Macha Méril

Macha Méril (born Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina on 3 September 1940, Rabat, Morocco) is a French actress and writer.

Méril is descended by her father from the Russian princely house Gagarin and by her mother from a Ukrainian noble family. She appeared in 125 films between 1959 and 2012, including roles in films directed by Jean-Luc Godard, Une femme mariée,Luis Buñuel, Belle de jour, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Chinese Roulette. She also performed in the Quebec series Lance et Compte. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Helga Ulmann in Dario Argento's Deep Red and in Aldo Lado's Night Train Murders (1975).