Lucie Madeleine Renaud (; 21 February 1900 – 23 September 1994) was a French actress best remembered for her work in the theatre. She did though appear in several films directed by Jean Grémillon including ''

Remorques ''Remorques'' (English title: ''Stormy Waters'') is a 1941 French drama film directed by Jean Grémillon. The screenplay was written by Jacques Prévert (scenario and dialogue) and André Cayatte (adaptation), based on the novel by Roger Vercel. ...

'' (''Stormy Waters'', 1941) and ''Lumière d'été'' (''Summer Light'', 1943).

Personal life

Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud

Renaud had a son, Jean-Pierre Granval (10 December 1923 – 28 May 1998), by her first marriage to

Charles Granval Charles Granval (born Charles Louis Gribouval; December 21, 1882 – July 28, 1943) was a French stage and film actor.Macdonald p.244 He was Jean-Pierre Granval's father. Selected filmography * ''Golgotha'' (1935) * '' La belle équipe'' (1936) ...

. In 1940, Renaud married her second husband, actor-director

Jean-Louis Barrault Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault (; 8 September 1910 – 22 January 1994) was a French actor, director and mime artist who worked on both screen and stage. Biography Barrault was born in Le Vésinet in France in 1910. His father was 'a Burgund ...

(1910 – 1994). They remained married until his death in 1994. She died the same year. The couple acted together and co-founded a number of theater companies, touring extensively throughout North and South America.

Selected filmography

* ''Vent debout'' (1923) * ''La Terre qui meurt'' (1927) - Roussille Lumineau * ''Jean de la Lune'' (1929) - Marceline * ''Serments'' (1931) - Maria * '' Mistigri'' (1931) - Nell 'Mistigri' Marignan * ''La couturière de Lunéville'' (1932) - Anna Tripied / Irene Salvago * ''

The Beautiful Sailor ''The Beautiful Sailor'' (french: La belle marinière) is a 1932 French drama film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Renaud and Jean Gabin.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.177 It was made by the French subsidiary of Paramoun ...

'' (1932) - Marinette * '' La Maternelle'' (1933) - Rose * '' The Tunnel'' (1933) - Mary Mac Allan * ''

Maria Chapdelaine ''Maria Chapdelaine'' is a romance novel written in 1913 by the Breton writer Louis Hémon, who was then residing in Quebec.Guy Laflèche. Polémiques'. Editions du Singulier; 1992. . p. 126 – 128. Aimed at young French and Quebecois people ...

'' (1934) - Maria Chapdelaine * '' Helene'' (1936) - Hélène Wilfur * '' The Strange Monsieur Victor'' (1938) * '' Stormy Waters'' (1941) - Yvonne Laurent (as Madeleine Renaud de la Comédie Francaise) * '' Summer Light'' (1943) * ''

The Stairs Without End ''The Stairs Without End'' (French: ''L'escalier sans fin'') is a 1943 French drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Pierre Fresnay, Madeleine Renaud and Suzy Carrier.Aitken p.754 The film's art direction was by Jean Douarinou Jean ...

'' (1943) * '' The Woman Who Dared'' (1944) - Thérèse Gauthier * ''

Le Plaisir ''Le Plaisir'' (English title, ''House of Pleasure'') is a 1952 French comedy-drama anthology film by German-born film director Max Ophüls (1902–1957) adapting three short stories by Guy de Maupassant — " Le Masque" (1889), " La Maison ...

'' (1952) - Julia Tellier (segment "La Maison Tellier") * ''

Dialogue with the Carmelites ''Dialogue with the Carmelites'' (french: Le dialogue des Carmélites, it, I dialoghi delle Carmelitane, also known as ''The Carmelites'') is a 1960 French-Italian historical drama film written and directed by Raymond Léopold Bruckberger and Ph ...

'' (1960) - La première prieure * '' The Longest Day'' (1962) - Mother Superior *''

The Devil by the Tail ''The Devil by the Tail'' (French: ''Le diable par la queue'') is a 1969 French-Italian comedy film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Yves Montand, Madeleine Renaud and Maria Schell.Monaco p.384 Cast * Yves Montand as Le baron César Mar ...

'' (1969)

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