Best French Actress in Supporting Role 1950-1959
by guillaume836076 | created - 24 Aug 2011 | updated - 24 Aug 2011 | PublicSeven Best French Actress in Supporting Role, by years (1950-1959)
1. Andrée Clément
Actress | Macadam
Andrée Clément (b. 1918) lived like a shooting star. Her dark, mysterious cold beauty was unique; her face epitomized either sweet innocence and/or malign evil. An exceptionally talented actress, her career was cut short when she died of tuberculosis at the early age of 36. A student of Charles ...
1950 Dieu a besoin des hommes de Jean Delannoy
2. Marie Déa
Actress | Orphée
Marie Déa was born on May 17, 1912 in Nanterre, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France. She was an actress, known for Orpheus (1950), Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942) and Foolish Husbands (1941). She was married to Lucien Nat. She died on March 1, 1992 in Paris, France.
1950 Orphée de Jean Cocteau
3. Yvonne de Bray
Actress | Gigi
Yvonne de Bray was born on May 12, 1887 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Gigi (1949), Chéri (1950) and Olivia (1951). She died on February 1, 1954 in Paris, France.
1950 Chéri de Pierre Billon
4. Jane Marken
Actress | Les enfants du paradis
Jane Marken was born on January 13, 1895 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Children of Paradise (1945), La dame aux camélias (1934) and ...And God Created Woman (1956). She was married to André Marie Désiré Berthellemy. She died on December 1, 1976 in Paris, France.
1950 Manèges d'Yves Allégret Best French Actress in Supporting Role 1950
5. Line Noro
Actress | L'assommoir
Line Noro was born on February 22, 1900 in Houdelaincourt, Meuse, Lorraine, France. She was an actress, known for L'assommoir (1933), I Accuse (1938) and The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940). She died on November 4, 1985 in Paris, France.
1950 Meurtres? de Richard Pottier
6. Mireille Perrey
Actress | Les parapluies de Cherbourg
Mireille Perrey was born on February 3, 1904 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was an actress, known for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), Pas sur la bouche (1931) and Jim la houlette (1935). She died on May 8, 1991 in Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France.
1950 Miquette et sa mère de Henri-Georges Clouzot
7. Valentine Tessier
Actress | Lucrèce Borgia
Valentine Tessier was born on August 5, 1892 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Lucrèce Borgia (1953), Madame Bovary (1934) and Jérôme Perreau héros des barricades (1935). She died on August 11, 1981 in Vallauris, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
1950 Justice est faite d'André Cayatte
8. Yvonne de Bray
Actress | Gigi
Yvonne de Bray was born on May 12, 1887 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Gigi (1949), Chéri (1950) and Olivia (1951). She died on February 1, 1954 in Paris, France.
1951 Olivia de Jacqueline Audry Best French Actress in Supporting Role 1951
9. Suzanne Dehelly
Actress | Graziella
Suzanne Dehelly was born on October 1, 1896 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. She was an actress, known for Graziella (1926), La présidente (1938) and Cinq tulipes rouges (1949). She died on October 12, 1968 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
1951 La nuit est mon royaume de Georges Lacombe
10. Elina Labourdette
Actress | Les dames du bois de Boulogne
Elina Labourdette was born on May 21, 1919 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. She was an actress, known for The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945), Elena and Her Men (1956) and The Shanghai Drama (1938). She was married to Louis Pauwels. She died on September 30, 2014 in Le Mesnil-le-Roi, Yvelines...
1951 Monsieur Fabre de Henri Diamant-Berger
11. Héléna Manson
Actress | Le locataire
Born in Caracas, young Elena (later to become Héléna) miraculously survived an earthquake there. She found a new home at an uncle's in New York City first, and later at another relative's in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland. A very early theater enthusiast, Manson trained as an actress at the ...
1951 Deux sous de violettes de Jean Anouilh
12. Germaine Reuver
Actress | La poison
Germaine Reuver was born on November 20, 1885 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for La Poison (1951), Mademoiselle s'amuse (1948) and Benvenuto Cellini (1908). She died on July 22, 1953 in Sandillon, Loiret, France.
1951 La poison de Sacha Guitry
13. Sylvie
Actress | La vieille dame indigne
Sylvie was born on January 3, 1883 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for La vieille dame indigne (1965), The Adultress (1953) and Roger la Honte (1922). She died on January 5, 1970 in Compiègne, Oise, France.
1951 Sous le ciel de Paris de Julien Duvivier
14. Simone Valère
Actress | Violetas imperiales
Simone Valère was born on August 2, 1921 in Paris, France. She was an actress and producer, known for Violetas imperiales (1952), Beauty and the Devil (1950) and The Assassination of Trotsky (1972). She was married to Jean Desailly. She died on November 11, 2010 in Roinville-sous-Dourdan, Essonne, ...
1951 La nuit est mon royaume de Georges Lacombe
15. Arletty
Actress | Les enfants du paradis
Before Arlette-Leonie Bathiat went to the movies she was a secretary and had posed several times as a model for different painters and photographers. In 1920 she debuted on stage at a theatre. She only began to work in movies after 1930. After World War II she was condemned to prison for having ...
1952 Gibier de potence de Roger Richebé
16. Danielle Darrieux
Actress | 8 femmes
Danielle Darrieux was born in 1917 in Bordeaux, France, to Marie-Louise (Witkowski) and Germain Jean Darrieux, a physician. She was raised in Paris. She was only fourteen when she auditioned for a secondary role in Le bal (1931): she got the part, and the producer offered her a five-year contract. ...
1952 Le plaisir (La maison Tellier) de Max Ophüls
17. Gabrielle Dorziat
Actress | Patricia
Gabrielle Dorziat was born on January 15, 1880 in Épernay, Marne, France. She was an actress, known for Patricia (1942), Samson (1936) and La fin du jour (1939). She was married to Michel de Zogheb. She died on November 30, 1979 in Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.
1952 La vérité sur Bébé Donge de Henri Decoin
18. Micheline Francey
Actress | Vestire gli ignudi
Micheline Francey was born on October 19, 1919 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Vestire gli ignudi (1954), La présidente (1938) and Le petit Jacques (1953). She was married to Pierre Bouchet de Fareins. She died on January 1, 1969 in Paris, France.
1952 La fête à Henriette de Julien Duvivier
19. Hildegard Knef
Actress | Jeder stirbt für sich allein
Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef was born on December 28, 1925 in Ulm, Germany. In 1940, she began to study acting. Even before the fall of the Third Reich, she appeared in several films, but most of them were only released after the war. To avoid being raped by Soviet soldiers, she dressed like a ...
1952 La fête à Henriette de Julien Duvivier
20. Ginette Leclerc
Actress | Nuit sans fin
Ginette Leclerc was born on February 9, 1912 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Nuit sans fin (1947), The Baker's Wife (1938) and La maison dans la dune (1952). She was married to Lucien Leclerc. She died on January 2, 1992 in Paris, France.
1952 Le plaisir (La maison Tellier) de Max Ophüls
21. Madeleine Renaud
Actress | Remorques
Madeleine Renaud was born on February 21, 1900 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. She was an actress, known for Remorques (1941), The Longest Day (1962) and Hélène (1936). She was married to Jean-Louis Barrault and Charles Granval. She died on September 23, 1994 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, ...
1952 Le plaisir (La maison Tellier) de Max Ophüls Best French Actress in Supporting Role 1952
22. Véra Clouzot
Actress | Les diaboliques
Véra Gibson-Amado, known professionally as Véra Clouzot, was a Brazilian-French actress.
In 1941, Véra met French actor Léo Lapara, a member of the theater company of Louis Jouvet, who toured in Brazil during World War II. Vera married the actor, taking part in the company's South American tour that...
1953 Le salaire de la peur de Henri-Georges Clouzot
23. Elina Labourdette
Actress | Les dames du bois de Boulogne
Elina Labourdette was born on May 21, 1919 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. She was an actress, known for The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945), Elena and Her Men (1956) and The Shanghai Drama (1938). She was married to Louis Pauwels. She died on September 30, 2014 in Le Mesnil-le-Roi, Yvelines...
1953 La vierge du Rhin de Gilles Grangier
24. Héléna Manson
Actress | Le locataire
Born in Caracas, young Elena (later to become Héléna) miraculously survived an earthquake there. She found a new home at an uncle's in New York City first, and later at another relative's in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland. A very early theater enthusiast, Manson trained as an actress at the ...
1953 L'envers du paradis d'Edmond T. Gréville
25. Jeanne Moreau
Actress | Jules et Jim
When people gave Louis Malle credit for making a star of Jeanne Moreau in Elevator to the Gallows (1958) immediately followed by The Lovers (1958), he would point out that Moreau by that time had already been "recognized as the prime stage actress of her generation." She had made it to the Comédie ...
1953 Julietta de Marc Allégret
26. Line Noro
Actress | L'assommoir
Line Noro was born on February 22, 1900 in Houdelaincourt, Meuse, Lorraine, France. She was an actress, known for L'assommoir (1933), I Accuse (1938) and The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940). She died on November 4, 1985 in Paris, France.
1953 Dortoir des grandes de Henri Decoin
27. Marguerite Pierry
Actress | Le bal
Marguerite Pierry was born on December 26, 1887 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. She was an actress, known for Le bal (1931), Monsieur Brotonneau (1939) and Dr. Knock (1951). She was married to Jacques Baumer. She died on January 20, 1963 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
1953 La vie d'un honnête homme de Sacha Guitry
28. Sylvie
Actress | La vieille dame indigne
Sylvie was born on January 3, 1883 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for La vieille dame indigne (1965), The Adultress (1953) and Roger la Honte (1922). She died on January 5, 1970 in Compiègne, Oise, France.
1953 Thérèse Raquin de Marcel Carné Best French Actress in Supporting Role 1953
29. Antonella Lualdi
Actress | Andrea Chénier
Antonella Lualdi was born on July 6, 1931 in Beirut, French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon [now Lebanon]. She was an actress, known for Andrea Chenier (1955), The Big Night (1959) and Cordier and Son: Judge and Cop (1992). She was married to Franco Interlenghi. She died on August 10, 2023 in ...
1954 Le rouge et le noir de Claude Autant-Lara Best French Actress in Supporting Role 1954
30. Germaine Montero
Actress | El sur
Germaine Montero was born on October 22, 1909 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. She was an actress, known for El Sur (1983), Santa Rogelia (1940) and Il peccato di Rogelia Sanchez (1940). She was married to Mario Bertschy. She died on June 29, 2000 in Orange, Vaucluse, France.
1954 Monsieur Ripois de René Clément
31. Jeanne Moreau
Actress | Jules et Jim
When people gave Louis Malle credit for making a star of Jeanne Moreau in Elevator to the Gallows (1958) immediately followed by The Lovers (1958), he would point out that Moreau by that time had already been "recognized as the prime stage actress of her generation." She had made it to the Comédie ...
1954 Touchez pas au grisbi de Jacques Becker
32. Gaby Morlay
Actress | Gigi
Gaby Morlay was born on June 8, 1893 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. She was an actress and producer, known for Gigi (1949), Jim la houlette, roi des voleurs (1926) and Les amants du pont Saint-Jean (1947). She was married to Max Bonnafous. She died on July 4, 1964 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, ...
1954 Papa, Maman, la bonne et moi de Jean-Paul Le Chanois
33. Françoise Rosay
Actress | La kermesse héroïque
Françoise Rosay was born on April 19, 1891 in Paris, France. She was an actress and writer, known for Carnival in Flanders (1935), The Halfway House (1944) and Le petit café (1931). She was married to Jacques Feyder. She died on March 28, 1974 in Montgeron, Essonne, France.
1954 La reine Margot de Jean Dréville
34. Eleonora Rossi Drago
Actress | Estate violenta
She never found the international cross-over fame destined for Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, and most American audiences would not recognize her name, but voluptuous, visually stunning Eleonora Rossi Drago certainly made male hearts pulsate in Europe with her scores of princesses and ...
1954 L'affaire Maurizius de Julien Duvivier
35. Valentine Tessier
Actress | Lucrèce Borgia
Valentine Tessier was born on August 5, 1892 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Lucrèce Borgia (1953), Madame Bovary (1934) and Jérôme Perreau héros des barricades (1935). She died on August 11, 1981 in Vallauris, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
1954 La neige était sale de Luis Saslavsky
36. Janine Darcey
Actress | Du rififi chez les hommes
Janine Darcey was born on January 14, 1917 in Asnières, Seine [now Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine], France. She was an actress, known for Rififi (1955), French Without Tears (1940) and The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991). She was married to Serge Reggiani and Gérard Landry. She ...
1955 Du rififi chez les hommes de Jules Dassin
37. María Félix
Actress | Enamorada
Doubtlessly the most famous Mexican movie star, María Félix created a larger-than-life character: herself. La Doña, as the star was known after the character of her 1943 movie Doña Bárbara, starred in 47 movies, most of them forgettable except for her presence in them. More a star than an actress, ...
1955 French Cancan de Jean Renoir
38. Lila Kedrova
Actress | Alexis Zorbas
Lila Kedrova was a Russian actress, who spend most of her career as an expatriate. For her role as widowed courtesan Madame Hortense in Zorba the Greek (1964), Kedrova won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was the first Russian actress to win the award, and this was her only ...
1955 Razzia sur la chnouff de Henri Decoin Best French Actress in Supporting Role 1955
39. Ginette Leclerc
Actress | Nuit sans fin
Ginette Leclerc was born on February 9, 1912 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Nuit sans fin (1947), The Baker's Wife (1938) and La maison dans la dune (1952). She was married to Lucien Leclerc. She died on January 2, 1992 in Paris, France.
1955 Gas-oil de Gilles Grangier
40. Lea Padovani
Actress | Tempi nostri - Zibaldone n. 2
Lea Padovani was born on July 28, 1923 in Montalto di Castro, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Anatomy of Love (1954), Give Us This Day (1949) and Princess of Cleves (1961). She died on June 23, 1991 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
1955 Le dossier noir d'André Cayatte
41. Gaby Sylvia
Actress | Au théâtre ce soir
Gaby Sylvia was born on March 24, 1920 in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was an actress, known for Au théâtre ce soir (1966), Bonsoir mesdames, bonsoir messieurs (1944) and The Three Musketeers (1959). She died on July 26, 1980 in Chamalières, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.
1955 Les mauvaises rencontres d'Alexandre Astruc
42. Anne Vernon
Actress | Les parapluies de Cherbourg
Gallic Actress Anne Vernon, who was born Edith Antoinette Alexandrine Vignaud in Saint-Denis, France, in January 1924, is not well known outside of Europe. Following graduation from the Paris Ecole des Beaux Arts, she found work as a model and apprenticed with an advertising designer. Developing an...
1955 L'affaire des poisons de Henri Decoin
43. Lucienne Bogaert
Actress | Les dames du bois de Boulogne
Lucienne Bogaert was born on January 6, 1892 in Caudry, Nord, France. She was an actress, known for The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945), Les papiers d'Aspern (1971) and Safari diamants (1966). She died on February 4, 1983 in Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
1956 Voici le temps des assassins de Julien Duvivier
44. Nicole Courcel
Actress | Papa, maman, la bonne et moi...
Nicole Courcel was born Nicole Marie-Anne Andrieux, the daughter of a journalist, in the Parisian suburb of Saint Cloud. Some of her early childhood was spent in Catholic boarding schools (an unhappy experience) and with her grandmother (much happier) in the small township of Martel (renowned for ...
1956 La sorcière d'André Michel
45. Suzy Delair
Actress | L'assassin habite... au 21
Prototype of the sexy cheeky French lady, Suzy Delair was discovered by Henri-Georges Clouzot, who became her companion and gave her two memorable roles : Mila Malou, inspector Wens' unbearable girlfriend in two films, Le dernier des six (1941), which he wrote, and The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (...
1956 Gervaise de René Clément Best French Actress in Supporting Role 1956
46. Renée Faure
Actress | La chartreuse de Parme
Renée Faure was born on November 4, 1918 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for The Charterhouse of Parma (1948), Angels of Sin (1943) and Koenigsmark (1953). She was married to Christian-Jaque and Renaud Mary. She died on May 2, 2005 in Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
1956 Le sang à la tête de Gilles Grangier
47. Gaby Morlay
Actress | Gigi
Gaby Morlay was born on June 8, 1893 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. She was an actress and producer, known for Gigi (1949), Jim la houlette, roi des voleurs (1926) and Les amants du pont Saint-Jean (1947). She was married to Max Bonnafous. She died on July 4, 1964 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, ...
1956 Papa, Maman, ma femme et moi de Jean-Paul Le Chanois
48. Magali Noël
Actress | Amarcord
Magali Noël was born on June 27, 1931 in Izmir, Turkey. She was an actress, known for Amarcord (1973), Rififi (1955) and Z (1969). She was married to Jean-Pierre Bernard. She died on June 23, 2015 in Châteauneuf-Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
1956 Elena et les hommes de Jean Renoir
49. Katina Paxinou
Actress | For Whom the Bell Tolls
Katina Paxinou was born in 1900, in Piraeus, Greece. She first appeared on stage in 1928, in an Athens production of Henry Bataille's "La femme nue". In the early 1930's she was one of the founding members of the National Theatre of Greece (previously named Royal Theatre) and performed several ...
1956 Monsieur Arkadin (Dossier secret) d'Orson Welles
50. Dany Carrel
Actress | Pot Bouille
Dany Carrel was born Yvonne Suzanne Chazelles du Chaxel on September 20, 1932 in Tourane, Annam, French Indochina. The illegitimate daughter of a French expatriate father and a Vietnamese mother, Carrel initially grew up in Indochina prior to be taken away at age three from her biological mother by...
1957 Porte des Lilas de René Clair
51. Danielle Darrieux
Actress | 8 femmes
Danielle Darrieux was born in 1917 in Bordeaux, France, to Marie-Louise (Witkowski) and Germain Jean Darrieux, a physician. She was raised in Paris. She was only fourteen when she auditioned for a secondary role in Le bal (1931): she got the part, and the producer offered her a five-year contract. ...
1957 Pot-bouille de Julien Duvivier
52. Mylène Demongeot
Actress | Les sorcières de Salem
Mylène Demongeot, one of the blond sex symbols of French cinema during the 1950s and 1960s, managed to overcome typecasting and survived a long hiatus before a stellar comeback in her 70s. She appeared in more than 70 films, including such classics as the Fantomas trilogy.
She was born Marie-Helene ...
1957 Les Sorcières de Salem de Raymond Rouleau Best French Actress in Supporting Role 1957
53. Martita Hunt
Actress | Great Expectations
Popular British character actress known for her rich cluster of queens, dowagers, shrews and evildoers, Martita Hunt was born on a ranch in Argentina to British parents, but moved with her family to England at age 10 for her formal education. On stage at age 21 with the Liverpool Repertory Theatre,...
1957 Les espions de Henri-Georges Clouzot
54. Ginette Leclerc
Actress | Nuit sans fin
Ginette Leclerc was born on February 9, 1912 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Nuit sans fin (1947), The Baker's Wife (1938) and La maison dans la dune (1952). She was married to Lucien Leclerc. She died on January 2, 1992 in Paris, France.
1957 Le chômeur de Clochemerle de Jean Boyer
55. Jane Marken
Actress | Les enfants du paradis
Jane Marken was born on January 13, 1895 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Children of Paradise (1945), La dame aux camélias (1934) and ...And God Created Woman (1956). She was married to André Marie Désiré Berthellemy. She died on December 1, 1976 in Paris, France.
1957 Pot-bouille de Julien Duvivier
56. Liselotte Pulver
Actress | One, Two, Three
She attended business school, after graduating from which she turned to acting. Pulver quickly received his first major roles in the theater. In 1949 she celebrated her film debut in "Swiss Tour" alongside Simone Signoret, Cornel Wilde and Heinrich Gretler. In 1954 the actress made her breakthrough...
1957 Les aventures d'Arsène Lupin de Jacques Becker
57. Arletty
Actress | Les enfants du paradis
Before Arlette-Leonie Bathiat went to the movies she was a secretary and had posed several times as a model for different painters and photographers. In 1920 she debuted on stage at a theatre. She only began to work in movies after 1930. After World War II she was condemned to prison for having ...
1958 Maxime de Henri Verneuil
58. Lucienne Bogaert
Actress | Les dames du bois de Boulogne
Lucienne Bogaert was born on January 6, 1892 in Caudry, Nord, France. She was an actress, known for The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945), Les papiers d'Aspern (1971) and Safari diamants (1966). She died on February 4, 1983 in Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
1958 Maigret tend un piège de Jean Delannoy
59. Danielle Darrieux
Actress | 8 femmes
Danielle Darrieux was born in 1917 in Bordeaux, France, to Marie-Louise (Witkowski) and Germain Jean Darrieux, a physician. She was raised in Paris. She was only fourteen when she auditioned for a secondary role in Le bal (1931): she got the part, and the producer offered her a five-year contract. ...
1958 Le désordre et la nuit de Gilles Grangier
60. Edwige Feuillère
Actress | Olivia
Edwige Feuillère was born on October 29, 1907 in Vesoul, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France. She was an actress and writer, known for Olivia (1951), Lucrezia Borgia (1935) and Wicked Duchess (1942). She was married to Pierre Feuillère. She died on November 13, 1998 in Boulogne-Billancourt, ...
1958 En cas de malheur de Claude Autant-Lara
61. Antonella Lualdi
Actress | Andrea Chénier
Antonella Lualdi was born on July 6, 1931 in Beirut, French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon [now Lebanon]. She was an actress, known for Andrea Chenier (1955), The Big Night (1959) and Cordier and Son: Judge and Cop (1992). She was married to Franco Interlenghi. She died on August 10, 2023 in ...
1958 Une vie d'Alexandre Astruc
62. Lilli Palmer
Actress | Anastasia - Die letzte Zarentochter
A charming, elegant, and exceedingly popular international film star with a gentle, understated beauty, actress Lilli Palmer was born as Lilli Marie Peiser on May 24, 1914, in Posen, Prussia. She was the daughter of Rose Lissman, an Austrian Jewish actress, and Alfred Peiser, a German Jewish ...
1958 Montparnasse 19 de Jacques Becker Best French Actress in Supporting Role 1958
63. Judith Magre
Actress | Elle
Judith Magre was born on November 20, 1926 in Montier-en-Der, Haute Marne, France. She is an actress, known for Elle (2016), The Lovers (1958) and Les Thibault (1972). She was previously married to Claude Lanzmann.
1958 Les amants de Louis Malle
64. Renée Faure
Actress | La chartreuse de Parme
Renée Faure was born on November 4, 1918 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for The Charterhouse of Parma (1948), Angels of Sin (1943) and Koenigsmark (1953). She was married to Christian-Jaque and Renaud Mary. She died on May 2, 2005 in Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
1959 Rue des Prairies de Denys de La Patellière
65. Héléna Manson
Actress | Le locataire
Born in Caracas, young Elena (later to become Héléna) miraculously survived an earthquake there. She found a new home at an uncle's in New York City first, and later at another relative's in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland. A very early theater enthusiast, Manson trained as an actress at the ...
1959 Toi, le venin de Robert Hossein
66. Claire Maurier
Actress | Les quatre cents coups
Claire Maurier was born on March 27, 1929 in Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. She is an actress, known for The 400 Blows (1959), Amélie (2001) and A Bad Son (1980).
1959 Les 400 coups de François Truffaut
67. Madeleine Robinson
Actress | À double tour
Madeleine Robinson grew up in a struggling working class background but found her métier as an actress after attending the theater school run by Charles Dullin, six years that she considered the happiest of her life. The stage would stay her main love even though she would lend her striking ...
1959 A double tour de Claude Chabrol Best French Actress in Supporting Role 1959
68. Françoise Rosay
Actress | La kermesse héroïque
Françoise Rosay was born on April 19, 1891 in Paris, France. She was an actress and writer, known for Carnival in Flanders (1935), The Halfway House (1944) and Le petit café (1931). She was married to Jacques Feyder. She died on March 28, 1974 in Montgeron, Essonne, France.
1959 Les yeux de l'amour de Denys de La Patellière
69. Gaby Sylvia
Actress | Au théâtre ce soir
Gaby Sylvia was born on March 24, 1920 in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She was an actress, known for Au théâtre ce soir (1966), Bonsoir mesdames, bonsoir messieurs (1944) and The Three Musketeers (1959). She died on July 26, 1980 in Chamalières, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France.
1959 La bête à l'affût de Pierre Chenal
70. Valentine Tessier
Actress | Lucrèce Borgia
Valentine Tessier was born on August 5, 1892 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Lucrèce Borgia (1953), Madame Bovary (1934) and Jérôme Perreau héros des barricades (1935). She died on August 11, 1981 in Vallauris, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
1959 Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre de Jean Delannoy
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