French actress Jeanne Moreau, who lit up the screen in Jules et Jim and starred in some of the most critically-acclaimed films of the 20th century, has died aged 89, her agent said Monday.
The husky-voiced actress epitomised the freedoms of the 1960s and brought daring and tomboy charm to a string of cinematic masterpieces from Louis Malle's Lift to the Scaffold to Joseph Losey's Eva.
Moreau, who was still making films at 87, was found dead at her home in Paris early Monday, the district's mayor said.
Once described by US director Orson Welles as "the best actress in the world", she was also a feminist icon, a trailblazer for liberated women at a time when cinema was slowly waking up to women's issues.
"Physical beauty is a disgrace," she once said.
Leading tributes to the plain-speaking actress, French President Emmanuel Macron said Moreau had "embodied cinema" and she was a free spirit who "always rebelled against the established order".
* Agence France Presse
The most expensive investment mistake you will ever make
When is the best time to start saving in a pension? The answer is simple – at the earliest possible moment. The first pound, euro, dollar or dirham you invest is the most valuable, as it has so much longer to grow in value. If you start in your twenties, it could be invested for 40 years or more, which means you have decades for compound interest to work its magic.
“You get growth upon growth upon growth, followed by more growth. The earlier you start the process, the more it will all roll up,” says Chris Davies, chartered financial planner at The Fry Group in Dubai.
This table shows how much you would have in your pension at age 65, depending on when you start and how much you pay in (it assumes your investments grow 7 per cent a year after charges and you have no other savings).
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Age
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$250 a month
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$500 a month
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$1,000 a month
|
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25
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$640,829
|
$1,281,657
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$2,563,315
|
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35
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$303,219
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$606,439
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$1,212,877
|
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45
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$131,596
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$263,191
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$526,382
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55
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$44,351
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$88,702
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$177,403
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