The story of Jean Seberg is one that is filled with hope ... her to a nationwide search for a star for the 1957 movie Saint Joan and ended in 1979 after Seberg took her own life.

Otto Preminger showed courage when he decided to make G.B. Shaw's Saint Joan into a film and to star an unknown of next to no theatrical experience in the role. Jean Seberg of Marshalltown ...

“Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg” explores the actress ... won an international contest to star in “Saint Joan,” a film about Joan of Arc, the French warrior and Catholic ...

This month’s films include portraits of the actress Jean Seberg and the director David ... her from countless auditionees to play Joan of Arc in “Saint Joan” (1957).