Best French Actress in Supporting Role 1950-1959

by guillaume836076 | created - 24 Aug 2011 | updated - 24 Aug 2011 | Public

Seven 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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