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Jean Seberg

Jean Dorothy Seberg (; ; November 13, 1938August 30, 1979) was an American actress. She is considered an icon of the French New Wave as a result of her performance in Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 film ''Breathless''.

Seberg appeared in 34 films in the United States and Europe, including ''Saint Joan'', ''Bonjour Tristesse'', ''Lilith'', ''The Mouse That Roared'', ''Breathless'', ''Moment to Moment'', ''A Fine Madness'', ''Paint Your Wagon'', ''Airport'', ''Macho Callahan'', and ''Gang War in Naples''. Seberg was among the best-known targets of the FBI's COINTELPRO project. Her targeting was in retaliation for her support of the Black Panther Party, a smear directly ordered by J. Edgar Hoover.

Seberg died at the age of 40 in Paris, the French police ruling her death a probable suicide. Seberg's second ex-husband, Romain Gary, called a press conference shortly after her body was found, at which he blamed the FBI's campaign against Seberg for her mental demise. Gary mentioned how the FBI had planted false rumors in the media that Seberg's pregnancy by Carlos Navarra in 1970 was by a Black Panther, and how the trauma had resulted in her overdosing on sleeping pills while pregnant. Gary stated that Seberg had attempted suicide on numerous anniversaries of the infant's death, August 25. At the time of her death, Seberg was separatedthough not divorcedfrom third husband Dennis Berry. Provided by Wikipedia