Editing Marianne Faithfull

{{Short description|English singer (1946–2025)}}
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| name               = Marianne Faithfull
| image              = Marianne Faithfull 1966.jpg
| caption            = Faithfull in 1966
| birth_name         = Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|df=yes|1946|12|29}}
| birth_place        = [[Hampstead]], London, England
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2025|1|30|1946|12|29}}
| death_place        = London, England
| occupation         = {{hlist|Singer|actress}}
| years_active       = 1964–2025
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{Marriage|[[John Dunbar (artist)|John Dunbar]]|1965|1966|end=divorced}}
* {{Marriage|Ben Brierly|1979|1986|end=divorced}}
* {{Marriage|Giorgio Della Terza|1988|1991|end=divorced}}
}}
| partner            = [[Mick Jagger]] (1966–1970)
| children           = 1
| mother             = [[Eva von Sacher-Masoch]]
| relatives          = [[Simon Faithfull]] (half-brother)
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| genre         = {{Flatlist|
* [[British rock music|Rock]]
* [[Folk music|folk]]
* [[Alternative rock|alternative]]
* [[blues]]
* [[jazz]]
}}
| label          = {{Flatlist|
* [[Decca Records|Decca]]
* [[London Records|London]]
* [[Island Records|Island]]
* [[RCA Records|RCA]]
* [[Hut Records|Hut]]/[[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
* Naïve
}}
}}
| website            = {{URL|mariannefaithfull.org.uk}}
| signature          = Autogramm Marianne Faithfull britische Sängerin und Schauspielerin.png
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'''Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull''' (29 December 1946 – 30 January 2025) was an English singer and actress who achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her UK top 10 single "[[As Tears Go By (song)|As Tears Go By]]". She became one of the leading female artists of the [[British Invasion]] in the United States.

Born in [[Hampstead]], London, Faithfull began her career in 1964 after attending a party for [[the Rolling Stones]], where she was discovered by the band's manager [[Andrew Loog Oldham]]. Her 1965 debut studio album ''[[Marianne Faithfull (album)|Marianne Faithfull]]'', released simultaneously with her studio album ''[[Come My Way]]'', was a huge success and was followed by further albums on [[Decca Records]]. From 1966 to 1970 she had a highly publicised romantic relationship with [[Mick Jagger]]. Her popularity was enhanced by roles in films, including ''[[I'll Never Forget What's'isname]]'' (1967), ''[[The Girl on a Motorcycle]]'' (1968) and ''[[Hamlet (1969 film)|Hamlet]]'' (1969). Her popularity was overshadowed by personal problems in the 1970s, when she became [[anorexic]], homeless and [[addicted to heroin]].

During her 1960s musical career, Faithfull was noted for her distinctive melodic, high-register vocals. In the subsequent decade her voice was altered by severe [[laryngitis]] and persistent [[drug abuse]], which left her sounding permanently raspy, cracked and lower in pitch. The new sound was praised as "whisky soaked" by some critics and was seen as having helped to capture the raw emotions expressed in her music.<ref name="autobio"/>

After a long absence, Faithfull made a musical comeback in 1979 with the release of a critically acclaimed seventh studio album, ''[[Broken English (album)|Broken English]]''. The album was a commercial success and marked a resurgence of her musical career. ''Broken English'' earned Faithfull a nomination for a [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance]] and is regarded as her "definitive recording". She followed this with a series of studio albums including ''[[Dangerous Acquaintances]]'' (1981), ''[[A Child's Adventure]]'' (1983) and ''[[Strange Weather (Marianne Faithfull album)|Strange Weather]]'' (1987). Faithfull wrote three books about her life: ''[[Faithfull: An Autobiography]]'' (1994), ''Memories, Dreams & Reflections'' (2007) and ''Marianne Faithfull: A Life on Record'' (2014).

Faithfull received the World Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2009 [[Women's World Award]]s, and in 2011 she was made a {{lang|fr|Commandeur}} of the {{lang|fr|[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]}} by the government of France.

==Early life==

=== Ancestry ===
Faithfull was born at the old Queen Mary's Maternity House in [[Hampstead]], London.{{cn|date=February 2025}} Her father, Major Robert Glynn Faithfull, was a [[British intelligence agencies|British intelligence]] officer and professor of Italian literature at [[Bedford College, London|Bedford College]], London University. Her mother, Eva, was the daughter of Artur Wolfgang [[Ritter]] von Sacher-Masoch (1875–1953), an [[Austrian nobility|Austro-Hungarian nobleman]] of old [[Polonized]] Catholic [[Ruthenians|Ruthenian]] nobility. Eva was born in Budapest and moved to Vienna in 1918; she chose to [[Courtesy style|style]] herself as [[Eva von Sacher-Masoch|Eva von Sacher-Masoch, Baroness Erisso]]  in adulthood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/marianne-faithfull|title=Marianne Faithfull|work=Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine|access-date=17 July 2016|quote=... (Faithfull's mother) told her "wonderful stories about castles and parties and balls" and styled herself as a baroness...Eva's claiming of a title was exaggerated but rooted in reality...|archive-date=22 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422042002/https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/marianne-faithfull/|url-status=live}}</ref> She had been a ballerina for the [[Max Reinhardt]] Company during her early years, and danced in productions of works by the German theatrical duo [[Bertolt Brecht]] and [[Kurt Weill]].<ref name="Faithfull, Marianne 2007">Faithfull, Marianne. ''Memories, Dreams and Reflections'', Fourth Estate. 1 October 2007; {{ISBN|0-00-724580-7}}</ref>

The Sacher-Masoch family secretly opposed the Nazi regime in Vienna. Faithfull's father met Eva through his intelligence work for the British Army, which brought him into contact with her family.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/marianne-faithfull/|title=Marianne Faithfull|date=17 June 2020 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=1 December 2021|archive-date=1 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201233052/https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/marianne-faithfull/|url-status=live}}</ref> Faithfull's maternal grandfather had aristocratic roots in the [[Habsburg Dynasty]], and Faithfull's maternal grandmother was Jewish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/cityguides/vancouver/story.html?id=c2a86822-529a-421f-959e-e0e613a0fc53&k=94564|title=Marianne keeps the Faith|work=Vancouver City Guide|access-date=26 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104093456/http://www.canada.com/cityguides/vancouver/story.html?id=c2a86822-529a-421f-959e-e0e613a0fc53&k=94564|archive-date=4 November 2012}}</ref>

Faithfull's maternal great-great-uncle was [[Leopold von Sacher-Masoch]],<ref Name="NYTObit">{{cite news |last1=Farber |first1=Jim |title=Marianne Faithfull, a Pop Star Turned Survivor, Is Dead at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/arts/music/marianne-faithfull-dead.html |access-date=30 January 2025 |work=The New York Times |date=30 January 2025 |archive-date=30 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130195703/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/arts/music/marianne-faithfull-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref> whose erotic novel ''[[Venus in Furs]]'' spawned the word "[[Sadomasochism|masochism]]".<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.mariannefaithfull.org.uk/inter23.html|title=Sex god? Marianne's last word|work=The Times|date=19 June 1999|format=interview|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315133950/http://www.mariannefaithfull.org.uk/inter23.html|archive-date=15 March 2007}}</ref> Regarding her roots in the Austrian nobility, Faithfull appeared on the British television series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)#Series 10 (2013)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', which discussed that the title used by family members was Ritter von Sacher-Masoch.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Documentation License|first1=GNU Free|title=Ritter|url=http://72.9.148.189/learn/index.php?title=Ritter&printable=yes|publisher=GNU Free|access-date=25 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103601/http://72.9.148.189/learn/index.php?title=Ritter&printable=yes|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>

=== Childhood ===
Faithfull's family lived in [[Ormskirk]], Lancashire, while her father completed a doctorate at [[Liverpool University]].<ref name="BeatlesE" /> Marianne spent part of her early life in [[Braziers Park]], Oxfordshire, at a [[Intentional community|commune]] formed by John Norman Glaister in which Faithfull's father played an instrumental role.<ref name="Horsley2019">{{cite book |last1=Horsley |first1=Jasun |title=The Vice of Kings: How Socialism, Occultism, and the Sexual Revolution Engineered a Culture of Abuse |date=2019 |publisher=Aeon Books |isbn=978-1-911597-13-1 |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tOzyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA37}}</ref>

Her parents divorced when she was six.<ref name="BeatlesE" /> Faithfull's half-brother, 19 years her junior, is artist [[Simon Faithfull]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/marianne-faithfull-dies-78-20066286.php|title=Marianne Faithfull, '60s singer and post-punk icon, dies at 78}}</ref> Following the divorce, Faithfull moved with her mother to [[Reading, Berkshire]]. Her primary school was in [[Brixton]], London.{{clarify|reason = How does one get from living in Ormskirk, Oxfordshire or Reading to going to school in Brixton?|date=November 2024}} They lived in underprivileged circumstances, and Marianne's girlhood was marred by bouts of [[tuberculosis]]. She was a [[bursary|charitably subsidised (bursaried) pupil]] at [[St Joseph's College, Reading|St Joseph's Roman Catholic Convent School, Reading]], where she was for a time a weekly boarder.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Craig|title=Top of the Fops|date=10 February 2001 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4259397/Top-of-the-fops.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4259397/Top-of-the-fops.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|publisher=UK Daily Telegraph|access-date=25 March 2015|ref=10 February 2001}}{{cbignore}}</ref> While at St Joseph's, she was a member of the [[Progress Theatre]]'s student group.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fret |first1=David |title=Brit Girls of the Sixties Volume Two: Marianne Faithfull & Kathy Kirby |date=26 March 2014 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-291-80286-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hm5OCAAAQBAJ&q=progress+theater+marianne+faithfull&pg=PT11 |access-date=4 July 2020 |archive-date=9 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709201100/https://books.google.com/books?id=Hm5OCAAAQBAJ&q=progress+theater+marianne+faithfull&pg=PT11 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Singing career ==
=== 1960s ===
[[File:As Tears Go By - Cash Box ad 1964.jpg|thumb|''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' advertisement, 19 September 1964]] 
Faithfull began her singing career in 1964. Her first gigs as a [[folk music]] performer were in coffeehouses<ref name="autobio">Faithfull, Marianne. ''Faithfull: An Autobiography'' Boston: Little, Brown; 1994. {{ISBN|0-316-27324-4}}</ref> and she soon began taking part in London's exploding social scene. In early 1964 she attended a Rolling Stones launch party with artist [[John Dunbar (artist)|John Dunbar]] and met [[Andrew Loog Oldham]], who 'discovered' her. "[[As Tears Go By (song)|As Tears Go By]]",<ref>{{YouTube|id=_phZZgkT1Jk&list=PL4EE73C317CAB2ED7}}</ref> her first single, was written and composed by [[Jagger/Richards|Jagger, Keith Richards]], and Oldham, and became a chart success. (The Rolling Stones recorded their version one year later, which was also successful.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/as-tears-go-by-mt0004692005|title=As Tears Go By|website=Allmusic|author=Ruhlmann, William|access-date=22 October 2016|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407123441/https://www.allmusic.com/song/as-tears-go-by-mt0004692005|url-status=live}}</ref> She then released a series of successful singles, including "This Little Bird", "Summer Nights", and "[[Come and Stay with Me]]".<ref name="autobio"/> Faithfull married John Dunbar on 6 May 1965 in Cambridge, with [[Peter Asher]] as the best man.<ref name = "BeatlesE">{{Cite book | author=Harry, Bill| title=The Beatles Encyclopaedia (2000 paperback edition; first published 1992) | year=2000 | publisher=Virgin Publishing | location=London | isbn=0-7535-0481-2 | page=403}}</ref> The couple lived in a flat at 29 Lennox Gardens in [[Belgravia]], London SW1.<ref name = "BeatlesE"/> On 10 November 1965, she gave birth to their son, Nicholas.<ref name = "BeatlesE"/>

In 1966 she took Nicholas to stay with [[Brian Jones]] and [[Anita Pallenberg]] in London. During this period, Faithfull started smoking [[marijuana]] and became best friends with Pallenberg. She began a much-publicised relationship with Mick Jagger that same year and left her husband to live with him. The couple became a notorious part of the hip [[Swinging London]] scene. Her voice is heard on [[The Beatles]]' song "[[Yellow Submarine (song)|Yellow Submarine]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beatlesebooks.com/yellow-submarine|title="Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles. The in-depth story behind the songs of the Beatles. Recording History. Songwriting History. Song Structure and Style.|website=Beatlesebooks.com|access-date=24 June 2019|archive-date=20 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220204334/http://www.beatlesebooks.com/yellow-submarine|url-status=live}}</ref> She was found wearing only a fur rug by police executing a drug search at [[Redlands, West Wittering|Redlands]], [[Keith Richards]]'s house in [[West Wittering]], Sussex. In an interview 27 years later with [[A.M. Homes]] for ''Details'', Faithfull discussed her wilder days and admitted that the drug bust fur rug incident had ravaged her personal life: "It destroyed me. To be a male drug addict and to act like that is always enhancing and glamorising. A woman in that situation becomes a slut and a bad mother." It was during this time that Faithfull lost three opportunities to appear in films. "I really thought I had blown my career."<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Künzler |first1=Hanspeter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7LKalwEACAAJ |title=50 Years the Rolling Stones: 1967–1971 : Essential Anthology on the Rolling Stones and Rock 'n' Roll History |last2=Würfl |first2=Matthias |date=2012 |publisher=eBook People GmbH |language=en}}</ref> 
In May 1967, [[Graham Nash]], who found Marianne Faithfull "unbelievably attractive," wrote and released the hit song "Carrie Anne" with [[The Hollies]], a track which started out as being about Faithfull.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9CSPFhQ5LM|title=The Real Reason The Hollies Clashed with Graham Nash in 1968|date=4 February 2025|via=YouTube|access-date=6 February 2025|archive-date=5 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250205075447/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9CSPFhQ5LM&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>{{better source|reason=YouTube is not a reliable source 
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In 1968, Faithfull, by now addicted to [[cocaine]], gave birth to a stillborn daughter (whom she had named Corrina) while returning from Jagger's country house in Ireland.<ref name="autobio" /><ref name="Marianne Biography">{{cite web |url=http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/faithfull-marianne-biography |title=Marianne Biography |website=Enotes.com |access-date=1 May 2011 |archive-date=22 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122040201/http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/faithfull-marianne-biography |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Fanclub1966MarianneFaithfull3.jpg|thumb|left|Faithfull performing on the Dutch TV programme ''Fanclub'' on 17 September 1966]]
Faithfull's involvement in Jagger's life was reflected in some of the Rolling Stones' best known songs. "[[Sympathy for the Devil]]", featured on the 1968 album ''[[Beggars Banquet]]'', was partially inspired by ''[[The Master and Margarita]]'', written by [[Mikhail Bulgakov]], a book that Faithfull introduced to Jagger. The song "[[You Can't Always Get What You Want]]" on the 1969 album ''[[Let It Bleed]]'' was supposedly written and composed about Faithfull; the songs "[[Wild Horses (The Rolling Stones song)|Wild Horses]]" and "[[I Got the Blues]]" on the 1971 album ''[[Sticky Fingers]]'' were allegedly influenced by Faithfull, and she co-wrote "[[Sister Morphine]]". The writing credit for the song was the subject of a protracted legal battle that was resolved by listing Faithfull as co-author. In her autobiography, Faithfull said Jagger and Richards released it in their own names so that her agent would not collect all the royalties and proceeds from the song, especially as she was homeless and addicted to heroin at the time. In 1968, Faithfull appeared in ''[[The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus]]'' concert, giving a solo performance of "Something Better".<ref name="autobio"/>

[[File:MichaelCooper1967BenMerk.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Michael Cooper (photographer)|Michael Cooper]], [[Mick Jagger]], Marianne Faithfull, [[Shepard Sherbell]], [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]], and [[Brian Jones]] at the [[Royal Concertgebouw]] on 1 September 1967]]

=== 1970s ===
Faithfull ended her relationship with Jagger in May 1970 after  starting an affair with Anglo-Irish nobleman [[William Westenra, 7th Baron Rossmore|"Paddy" Rossmore]]. She lost custody of her son in that same year, which led to her attempting suicide.<ref name="autobio"/> Faithfull's personal life went into decline and her career went into a tailspin. She made only a few public appearances, including an [[The 1980 Floor Show|October 1973 performance]] with [[David Bowie]] singing [[Sonny & Cher]]'s "[[I Got You Babe]]".<ref name="autobio"/>

Faithfull lived on London's [[Soho (London)|Soho]] streets for two years, suffering from heroin addiction and anorexia nervosa.<ref>Sylvie Simmons [http://www.anti.com/news.php?id=97 interview], ''Mojo Magazine'', 2005 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930193903/http://www.anti.com/news.php?id=97 |date=30 September 2007}}</ref> Friends intervened and enrolled her in an [[National Health Service (England)|NHS]] [[heroin-assisted treatment]] programme.<ref>{{cite web |author=Barber, Lynn |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/life/story/0,,521920,00.html |title=You know, I'm not everybody's cup of tea! |work=The Observer |date=15 July 2001 |access-date=1 May 2011 |archive-date=15 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015120707/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/life/story/0,,521920,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She failed to control or stabilise her addiction.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZBUGo2YaJg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/nZBUGo2YaJg| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Marianne Faithfull Interview 1978|date=4 May 2009 |publisher=Youtube.com|access-date=19 December 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 1971, producer [[Mike Leander]] found her on the streets and made an attempt to revive her career, producing part of her album ''[[Rich Kid Blues]]''. The album was shelved until 1985.<ref name="autobio"/>

In 1975, she released the [[country music|country]]-influenced record [[Dreamin' My Dreams (Marianne Faithfull album)|''Dreamin' My Dreams'']]. The album was re-released in 1978 as ''Faithless'' with some new tracks added and reached No.1 on the [[Irish Albums Chart]].<ref name="autobio"/> Faithfull [[squatting|squatted]] in a Chelsea flat without hot water or electricity with her then-boyfriend Ben Brierly of the band [[the Vibrators]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/my-upside-down-world-mkpx3xjfctx|title=My upside down world|first=Krissi|last=Murison|date=10 August 2014|website=www.thetimes.com}}</ref> She later shared flats in 
[[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]]{{cn|date=February 2025}} and [[Regent's Park]] with [[Henrietta Moraes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/artists/maggi-hambling-marianne-faithfull-sothebys/?ICID=continue_without_subscribing_reg_first|title=The brilliant bohemian adored by Maggi Hambling and Marianne Faithfull|first=Colin|last=Gleadell|work=The Telegraph |date=3 September 2024|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>

In 1979, the same year that she was arrested for marijuana possession in Norway, Faithfull's career returned full force with the album ''[[Broken English (album)|Broken English]]'', her most critically hailed album.<ref name="autobio"/> Partially influenced by the punk explosion and her marriage to Brierly in the same year, it ranged from the [[punk-pop]] sounds of the title track, which addressed terrorism in Europe (and was dedicated to [[Ulrike Meinhof]]), to the punk-[[reggae]] rhythms of "Why D'Ya Do It?", a song with aggressive lyrics adapted from a poem by [[Heathcote Williams]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Palmer |first=Robert |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B06E1D61339F932A15753C1A967948260 |title=The Pop Life |work=The New York Times |date=21 October 1981 |access-date=1 May 2011 |archive-date=26 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080126090057/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B06E1D61339F932A15753C1A967948260 |url-status=live }}</ref> This song had a complex musical structure. On the superficial hard rock it had a [[Tango music|tango]] in 4/4 time, with an opening electric guitar riff by [[Barry Reynolds]] in which beats 1 and 4 of each measure were accented on the up-beat, and beat 3 was accented on the down beat. Faithfull, in her autobiography, commented that her fluid yet rhythmic reading of Williams' lyric was "an early form of rap".<ref name="autobio"/> ''Broken English'' was the album that revealed the full extent of Faithfull's alcohol and drug use and their effects on her singing voice, with the melodic vocals on her early records replaced by raucous, deep vocals which helped to express the raw emotions expressed in the album's songs.<ref name="autobio"/> A disastrous February 1980 appearance on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' was blamed on too many rehearsals, but it was suspected that drugs had caused her voice to seize up.<ref>{{cite book| last=Pearson| first=Tanya| year=2021| title=Why Marianne Faithfull Matters| publisher=University of Texas Press| page=91| place=Austin| isbn=9781477321164}}</ref>

"[[The Ballad of Lucy Jordan]]" was released as a single from the album in October 1979 and became one of her highest-charting songs. It featured on the soundtracks of the films ''[[Montenegro (film)|Montenegro]]'', ''[[Tarnation (2003 film)|Tarnation]]'' and ''[[Thelma & Louise]]''. Faithfull also performed the song during a guest appearance in an episode in the fourth season of ''[[List of Absolutely Fabulous episodes#Series 4 .282001.29|Absolutely Fabulous]]''. In 2016, the song was used in the finale of ''[[American Horror Story: Hotel]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hanks |first=A. E. |date=14 January 2016 |title=American Horror Story' Season 5 Finale: The Real Lady |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/arts/television/american-horror-story-hotel-finale.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422092627/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/arts/television/american-horror-story-hotel-finale.html |archive-date=22 April 2023 |access-date=26 November 2024 |website=New York Times}}</ref> Faithfull discussed her interpretation of the song in a 2007 interview on ITV's ''[[The South Bank Show]]''.<ref>[http://download.itv.com/southbankshow/marianne.mp3 Podcast The South Bank Show] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814233550/http://download.itv.com/southbankshow/marianne.mp3 |date=14 August 2011}}</ref>

=== 1980s ===
Faithfull began living in New York City after the release of ''[[Dangerous Acquaintances]]'' in 1981. The same year, she appeared as a vocalist on the single "Misplaced Love" by [[Rupert Hine]], which charted in Australia.<ref name="Hine">{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/producer-musician-rupert-hine-dead-at-age-72-20200606|title=Producer Musician Rupert Hine Dead at Age 72|first=Paul|last=Cashmere|date=6 June 2020|work=Noise11|access-date=14 October 2020|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901052618/http://www.noise11.com/news/producer-musician-rupert-hine-dead-at-age-72-20200606|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite her comeback, in the mid-1980s she was battling with addiction and at one point  tripped and broke her jaw on a flight of stairs while under the influence.<ref name="autobio"/> ''[[Rich Kid Blues (Marianne Faithfull album)|Rich Kid Blues]]'' (1985) was another collection of her early work combined with new recordings, a double record showcasing both the pop and rock 'n' roll facets of her output to date. In 1985, Faithfull performed "Ballad of the Soldier's Wife" on [[Hal Willner]]'s tribute album ''[[Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill]]''. Faithfull's restrained readings lent themselves to the material and this collaboration informed several subsequent works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Payne |first=John |date=8 April 2009 |title=Easy Come Easy Go: Marianne Faithfull and Hal Willner's Songs of Tragedy and Heartbreak – LA Weekly |url=https://www.laweekly.com/easy-come-easy-go-marianne-faithfull-and-hal-willners-songs-of-tragedy-and-heartbreak/ |access-date=21 April 2025 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1985, she attended the [[Hazelden Foundation]] Clinic in Minnesota for rehabilitation and received treatment at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. While living at a hotel in nearby Cambridge, Massachusetts, Faithfull started an affair (while still married to Brierly) with a [[dual diagnosis]] (mentally ill and drug dependent) man, Howard Tose, who later committed suicide by jumping from a 14th floor window of the flat they shared.<ref name="autobio"/> In 1987, Faithfull dedicated a ''"thank you"'' to Tose on the album sleeve of ''[[Strange Weather (1987 album)|Strange Weather]]'': "To Howard Tose with love and thanks". Faithfull's divorce from Brierly was finalised that year. In 1995, she wrote and sang about Tose's death in "Flaming September" on the album ''[[A Secret Life (Marianne Faithfull album)|A Secret Life]]''.<ref name="autobio"/>

In 1987, Faithfull ventured into jazz and blues on ''Strange Weather'', which was also produced by Willner. The album became her most critically lauded album of the decade. Coming full circle, the renewed Faithfull cut another recording of "[[As Tears Go By (song)|As Tears Go By]]" for ''[[Strange Weather (Marianne Faithfull album)|Strange Weather]]'', this time in a tighter, more gravelly voice. The singer confessed to a lingering irritation with her first hit. "I always childishly thought that was where my problems started, with that damn song," she told Jay Cocks in [[Time magazine|''Time'' magazine]], but she came to terms with it as well as with her past. In a 1987 interview with Rory O'Connor of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', Faithfull declared "forty is the age to sing it, not seventeen."<ref name="Marianne Biography"/> The album of covers was produced by [[Hal Willner]] after the two had spent numerous weekends listening to hundreds of songs from 20th-century music. They chose such diverse tracks to record as [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[I'll Keep It with Mine]]" and "[[Yesterdays (1933 song)|Yesterdays]]", written by Broadway composers [[Jerome Kern]] and [[Otto Harbach]]. The work included tunes first made notable by such blues luminaries as [[Billie Holiday]] and [[Bessie Smith]]; [[Tom Waits]] wrote the title track. In 1988, Faithfull married writer and actor Giorgio Della Terza, and they divorced in 1991.<ref name="autobio"/>

=== 1990s ===
When [[Roger Waters]] assembled an all-star cast of musicians to perform the [[rock opera]] ''[[The Wall]]'' live in Berlin in July 1990, Faithfull played the part of Pink's overprotective mother. Her musical career rebounded for the third time during the early 1990s with the live album ''Blazing Away,'' which featured Faithfull revisiting songs she had performed over the course of her career. ''Blazing Away'' was recorded at St. Ann's Cathedral in Brooklyn. The 13 selections include "Sister Morphine", a cover of [[Edith Piaf]]'s "Les Prisons du Roy", and "Why D'Ya Do It?" from ''Broken English''. Alanna Nash of ''Stereo Review'' commended the musicians whom Faithfull had chosen to back her: Longtime guitarist Reynolds was joined by former [[The Band|Band]] member [[Garth Hudson]] and pianist [[Dr. John]]. Nash was impressed with the album's autobiographical tone, noting that "Faithfull's gritty alto is a cracked and halting rasp, the voice of a woman who's been to hell and back on the excursion fare which, of course, she has." She extolled Faithfull as "one of the most challenging and artful of women artists," and ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' writer Fred Goodman asserted: "''Blazing Away'' is a fine retrospective – proof that we can still expect great things from this greying, jaded contessa."<ref name="Marianne Biography"/>

''A Collection of Her Best Recordings'' was released in 1994 by [[Island Records]] to coincide with the release of Faithfull's autobiography; they originally shared the same cover art. The album contained Faithfull's updated version of "As Tears Go By" from ''[[Strange Weather (1987 album)|Strange Weather]]'', several cuts from ''Broken English'' and ''[[A Child's Adventure]]'' and a song written by [[Patti Smith]] which had been scheduled for inclusion on an Irish AIDS benefit album. This track, "[[Easter (Patti Smith Group album)#Track listing|Ghost Dance]]", suggested to Faithfull by a friend who later died of AIDS, was made with a trio of old friends; Stones' drummer [[Charlie Watts]] and guitarist [[Ron Wood]] backed Faithfull's vocals on the song and [[Keith Richards]] co-produced it. The retrospective album featured one live track, "Times Square", from ''Blazing Away,'' as well as the Faithfull original "She", written with composer and arranger [[Angelo Badalamenti]]. It was released the following year on ''[[A Secret Life (Marianne Faithfull album)|A Secret Life]]'', with additional songs co-written with Badalamenti. Faithfull sang "Love Is Teasin", an Irish folk standard, with [[The Chieftains]] on their album ''[[The Long Black Veil (album)|The Long Black Veil]]'', released in 1995. During this time she sang a duet with [[John Prine]] on the song "This Love Is Real" on Prine's album ''[[Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings]]''. Faithfull sang a duet and recited text on the San Francisco band [[Oxbow (band)|Oxbow]]'s 1997 album ''Serenade in Red''. She sang interlude vocals on [[Metallica]]'s song "[[The Memory Remains]]" on their 1997 album ''[[Reload (Metallica album)|Reload]]'' and appeared in the song's music video. The track reached No.13 in the UK, No. 28 in the U.S. (No.3 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart).<ref>{{cite news |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19971116/7501/ |access-date=31 January 2025 |publisher=OCC}}</ref>

As her fascination with the music of [[Weimar Republic|Weimar]]-era Germany continued, Faithfull performed in ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' at the [[Gate Theatre]], Dublin, playing [[Pirate Jenny]]. Her interpretation of the music led to a new album, ''[[20th Century Blues (Marianne Faithfull album)|Twentieth Century Blues]]'' (1996), which focused on the music of [[Kurt Weill]] and [[Bertolt Brecht]] as well as [[Noël Coward]], followed in 1998 by a recording of ''[[The Seven Deadly Sins (Marianne Faithfull album)|The Seven Deadly Sins]]'' with the [[Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra]], conducted by [[Dennis Russell Davies]]. A hugely successful concert and cabaret tour, accompanied by [[Paul Trueblood|pianist Paul Trueblood]], culminated in the filming at the [[Montreal Jazz Festival]] of the DVD ''Marianne Faithfull Sings Kurt Weill''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marianne Faithfull Sings Kurt Weill – Live In Montreal UK DVD (268719) |url=https://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=268719&srsltid=AfmBOopWI3hII8FC4Lb4d9GhSSwWvin8iSHhU5P7AHUCn4Epb6OOgje3 |access-date=23 April 2025 |website=eil.com}}</ref>

In 1998, Faithfull released ''A Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology'', a two-disc compilation that chronicled her years with [[Island Records]]. It featured tracks from her albums ''Broken English'', ''Dangerous Acquaintances'', ''A Child's Adventure'', ''Strange Weather'', ''Blazing Away'', and ''A Secret Life'', as well as several B sides and unreleased tracks.<ref>{{cite book| last=Pearson| first=Tanya| year=2021| title=Why Marianne Faithfull Matters| publisher=University of Texas Press| page=170| place=Austin| isbn=9781477321164}}</ref>

Faithfull's 1999 DVD ''Dreaming My Dreams'' contained material about her childhood and parents, with historical video footage going back to 1964, and included interviews with the artist and several friends who had known her since childhood. The documentary included sections on her relationship with [[John Dunbar (artist)|John Dunbar]] and Mick Jagger, and brief interviews with Keith Richards. It concluded with footage from a 30-minute live concert, originally broadcast on [[PBS]] for the series ''[[Sessions at West 54th]]''. The same year, she ranked 25th in ''VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Rock and Roll''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=VH1 100 Greatest Women Of Rock And Roll – 1999 |url=https://thedent.com/vh1100.html |access-date=23 April 2025 |website=thedent.com}}</ref>

Roger Waters of Pink Floyd wrote the song "Incarceration of a Flower Child" as a portrayal of [[Syd Barrett]] in 1968, although it was never recorded by Pink Floyd. The song was recorded by Faithfull on her 1999 album ''[[Vagabond Ways]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/marianne-faithfull-incarceration-of-a-flower-child-demo-1288076/|title=Hear Marianne Faithfull's Forceful 'Vagabond Ways' Demo for 'Incarceration of a Flower Child'|first=Kory|last=Grow|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=20 January 2022}}</ref>

=== 2000s ===
[[File:Marianne-faithfull-8 Istanbul 2.jpg|thumb|right|Faithfull performing in 2008]]
Faithfull released several albums from the late 1990s into the 2000s that received positive critical response, beginning with ''[[Vagabond Ways]]'' (1999), which was produced and recorded by [[Mark Howard (producer)|Mark Howard]]. ''Vagabond Ways'' included collaborations with [[Daniel Lanois]], [[Emmylou Harris]], Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, and writer and friend [[Frank McGuinness]]. Later that year she sang "Love Got Lost" on [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson's]] ''[[Night and Day II]]''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Night and Day II – Joe Jackson {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/night-and-day-ii-mw0000618075 |access-date=23 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

Her renaissance continued with ''[[Kissin Time]]'', released in 2002. The album contained songs written with [[Blur (band)|Blur]], [[Beck]], [[Billy Corgan]], [[Jarvis Cocker]], [[Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)|Dave Stewart]], David Courts and the French pop singer [[Étienne Daho]]. On this record, she paid tribute to [[Nico]] (with "Song for Nico"), whose work she admired. The album included an autobiographical song she co-wrote with Cocker, called "Sliding Through Life on Charm".<ref>{{Citation |title=Kissin' Time – Marianne Faithfull {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/kissin-time-mw0000223260 |access-date=23 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2005, she released ''[[Before the Poison]]''. The album was primarily a collaboration with [[PJ Harvey]] and [[Nick Cave]]; [[Damon Albarn]] and [[Jon Brion]] also contributed. ''Before the Poison'' received mixed reviews from both ''Rolling Stone'' and ''[[Village Voice]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Walters, Barry |title=Before the poison -review |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=April 2005 |quote=The combination often proves too bleak.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Goldfein, Josh |title=Angel With Big Friends – ''Before the poison'' review |work=Village Voice |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-04-12/music/angel-with-big-friends/ |date=12 April 2005 |access-date=12 January 2012 |quote=Faithfull's voice is just too weak to carry a tune without a narrative crutch... Luckily for you, the age of iconic chanteuse auto-tribute albums ([[Nancy Sinatra]], [[Loretta Lynn]], the Sixths) is coincident with the rise of iTunes. Unless you dig Nick's poetry, grab the Polly songs and run. |archive-date=22 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022020635/http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-04-12/music/angel-with-big-friends/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2005 she recorded and co-produced "Lola R Forever", a cover of the [[Serge Gainsbourg]] song "Lola Rastaquouere" with [[Sly Dunbar|Sly]] and [[Robbie Shakespeare|Robbie]] for the tribute album ''[[Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited]]''. In 2007, Faithfull collaborated with the British singer-songwriter [[Patrick Wolf]] on the duet "Magpie" from his third album ''[[The Magic Position]],'' and wrote and recorded a new song for the French film ''Truands'' called "A Lean and Hungry Look" with Ulysse.<ref>{{Citation |last=Schoendoerffer |first=Frédéric |title=Truands |date=17 January 2007 |type=Crime, Thriller |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487504/ |access-date=23 April 2025 |others=Benoît Magimel, Philippe Caubère, Béatrice Dalle |publisher=Carcharodon, La Chauve Souris, StudioCanal}}</ref>

In March 2007, she returned to the stage with a touring show titled ''Songs of Innocence and Experience''. Supported by a trio, the performance had a semi-acoustic feel and toured European theatres throughout the spring and summer. The show featured many songs she had not performed live before, including "Something Better", the song she sang on ''[[The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus]]''. The show included the [[Harry Nilsson]] song "Don't Forget Me", "Marathon Kiss" from ''[[Vagabond Ways]]'', and a version of the traditional "Spike Driver Blues".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marianne Faithfull Average Setlists of tour: Songs of Innocence and Experience {{!}} setlist.fm |url=https://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/marianne-faithfull-bd6dd92.html?tour=13d7e5c5 |access-date=23 April 2025 |website=www.setlist.fm}}</ref> On 4 November 2007, the [[European Film Academy]] announced that Faithfull had received a nomination for Best Actress for her role as Maggie in ''[[Irina Palm]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 April 2008 |title=Stay Faithfull: A revealing audience with Marianne Faithfull |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/people/profiles/stay-faithfull-a-revealing-audience-with-marianne-faithfull-813726.html |website=The Independent}}</ref>

Articles published at that time hinted that Faithfull was looking to retire and was hoping that money from ''Songs of the Innocence and Experience'' would enable her to live in comfort. She said: "I'm not prepared to be 70 and absolutely broke. I realised last year that I have no safety net at all and I'm going to have to get one. So I need to change my attitude to life, which means I have to put away 10 per cent every year of my old age. I want to be in a position where I don't have to work. I should have thought about this a long time ago but I didn't."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marianne Faithfull Reveals She Has No Money |url=http://www.mariannefaithfull.net/news.php?item.26.4 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120210331/http://www.mariannefaithfull.net/news.php?item.26.4 |archive-date=20 November 2012 |access-date=24 June 2019 |website=Mariannefaithfull.net}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=since mariannefaithfull.net expired on and is pending renewal or deletion|date=March 2025}} She still lived in her flat located on one of the richest Parisian avenues<ref name="tele" /> and had a house in [[County Waterford]], Ireland.<ref name="tele">{{cite news|author=Iley, Chrissy |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/8359212/Marianne-Faithfull-interview.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/8359212/Marianne-Faithfull-interview.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Marianne Faithfull interview |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=7 March 2011 |access-date=13 July 2017 |quote=She still lives in Paris and has a house in County Waterford, Ireland.}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Recording of ''[[Easy Come, Easy Go (Marianne Faithfull album)|Easy Come, Easy Go]]'' commenced in New York City on 6 December 2007; the album was produced by [[Hal Willner]], who had recorded ''Strange Weather'' in 1997.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Spencer |first=Neil |date=15 March 2009 |title=Pop review: Marianne Faithfull, Easy Come, Easy Go |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/15/marianne-faithfull-easy-come-review |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and featured a version of [[Morrissey]]'s "Dear God Please Help Me" from his 2006 album ''[[Ringleader of the Tormentors]]''. In March 2009, she performed "The Crane Wife 3" on ''[[Late Show with David Letterman|The Late Show]]''.<ref>[http://stereogum.com/archives/video/marianne-faithful-covers-the-decemberists-on-lette_061942.html Marianne Faithfull Covers The Decemberists On Letterman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404022232/http://stereogum.com/archives/video/marianne-faithful-covers-the-decemberists-on-lette_061942.html |date=4 April 2009 }}. Stereogum. Retrieved 15 August 2010.</ref> In late March, Faithfull began the Easy Come, Easy Go tour, which took her to France, Germany, Austria, New York City, Los Angeles and London.<ref>[http://www.mariannefaithfull.org.uk/TOURDATES.HTML Tourdates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714130255/http://www.mariannefaithfull.org.uk/TOURDATES.HTML |date=14 July 2014 }}. Mariannefaithfull.org.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2010.</ref>

In November, Faithfull was interviewed by Jennifer Davies<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jennifer-davies.com/index/home/Entries/2009/11/13_Marianne_Faithfull____.html |title=Marianne Faithfull slideshow audio interview with Jennifer Davies (3 mins 15 secs) |publisher=Jennifer-davies.com |date=13 November 2009 |access-date=1 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713101222/http://www.jennifer-davies.com/index/home/Entries/2009/11/13_Marianne_Faithfull____.html |archive-date=13 July 2011 }}</ref> on [[World Radio Switzerland]], where she described the challenges of being stereotyped as a "mother, or the pure wife". Because of this, she insisted, it had been hard to maintain a long career as a female artist, which, she said, gave her empathy for [[Amy Winehouse]] when they had met recently.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldradio.ch/wrs/shows/mix/an-icon-in-switzerland-marianne-faithfull.shtml?16713 |title='Marianne Faithfull: An icon', radio interview, World Radio Switzerland (10 mins) |publisher=Worldradio.ch |access-date=1 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707010941/http://worldradio.ch/wrs/shows/mix/an-icon-in-switzerland-marianne-faithfull.shtml?16713 |archive-date=7 July 2011 }}</ref>

On 5 March 2009, Faithfull received the World Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 2009 Women's World Awards.<ref name="worldawards1">{{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.worldawards.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704191340/http://www.worldawards.com/ |archive-date=4 July 2008 |access-date=7 March 2009}}</ref> "Marianne's contribution to the arts over a 45-year career including 18 studio albums as a singer, songwriter and interpreter, and numerous appearances on stage and screen is now being acknowledged with this special award."{{cn|date=February 2025}} The award was presented in Vienna, with ceremonies televised in over 40 countries on 8 March 2009 as part of [[International Women's Day]].{{cn|date=February 2025}}

On 26 October 2009, Faithfull was honoured with the Icon of the Year award from Q magazine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/6437734/Marianne-Faithfull-named-Icon-of-the-Year-at-Q-Awards.html|title=Marianne Faithfull named Icon of the Year at Q Awards|date=26 October 2009|website=The Telegraph|access-date=1 February 2022|archive-date=1 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201203252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/6437734/Marianne-Faithfull-named-Icon-of-the-Year-at-Q-Awards.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2010s ===
On 31 January 2011, Faithfull released her 18th studio album, ''[[Horses and High Heels]],'' in mainland Europe to mixed reviews.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-marianne-faithfull-horses-and-high-heels-dramaticona239ve-2231460.html |author=Andy Gill |title=Horses and High Heels Marianne Faithfull |work=The Independent |location=UK |date=4 March 2011 |access-date=12 January 2012 |quote=it's not territory she occupies comfortably (Two stars out of five) |archive-date=8 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308110107/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-marianne-faithfull-horses-and-high-heels-dramaticona239ve-2231460.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Horses and High Heels-review |journal=Uncut |issue=April 2011 |page=80 |quote=Producer Hal Wilner again helms this follow-up but the chemistry proves more fitful.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/8364178/Marianne-Faithfull-Horses-and-High-Heels-CD-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/8364178/Marianne-Faithfull-Horses-and-High-Heels-CD-review.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |author=Green, Thomas H |title=Horses and High Heels, CD review |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=5 March 2011 |access-date=10 January 2012 |quote=Marianne Faithfull's Horses and High Heels is heavy with world-weary pathos.}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The 13-track album contained four songs co-written by Faithfull; the rest were mainly covers of well-known songs such as [[Dusty Springfield]]'s "Goin' Back" and [[the Shangri-Las]]' "Past, Present, Future". A UK CD release was planned for 7 March 2011. Faithfull supported the album's release with an extensive European tour with a five-piece band and arrived in the UK on 24 May for a rare show at London's [[Barbican Centre]], with an extra UK show added at [[Leamington Spa]] on 26 May.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

On 23 March 2011, Faithfull was awarded the [[Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]], one of France's highest cultural honours.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.fr/culture/marianne-faithfull-icone-rock-intemporelle-est-decedee_4678|title=Marianne Faithfull, icône rock intemporelle, est décédée – Harper's Bazaar France |date=30 January 2025|website=harpersbazaar.fr}}</ref> On 7 May 2011, she appeared on the ''[[Graham Norton Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010xwbq |title="Marianne Faithfull and Mark Foster join Graham" at |publisher=BBC |date=7 May 2011 |access-date=22 March 2012 |archive-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618194233/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010xwbq |url-status=live }}</ref> She reunited with [[Metallica]] in December 2011 for their 30th anniversary celebration at [[the Fillmore]] where she performed "[[The Memory Remains]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iGO8-OwBXk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/1iGO8-OwBXk| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Metallica w/ Marianne Faithfull – The Memory Remains (Live in San Francisco, December 7th, 2011) |date=9 December 2011 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=22 March 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2012, Faithfull recorded a cover version of a [[Stevie Nicks]] track from the [[Fleetwood Mac]] album ''[[Tusk (album)|Tusk]]'' as part of a Fleetwood Mac tribute project. The track, "[[Angel (Fleetwood Mac song)|Angel]]", was released on 14 August 2012 as part of the tribute album ''[[Just Tell Me That You Want Me]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ratliff |first1=Ben |last2=Caramanica |first2=Jon |last3=Chinen |first3=Nate |title=17 Takes on Legacy of a Band |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/arts/music/new-albums-include-a-tribute-to-fleetwood-mac.html |access-date=4 July 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=13 August 2012 |archive-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618194230/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/arts/music/new-albums-include-a-tribute-to-fleetwood-mac.html |url-status=live}}</ref> On 22 June 2013, she made a sell-out concert appearance at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]], with jazz musician [[Bill Frisell]] playing guitar, as a part of the Meltdown Festival curated by [[Yoko Ono]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/marianne-faithfull-and-bill-frisell-74232 |title=Marianne Faithfull and Bill Frisell |publisher=Southbank Centre |date=22 June 2013 |access-date=7 August 2013 |archive-date=19 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619064300/http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/marianne-faithfull-and-bill-frisell-74232 |url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2014, Faithfull released an album of all-new material, titled ''[[Give My Love to London]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/25/marianne-faithfull-give-my-love-to-london-review|title=Marianne Faithfull: Give My Love to London review – a vivid vision of revolution|first=Maddy|last=Costa|work=The Guardian |date=25 September 2014|access-date=30 January 2025|archive-date=5 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905172958/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/25/marianne-faithfull-give-my-love-to-london-review|url-status=live}}</ref> She started a 12-month 50th anniversary tour at the end of 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/188676-marianne-faithfull-50th-anniversary-world-tour-royal-festival-hall-2-2495580870.html|title=Marianne Faithfull: London – 29 November 2014 &#124; PopMatters|date=2 December 2014|website=www.popmatters.com|access-date=30 January 2025|archive-date=4 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704035951/https://www.popmatters.com/188676-marianne-faithfull-50th-anniversary-world-tour-royal-festival-hall-2-2495580870.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

During a webchat hosted by ''[[The Guardian]]'' on 1 February 2016, Faithfull revealed plans to release a live album from her 50th anniversary tour. She had ideas for a follow-up for ''Give My Love to London'', but had no intention of recording new material for at least a year and a half.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/live/2016/jan/28/marianne-faithfull-webchat-post-your-questions-now|title=Marianne Faithfull webchat – as it happened|work=The Guardian|date=February 2016|access-date=12 December 2016|archive-date=18 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618194233/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/live/2016/jan/28/marianne-faithfull-webchat-post-your-questions-now|url-status=live}}</ref> Faithfull's album ''[[Negative Capability (album)|Negative Capability]]'', was released in November 2018. It featured [[Rob Ellis (producer)|Rob Ellis]], [[Warren Ellis (musician)|Warren Ellis]], Nick Cave, [[Ed Harcourt]], and [[Mark Lanegan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://60stoday.com/2017/12/29/marianne-faithfull-announces-new-album-negative-capability/ |title=Marianne Faithfull Announces New Album 'Negative Capability |website=60stoday.com |access-date=18 June 2018 |archive-date=18 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118065322/https://60stoday.com/2017/12/29/marianne-faithfull-announces-new-album-negative-capability/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bmg-promotes-fred-casimir-to-evp-of-global-recordings/|title=BMG PROMOTES FRED CASIMIR TO EVP OF GLOBAL RECORDINGS|website=Musicbusinessworldwide.com|date=5 June 2018|access-date=18 June 2018|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126115713/https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bmg-promotes-fred-casimir-to-evp-of-global-recordings/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2020s ===
A spoken word album titled ''[[She Walks in Beauty (album)|She Walks in Beauty]]'' was released in May 2021.<ref name="The Guardian - 2 May 2021 - Marianne Faithfull with Warren Ellis: She Walks in Beauty review – a magical return">{{cite news |last1=Phil Mongredien |title=Marianne Faithfull with Warren Ellis: She Walks in Beauty review – a magical return |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/may/02/marianne-faithfull-warren-ellis-she-walks-in-beauty-review-romantic-poets |website=The Guardian |access-date=10 May 2021 |date=2 May 2021 |archive-date=10 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510092912/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/may/02/marianne-faithfull-warren-ellis-she-walks-in-beauty-review-romantic-poets |url-status=live }}</ref> Faithfull was accompanied with musical arrangements by Warren Ellis, Brian Eno, Nick Cave and Vincent Segal. The album saw her recite 19th-century British Romantic poets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mariannefaithfull.org.uk/new-album-she-walks-in-beauty-coming-spring-2021/|title=NEW ALBUM 'SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY' COMING SPRING 2021|website=Mariannefaithfull.org.uk|access-date=11 January 2021|archive-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019032123/http://www.mariannefaithfull.org.uk/new-album-she-walks-in-beauty-coming-spring-2021/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Posthumous releases==
On 14 March 2025, the single "Burning Moonlight", which was co-written by Faithfull, was released;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2ytLaLdBOvjvswELsqMLn7?si=QxZw6GWjSsisRwmN9moQaw|title=Marianne Faithfull – Burning Moonlight|website=Spotify|date=14 March 2025|access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref> the single is from an EP of the same name, which was released for [[Record Store Day]] later in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/14/marianne-faithfull-posthumous-ep-to-be-released-for-record-store-day|title=Marianne Faithfull posthumous EP to be released for Record Store Day|website=The Guardian|date=14 March 2025|access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref> The EP also features a re-recorded version of [[She Moved Through the Fair|She Moved Thru' The Fair]], a song Faithfull previously recorded in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lances |first=Jill |title=Second track released from posthumous Marianne Faithfull EP, ‘Burning Moonlight’ |url=https://kgfw.com/2025/04/11/second-track-released-from-posthumous-marianne-faithfull-ep-burning-moonlight/# |access-date=12 April 2025 |website=1340 KGFW – The Information Channel |language=en}}</ref>

== Achievements ==
In 1999, Faithfull ranked 25th on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll.<ref name=":0" /> In 2023, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked Faithfull at number 173 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1 January 2023 |title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/marianne-faithfull-1234642435/ |access-date=1 February 2025 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221221327/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/marianne-faithfull-1234642435/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" 
|-
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Nominee(s)
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
!scope="row"|[[European Film Awards]]
| [[20th European Film Awards|2007]]
| ''[[Irina Palm]]''
| [[European Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{nom}}
| 
|-
! scope="row"|[[Grammy Awards]]
| [[23rd Annual Grammy Awards|1981]]
| ''[[Broken English (album)|Broken English]]''
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance|Best Female Rock Vocal Performance]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/marianne-faithful/9691|title=Marianne Faithfull|website=Grammy.com|access-date=23 March 2022|archive-date=1 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201203252/https://www.grammy.com/artists/marianne-faithful/9691|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|[[Q Awards]]
| 2009
| Herself
| Q Icon
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/6437734/Marianne-Faithfull-named-Icon-of-the-Year-at-Q-Awards.html|title=Marianne Faithfull named Icon of the Year at Q Awards|website=Telegraph.co.uk|date=26 October 2009 |access-date=1 February 2022|archive-date=1 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201203252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/6437734/Marianne-Faithfull-named-Icon-of-the-Year-at-Q-Awards.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|[[Women's World Award]]
| 2009
| Herself
| Lifetime Achievement Award
| {{won}}
| <ref name="worldawards1"/>
{{end}}

== Discography ==
{{Main|Marianne Faithfull discography}}
;Studio albums:
{{Div col|colwidth=15em}}
* ''[[Marianne Faithfull (album)|Marianne Faithfull]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Come My Way]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Go Away from My World]]'' (1965)
* ''[[North Country Maid]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Faithfull Forever]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Love in a Mist (album)|Love in a Mist]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Dreamin' My Dreams (Marianne Faithfull album)|Dreamin' My Dreams]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Broken English (album)|Broken English]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Dangerous Acquaintances]]'' (1981)
* ''[[A Child's Adventure]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Rich Kid Blues]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Strange Weather (Marianne Faithfull album)|Strange Weather]]'' (1987)
* ''[[A Secret Life (album)|A Secret Life]]'' (1995)
* ''[[The Seven Deadly Sins (album)|The Seven Deadly Sins]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Vagabond Ways]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Kissin Time]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Before the Poison]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Easy Come, Easy Go (Marianne Faithfull album)|Easy Come, Easy Go]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Horses and High Heels]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Give My Love to London]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Negative Capability (album)|Negative Capability]]'' (2018)
* ''[[She Walks in Beauty (album)|She Walks in Beauty]]'' (2021)
{{col div end}}

== Acting career ==
In addition to her music career, Faithfull had a career as an actress in theatre, television and film. Her first professional theatre appearance was in a 1967 stage adaptation of [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov]]'s ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' at the [[Royal Court Theatre]], London, in which she played Irina, co-starring with [[Glenda Jackson]] and [[Avril Elgar]]. The previous year she had played herself in [[Jean-Luc Godard]]'s film ''[[Made in U.S.A. (1966 film)|Made in U.S.A.]]''. Faithfull was also featured in the 1967 film ''[[I'll Never Forget What's'isname]]''. In the French television film ''[[Anna (1967 film)|Anna]]'', she sang [[Serge Gainsbourg]]'s "Hier ou Demain". In 1968, she starred as a black leather-clad motorcyclist in the film ''[[The Girl on a Motorcycle]]'' (also known as ''La Motocyclette'' and ''Naked Under Leather''). It was thanks to this film, starring [[Alain Delon]], that Faithfull became famous in France. The film was preceded by a widely discussed photograph by ''[[Paris Match]]'' photographer Patrice Habans capturing her beaming as she conversed with Alain Delon, seated to her left, while her then-partner [[Mick Jagger]] sat on her other side.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=18 August 2024 |title=Mesmeric and beautiful, Alain Delon was one of cinema's most mysterious stars |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/18/mesmeric-and-beautiful-alain-delon-was-one-of-cinemas-most-mysterious-stars |access-date=30 January 2025 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 August 2024 |title='The most dangerous man I ever met': Alain Delon's devastating effect on women |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/most-dangerous-man-ever-met-153801039.html |access-date=30 January 2025 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US |archive-date=22 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922133846/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/most-dangerous-man-ever-met-153801039.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She also played in [[Kenneth Anger]]'s ''[[Lucifer Rising (film)|Lucifer Rising]]''. In London 1969 at the [[Roundhouse (venue)|Round House]], Faithfull played [[Ophelia]] in ''[[Hamlet]]'', later filmed as ''[[Hamlet (1969 film)|Hamlet]]''.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

Faithfull's stage work included [[Edward Bond]]'s ''[[Early Morning]]'' at the [[Royal Court Theatre]], London, in which she played a lesbian [[Florence Nightingale]]; ''[[The Collector]]'' at [[St Martin's Theatre]] in the [[West End (theatre)|West End]] ''Mad Dog'' at [[Hampstead Theatre]]; ''A Patriot for Me'' by ''[[John Osborne]]'', at the [[Watford Palace Theatre|Palace Theatre]]; and the role of Lizzie Curry in N. Richard Nash's ''The Rainmaker'', which toured the UK. Her other film roles during the 1970s included Sophy Kwykwer in Stephen Weeks's ''Ghost Story'' (AKA ''Madhouse Mansion''); and Helen Rochefort in ''Assault on Agathon''.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

Her television acting in the late 1960s and early 1970s included ''The Door of Opportunity'' (1970),<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 April 1971 |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1a97a1056e21435c983d50a83aa9cef0 |access-date=23 April 2025 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> adapted from [[W. Somerset Maugham]]'s story, followed by [[August Strindberg]]'s ''[[The Stronger]]'' (1971),<ref>{{Citation |last=Garland |first=Patrick |title=The Stronger |date=1 May 1971 |type=Drama |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179478/ |access-date=23 April 2025 |others=Britt Ekland, Ingrid Evans, Marianne Faithfull |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)}}</ref> and ''Terrible Jim Fitch'' (1971) by [[James Leo Herlihy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mariannefaithfull.net/filmography.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305142840/http://www.mariannefaithfull.net/filmography.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2009|title=Marianne Faithfull :: fansite|date=5 March 2009|access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref> In 1991, she played the role of [[Pirate Jenny]] in ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' at the Gate Theatre in Dublin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/apr/08/arts.artsnews|title=Marianne plays the devil again|first=Duncan|last=Campbell|work=The Guardian |date=8 April 2004}}</ref> Later she performed [[Kurt Weill]]'s "The Seven Deadly Sins" with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, a CD of which was released in 1998.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=1192701&site=eds-live&scope=site|title=FAITHFULL SCORES WITH 'SINS,' ANTHOLOGY|magazine=Billboard|date=24 October 1998|accessdate=2 February 2025}}</ref>

Faithfull played both God and the Devil. She appeared as God in two guest appearances on the British sitcom ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]''. In 2004 and 2005, she played the Devil in [[William Burroughs]]' and [[Tom Waits]]' musical ''[[The Black Rider]]'', directed by [[Robert Wilson (director)|Robert Wilson]], which opened at London's Barbican Theatre.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |date=24 May 2004 |title=The Black Rider |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2004/may/24/theatre1 |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In 2001, Faithfull appeared in [[C.S. Leigh]]'s ''Far from China''. She appeared in [[Patrice Chéreau]]'s ''[[Intimacy (2001 film)|Intimacy]]'' (2001), and in 2004, in Jose Hayot's ''Nord-Plage''. She appeared as Empress [[Maria Theresa]] in [[Sofia Coppola]]'s 2006 biopic ''[[Marie Antoinette (2006 film)|Marie Antoinette]]''.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422720/characters/nm0265717 |title=Marie Antoinette (2006) – Marianne Faithfull as Empress Maria Theresa – IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=23 April 2025 |via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>

Faithfull starred in the film ''[[Irina Palm]]'', released at the [[Berlinale]] film festival in 2007. She played the central role of Maggie, a 60-year-old widow who becomes a [[sex worker]] to pay for medical treatment for her ill grandson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Entertainment-News/Article/Default.aspx?idx=172444|title=Server Error |publisher=TVGuide.com|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-date=17 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517100739/http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Entertainment-News/Article/Default.aspx?idx=172444|url-status=live}}</ref> Faithfull was nominated for the [[European Film Award for Best Actress]] for her work in the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/marianne-faithfull-up-for-film-award-57029/|title=Marianne Faithfull Up For Film Award|website=Uncut|date=5 November 2007|accessdate=29 November 2024|archive-date=3 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203095111/https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/marianne-faithfull-up-for-film-award-57029/|url-status=live}}</ref> She lent her voice to the 2008 film ''[[Evil Calls: The Raven]]'', but it was recorded several years earlier when the project was titled ''Alone in the Dark''. She appeared in the 2008 feature documentary by Nik Sheehan on [[Brion Gysin]] and the [[dreamachine]], titled FLicKeR.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flickerflicker.com/ |title=FLicKeR |publisher=Flickerflicker.com |access-date=1 May 2011 |archive-date=22 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722213611/http://flickerflicker.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2008, Faithfull toured readings of [[Shakespeare's sonnets]], drawing on the "Dark Lady" sequence. Her accompanist was the cellist [[Vincent Ségal]].{{cn|date=February 2025}} In 2011 and 2012, Faithfull had supporting roles in the films ''[[Faces in the Crowd (2011 film)|Faces in the Crowd]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/-faces-in-the-crowd/5036183.article|title=Faces in the Crowd|first1=Mark|last1=Adams|website=Screen|access-date=30 January 2025|archive-date=19 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219153058/https://www.screendaily.com/-faces-in-the-crowd/5036183.article|url-status=live}}</ref> and the film
''Belle du Seigneur''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/belle-du-seigneur-film-review-572979/|title=Belle du Seigneur: Film Review|first=Jordan|last=Mintzer|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=21 June 2013|access-date=30 January 2025|archive-date=6 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706052626/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/belle-du-seigneur-film-review-572979/|url-status=live}}</ref> Faithfull starred in a production of [[Kurt Weill]]'s ''[[The Seven Deadly Sins (ballet chanté)|The Seven Deadly Sins]]'' at Landestheater Linz, Austria. The production ran from October 2012 to January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/entertainment/celebrities/marianne-faithfull-interview|title=Saga Magazine Marianne Faithfull interview|website=Saga.co.uk|access-date=26 March 2019|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021200223/https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/entertainment/celebrities/marianne-faithfull-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> On 18 September 2013, Faithfull was featured in the genealogy documentary series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (UK TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', tracing her family's roots, in particular her mother's side of the family in pre-World War II Austria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bhsqv|title=BBC One – Who Do You Think You Are?, Series 10, Marianne Faithfull|website=BBC|access-date=30 January 2025|archive-date=30 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330150816/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bhsqv|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== TV and filmography ===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Made in U.S.A. (1966 film)|Made in U.S.A]]''
| Herself
| Sang "[[As Tears Go By (song)|As Tears Go By]]" in a cafe
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1967
| ''[[Anna (1967 film)|Anna]]'' <small>(TV movie)</small>
| Une jeune femme dans la soirée dansante
| 
|-
| ''[[I'll Never Forget What's'isname]]''
| Josie
| Faithfull became the first person to say "fuck" in a mainstream studio picture.
|-
| 1968
| ''[[The Girl on a Motorcycle]]''
| Rebecca
|
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Hamlet (1969 film)|Hamlet]]''
| [[Ophelia]]
|
|-
| 1971
|''The Stronger'' <small>(TV movie)</small>
|
| Directed by [[Patrick Garland]], also starred [[Britt Ekland]]
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Lucifer Rising (film)|Lucifer Rising]]'' <small>(Short)</small>
| Lilith
| 
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Ghost Story (1974 film)|Ghost Story]]''
| Sophy Kwykwer
|
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Assault on Agathon]]''
| Helen Rochefort
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[The Turn of the Screw]]''
| Narrator
|
|-
| 1993
|''[[When Pigs Fly (film)|When Pigs Fly]]''
| Lilly
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Shopping (1994 film)|Shopping]]''
| Bev
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Moondance (film)|Moondance]]''
| Mother
| Additionally provided the vocals for "Madam George"
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Crimetime (film)|Crimetime]]''
| Club Singer
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|2001
| ''[[Intimacy (2001 film)|Intimacy]]''
| Betty
|
|-
| ''Far from China''
| Helen
|
|-
| ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' <small>(TV series)</small>
| God
| – "The Last Shout: Part 1" (1996) <br /> – "The Last Shout: Part 2" (1996) <br /> – "Donkey" (2001)
|-
||2004
| ''A Letter to True''
| Narrator
| Documentary, written and directed by [[Bruce Weber (photographer)|Bruce Weber]], released in the U.K. in 2008
|-
| rowspan="2"|2006
| ''[[Paris, je t'aime]]''
| Marianne
| Segment: "Le Marais"
|-
| ''[[Marie Antoinette (2006 film)|Marie Antoinette]]''
| [[Maria Theresa|Empress Maria Theresa]]
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Irina Palm]]''
| Maggie
| Nominated for [[European Film Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Faces in the Crowd (2011 film)|Faces in the Crowd]]''
| Dr. Langenkamp
|
|-
||2012
|''Belle du Seigneur''
| Mariette
| 
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (UK TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'' <small>(TV series)</small>
| Herself
| Series 10, episode 9
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Dune (2021 film)|Dune]]''
| Bene Gesserit Ancestor (voice)
| 
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Wild Summon]]''
| Narrator (voice)
|
|}

=== Stage work ===
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! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Production
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Location
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]''
| Irina
| [[Royal Court Theatre]], London
|<ref>{{cite web |title=A production of ''Three Sisters'' by English Stage Company, 12th April – 3rd June 1967, at Royal Court Theatre |url=https://theatricalia.com/play/bk/three-sisters/production/101x |website=Theatricalia |access-date=30 January 2025 |archive-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930183028/https://theatricalia.com/play/bk/three-sisters/production/101x |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Early Morning]]''
| [[Florence Nightingale]]
| [[Royal Court Theatre]], London
|
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Hamlet]]''
| [[Ophelia]]
| [[The Roundhouse]], London
|<ref>{{cite web |title=A production of ''Hamlet'' by Free Theatre, 17th February – April 1969, at The Roundhouse |url=https://theatricalia.com/play/2/hamlet/production/v8x |website=Theatricalia |access-date=30 January 2025 |archive-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008042456/https://theatricalia.com/play/2/hamlet/production/v8x |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"|1973
| ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''
| [[Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Alice]]
| [[Theatre Royal, Brighton|Theatre Royal]], Brighton
|
|-
| ''[[A Patriot for Me]]''
| Countess Sophia Delyanoff
| [[Palace Theatre, Watford]]
|
|-
| ''Mad Dog''
| Jane Ludlow; Little Ford Fauntleroy (disguised)
| [[Hampstead Theatre]], London
|
|-
| 1974
| ''[[The Collector]]''
| Miranda
| [[Wyvern Theatre]], Swindon, and [[St. Martin's Theatre]], London
|<ref>{{cite web |title=A production of ''The Collector'' at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon (January – February 1974) and St Martin's Theatre, London (18th February – 23rd March 1974) |url=https://theatricalia.com/play/jk/the-collector/production/zyq |website=Theatricalia |access-date=30 January 2025 |archive-date=1 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201025037/https://theatricalia.com/play/jk/the-collector/production/zyq |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1975
| ''[[The Rainmaker (play)|The Rainmaker]]''
| Lizzie Curry
| [[Kenneth More Theatre]], Ilford, and UK tour
|
|-
| ''[[The Seven Descents of Myrtle|The Kingdom of Earth]]''
| Myrtle Ravenstock
| [[Greenwood Theatre]], London
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]''
| [[Pirate Jenny]]
| [[Gate Theatre]], Dublin
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[The Black Rider]]''
| Pegleg
| [[Barbican Centre]], London
|
|}

==Works as an author==
* ''[[Faithfull: An Autobiography]]'', Marianne Faithfull (1994), Cooper Square Press<ref name="Faithfull">{{cite web|last=Faithfull|first=Marianne|title=Literature|url=http://www.mariannefaithfull.org.uk/literature.html|access-date=10 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421232037/http://www.mariannefaithfull.org.uk/LITERATURE.HTML|archive-date=21 April 2013}}</ref>
* ''Memories, Dreams & Reflections'', Marianne Faithfull (7 July 2008), Harper Perennial<ref>{{cite web|title = Memories, Dreams and Reflections – Marianne Faithfull – Paperback|url = https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/9780007245819/memories-dreams-and-reflections|website = HarperCollins UK|access-date = 19 February 2016|first = World|last = Archipelago|archive-date = 9 September 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180909190517/https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/9780007245819/memories-dreams-and-reflections/|url-status = live}}</ref>
* ''Marianne Faithfull: A Life on Record'', edited by Marianne Faithfull and [[Francois Ravard]], Contribution by [[Will Self]] and [[Terry Southern]], Introduction by [[Salman Rushdie]] (2014), Rizzoli<ref>{{cite news|title=Marianne Faithfull Edited by Marianne Faithfull and Francois Ravard, Contribution by Will Self and Terry Southern, Introduction by Salman Rushdie – Rizzoli New York – Rizzoli New York|url=http://www.rizzoliusa.com/book.php?isbn=9780847843596|newspaper=Rizzoli New York|access-date=19 February 2016|archive-date=3 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403210128/http://www.rizzoliusa.com/book.php?isbn=9780847843596|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
[[File:Marianne Faithfull, Women's World Awards 2009 b.jpg|thumb|right|Faithfull at the Women's World Awards in 2009]]
Faithfull had three [[miscarriages]] and four [[abortions]]. The first abortion was in 1965, when she had become pregnant by [[Gene Pitney]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/sep/22/marianne-faithfull-interview-negative-capability-album|title=Marianne Faithfull: 'This is the most honest record I've made. It's open-heart surgery, darling'|website=Guardian|date=22 September 2018|access-date=30 January 2025}}</ref> the procedure was still illegal in the United Kingdom at the time and Faithfull stated that she had a hard time dealing with the guilt. She began to feel better once her son was born the year after. Subsequent terminations were from her period of drug abuse as she did not wish for the children to be born as addicts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/i-know-how-to-love/26243608.html |title=I know how to love |date=1 September 2002 |access-date=25 April 2024 |website=Irish Independent |last=Egan |first=Barry |archive-date=7 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107063528/https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/i-know-how-to-love/26243608.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pennyblackmusic.co.uk/Home/Details?id=23182 |title=Marianne Faithfull – Interview by Nick Dent-Robinson |date=25 August 2015 |access-date=25 April 2024 |website=Penny Black Music |last=Dent-Robinson |first=Nick |archive-date=25 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425045013/https://pennyblackmusic.co.uk/Home/Details?id=23182 |url-status=live }}</ref>

During the 1960s, Faithfull had relationships with both men and women.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinfeld |first=Dave |date=9 August 2020 |title=Marianne Faithfull: Keeping The Faith |url=https://www.curvemag.com/music-club/interviews/keeping-the-faith/ |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=CURVE |language=en-US |archive-date=9 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709201103/https://www.curvemag.com/blog/interviews/keeping-the-faith/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Faithfully Speaking |url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2009/03/27/faithfully-speaking |access-date=9 February 2023 |newspaper=Advocate.com |date=27 March 2009 |language=en |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209001823/https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2009/03/27/faithfully-speaking |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Health and death ===
In later years, Faithfull's touring and work schedule were interrupted by health problems. In late 2004, she called off the European leg of a world tour, promoting ''[[Before the Poison]]'', after collapsing on stage in [[Milan]], and was hospitalised for exhaustion. In 2005, the tour resumed to include a U.S. leg. In September 2006, she again cancelled a concert tour, this time after receiving a [[breast cancer]] diagnosis<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5345326.stm|title=Sixties star Faithfull has cancer|work=BBC News|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-date=16 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916130233/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5345326.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/stay-faithfull-a-revealing-audience-with-marianne-faithfull-813726.html |title=Stay Faithfull: A revealing audience with Marianne Faithfull |work=The Independent |location=UK |date=26 April 2008 |access-date=1 May 2011 |archive-date=5 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905032739/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/stay-faithfull-a-revealing-audience-with-marianne-faithfull-813726.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The following month, she underwent surgery in France, but required no further treatment as the tumour had been caught very early. Less than two months later, she made a public statement of full recovery.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6121442.stm|title=Faithfull recovers after cancer|work=BBC News|access-date=19 December 2014|archive-date=12 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812141125/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6121442.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2007, on the UK television program ''[[This Morning (TV series)|This Morning]]'', Faithfull disclosed that she suffered from [[hepatitis C]], which had first been diagnosed 12 years earlier. She discussed both the cancer and hepatitis diagnoses in greater depth in her memoir ''Memories, Dreams and Reflections''.<ref name="Faithfull, Marianne 2007"/> On 27 May 2008, she posted the following on her [[Myspace|MySpace]] page, with the headline "Tour Dates Cancelled" (and credited to FR Management, the company operated by her boyfriend/manager [[François Ravard]]): "Due to general mental, physical, and nervous exhaustion, doctors have ordered Marianne Faithfull to immediately cease all work activities and rehabilitate. The treatment and recovery should last around six months."{{cn|date=February 2025}}

In August 2013, Faithfull was forced to cancel a string of concerts in the U.S. and [[Lebanon]], after a back injury during a holiday trip in [[California]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23709478 |title=Marianne Faithfull breaks back, cancels shows |work=BBC News |date=15 August 2013 |access-date=8 December 2013 |archive-date=23 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123025003/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23709478 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 30 May 2014, Faithfull suffered a broken hip after a fall while vacationing on the Greek island of [[Rhodes]] and underwent surgery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/06/02/marianne-faithfull-hospitalized-in-greece-after-accident |title=Marianne Faithfull Hospitalized in Greece after Accident |work=Greek Reporter |date=6 February 2014 |access-date=6 February 2014 |archive-date=3 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603163443/http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/06/02/marianne-faithfull-hospitalized-in-greece-after-accident/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Afterwards, an infection developed, causing Faithfull to cancel or postpone parts of her 50th anniversary tour, so that she could receive additional surgery and rehabilitation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11370800/Marianne-Faithfull-cancels-shows-over-bad-hip.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11370800/Marianne-Faithfull-cancels-shows-over-bad-hip.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Marianne Faithfull cancels shows over bad hip |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=26 January 2015 |access-date=26 January 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2016, she revealed she had [[emphysema]], a lung disease induced by smoking, and needed to use inhaled medication daily.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Faithfull |first=Marianne |date=1 February 2016 |title=Marianne Faithfull webchat – as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/live/2016/jan/28/marianne-faithfull-webchat-post-your-questions-now |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618194233/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/live/2016/jan/28/marianne-faithfull-webchat-post-your-questions-now |url-status=live }}</ref> She continued to smoke, however, and was not able to quit until 2019, later regretting that she had not done so sooner.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wise |first=Louis |date=2 April 2021 |title=Has Marianne Faithfull Finally Conquered Her Demons? Vogue Catches Up With The Rock 'N' Roll Survivor. |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/marianne-faithfull-interview |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=Vogue |archive-date=27 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627094254/https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/marianne-faithfull-interview |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 4 April 2020, it was announced that Faithfull was hospitalised in London for [[pneumonia]] following a positive [[COVID-19]] test.<ref name="kreps">{{cite magazine |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |title=Marianne Faithfull Hospitalized After Testing Positive for Coronavirus |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/marianne-faithful-hospitalized-coronavirus-978562/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=4 April 2020 |access-date=4 April 2020 |archive-date=4 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404233710/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/marianne-faithful-hospitalized-coronavirus-978562/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Her management company reported that she was "stable and responding to treatment."<ref name="kreps" /> On 21 April, following a three-week stay, she was discharged from the hospitalisation.<ref name="discharged">{{cite web|work=The Guardian|title=Marianne Faithfull discharged from hospital after 22 days fighting Covid-19|last=Snapes|first=Laura|date=22 April 2020|url-status=live|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/apr/22/marianne-faithfull-discharged-from-hospital-after-22-days-fighting-covid-19|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200422202057/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/apr/22/marianne-faithfull-discharged-from-hospital-after-22-days-fighting-covid-19|archive-date=22 April 2020}}</ref> In a brief statement, she publicly thanked the hospital staff for, "without a doubt," saving her life.<ref name="discharged" /> She initially thought she would be unable to sing again after the effects of the [[coronavirus]] on her lungs, and she continued to suffer memory loss because of it.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/15/marianne-faithfull-i-was-in-a-dark-place-presumably-it-was-death|title=Marianne Faithfull: 'I was in a dark place. Presumably it was death'|newspaper=The Guardian|date=15 January 2021|access-date=26 January 2021|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126031954/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/15/marianne-faithfull-i-was-in-a-dark-place-presumably-it-was-death|url-status=live}}</ref> She worked on her breathing and undertook singing practice as a part of her recovery.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/arts/music/marianne-faithfull-she-walks-in-beauty.html|title=She's Marianne Faithfull, Damn It. And She's (Thankfully) Still Here.|newspaper=The New York Times|date=22 April 2021|access-date=28 April 2021|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514214801/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/arts/music/marianne-faithfull-she-walks-in-beauty.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Faithfull died in London on 30 January 2025, at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |title=Marianne Faithfull, singular icon of British pop, dies aged 78 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jan/30/marianne-faithfull-singular-icon-of-british-pop-dies-aged-78 |website=The Guardian |date=30 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Trebay |first=Guy |date=31 January 2025 |title=Marianne Faithfull Was an Unforgettable Style Paragon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/style/marianne-faithfull-style-influence.html |access-date=2 February 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071015120717/http://www.epinions.com/content_4086014084 Entry on Marianne Faithfull] on [[Epinions.com]].
* {{Cite news |last=Macdonald |first=Marianne |date=1 September 1996 |orig-date=31 August 1996 (online) |title=As Years Go By |url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/arts-as-years-go-by-1361240.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131113255/https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/arts-as-years-go-by-1361240.html |archive-date=31 January 2025 |work=[[The Independent]] |location=UK |page=18 |access-date=31 January 2025}} An interview with Faithfull in which she specifically denies the notorious Mars Bar incident.
* Stieven-Taylor, Alison (2007). ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011233229/http://rockpoolpublishing.com.au/books.php?name=rock-chicks Rock Chicks: The Hottest Female Rockers from the 1960s to Now]''. SYD. Rockpool Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1-921295-06-5}}.

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* [http://www.mariannefaithfull.net/ Marianne Faithfull fansite] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515115337/http://mariannefaithfull.net/ |date=15 May 2019 }}
* [http://www.mariannefaithfull.fm/ Faithfull Forever&nbsp;– Inspired by Marianne Faithfull] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417102258/http://www.mariannefaithfull.fm/ |date=17 April 2020 }})
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120505000447/http://magazine.sevendays-in.com/254/marianne-faithfull-porta-mapplethorpe-alla-tate-di-liverpool/ Innocence and Experience: Marianne Faithfull at Tate Gallery Liverpool]

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