave
Mère
2005
Bright Days Ahead
Jocelyne
2013
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
L'arnaqueuse - Swindler
1987
Médiumnité
1978
A Tale of Winter
Dora
1992
Cinématon
N°172 / N°173
1978
An Autumn Tale
Isabelle
1998
This Summer Feeling
Adélaïde
2015
The Lady and the Duke
Madame Laurent
2001
Perceval
Pucelle / Dame / Fille de Garin
1978
Courted
Marie-Laure Racine
2015
Venus Beauty Institute
La cliente aux bottines fourées
1999
A Castle in Italy
Nathan's Mother
2013
Love Is in the Air
La mère de Charlotte
2005
The Adventures of Rosette
1983
Féminin plurielles
Professor
2018Folie suisse
Anna Daubigny
1985Rosette vole les voleurs
Rosette's friend
1988
Hideaway (Le refuge)
La femme sur la plage
2009
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
Self
2005
Life the Way It Is
Florence
1978Rosette sort le soir
Marie
1983
Actresses
The costume designer
2007
El Turrrf
Suzanne
2013Rosette vend des roses
Rosette's friend
1985
Adrien's Sleep
1991Rosette cherche une chambre
Florence
1987
Girls Can't Swim
Anne-Marie
2000
Le Canapé rouge
2005Le Canapé rouge
Director
2005Le Canapé rouge
Writer
2005
Queen Mom
Responsable Maintenance
2025
Dark Flow
2020
Bonus Malus
2024La nuit du coucou
Françoise Bonnot
1987
The Assembly Line
Robert’s mum
2023
The Stolen Diary
Lucie
1993
My Sense of Modesty
2013
Memory Lane
Aude
2010
Muriel's Parents Are Desperate
La mere
1995
Chassé-croisé
1982
Heart to Heart
Une élève du cours de dactylo (uncredited)
1979
Les Plus beaux gratte-ciel de Paris
2026
Under the Snow
2012
Le bonheur se porte large
Isabelle
1988
Les lutteurs immobiles
Judith
1988
Catherine de Heilbronn
Brigitte
1980In the Company of Éric Rohmer
Self
2010In the Company of Éric Rohmer
Director of Photography
2010In the Company of Éric Rohmer
Director
2010In the Company of Éric Rohmer
Writer
2010In the Company of Éric Rohmer
Editor
2010
Madeleine and the Two Apaches
Madeleine
2014
Raison perdue
Paula
1984
Marie-Line
Louise
2000Clandestino
La conductrice
2003
Zéro défaut
Simone
2003
Samia
La conseillère d'orientation
2000Cinématon XVIII
N°172 / N°173
1982
Marinaleda
2023
Eva voudrait
Emmanuelle
2020Deux rivages
2015
Température ambiante
2024
Shreklife
Nadège
2026