Be Pretty and Shut Up!

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

111 mins | Documentary | March 4, 1981

The film is a series of interviews with various well-known film actresses, including Jenny Agutter, Maria Schneider, and Jane Fonda. The title, which is borrowed from a 1958 film with the same name by Marc Allegret, refers to the sense the actresses have of what is expected of them by the film industry.

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

111 mins | Documentary | March 4, 1981

Be Pretty and Shut Up!
The film is a series of interviews with various well-known film actresses, including Jenny Agutter, Maria Schneider, and Jane Fonda. The title, which is borrowed from a 1958 film with the same name by Marc Allegret, refers to the sense the actresses have of what is expected of them by the film industry.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Centre audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir
Original title Sois belle et tais-toi!
Directors Delphine Seyrig
Writers

Cast

Delphine Seyrig

as Self - Interviewer

Jill Clayburgh

as Self

Marie Dubois

as Self

Delia Salvi

as Self

Juliet Berto

as Self

Maidie Norman

as Self

Louise Fletcher

as Self

Jane Fonda

as Self

Cindy Williams

as Self

Rita Renoir

as Self

Jenny Agutter

as Self

Luce Guilbeault

as Self

Shirley MacLaine

as Self (archive footage)

Anne Wiazemsky

as Self

R. de Gregorio

as Self

Maria Schneider

as Self

Viva

as Self

Candy Clark

as Self

Barbara Steele

as Self

Millie Perkins

as Self

Susan Tyrrell

as Self

Ellen Burstyn

as Self

Simone de Beauvoir

as Self (voice) (archive footage)