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Marcelle Derrien
Marcelle Derrien (1916–2008) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress.Goble p.138 Selected filmography * ''Man About Town (1947 film), Man About Town'' (1947) * ''Impeccable Henri'' (1948) * ''Dark Sunday'' (1948) * ''The Secret of Monte Cristo'' (1948) * ''Chéri (1950 film), Chéri'' (1950) References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1916 births 2008 deaths French film actresses 20th-century French women {{France-film-actor-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Leu-la-Forêt
Saint-Leu-la-Forêt () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northwestern outer suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. In 2021, it had a population of 15,979. History In 1806, the commune of Saint-Leu-la-Forêt merged with the neighboring commune of Taverny, resulting in the creation of the commune of ''Saint-Leu-Taverny''. In 1821, the commune of ''Saint-Leu-Taverny'' was demerged. Thus, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt and Taverny were both restored as separate communes. Population Transport Saint-Leu-la-Forêt is served by Saint-Leu-la-Forêt station on the Transilien Paris-Nord suburban rail line. Cultural connections * Louis Henri Joseph de Bourbon (1756-1830), the last Prince of Condé, was found dead, probably by suicide, at the Château de Saint-Leu on 27 August 1830. * Louis Bonaparte brother to Napoleon I and father to Napoleon III, is buried at Saint-Leu-la-Forêt. * Wanda Landowska's villa in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt became a center for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.Populations légales 2019: 95 Val-d'Oise INSEE It is named after the river , a major tributary of the , which crosses the region after having started in Belgium and flowed through Northeastern France. Val-d'Oise is Île-de-France's northernmost department. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stage Actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for Hypocrisy, hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the Tragedy, tragic Greek chorus, chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of acting pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role", which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man About Town (1947 Film)
''Man About Town'' () is a 1947 romantic comedy film written and directed by René Clair. It was released in a shortened version in the United States as ''Man About Town''. The film marked Clair's return to working in France after 12 years abroad in the United Kingdom and the United States. Premise The setting is Paris in the early 1900s ("1906, perhaps") and much of the action takes place in a silent film studio. Émile, a director, advises his shy young employee Jacques to adopt his own carefree attitude towards women ("one lost, ten found"). Émile takes under his wing Madeleine, the daughter of his old friend Célestin, when she arrives from the country; he offers her a place to stay and a job at his studio, and he starts to fall in love with her. When Jacques returns from military service, he and Madeleine are drawn to each other but they feel guilty about betraying the fatherly Émile. Émile finally realises the truth and decides that he must not stand in the young couple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impeccable Henri
''Impeccable Henri'' (French: ''L'Impeccable Henri'') is a 1948 French comedy film directed by Charles-Félix Tavano and starring Claude Dauphin (actor), Claude Dauphin, Marcelle Derrien and Félix Oudart.Rège p.151 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier. Cast * René Alone * Armand Bernard as Lopez * Charles Bouillaud * Claude Dauphin (actor), Claude Dauphin as Henri - le majordome * Marcelle Derrien as Ève Fournier-Salville * Christiane Derèze * Hélène Garaud as La bonne * Mona Goya as Elvire * Yette Lucas as La cuisinière * Félix Oudart as L'homme d'affaires Fournier-Salville * Georges Paulais as Le jardinier * Michel Roux (actor), Michel Roux as Tony * Albert Rémy as Gustave * Raymond Soukoff * Jean Wall as Gérard References Bibliography * Philippe Rège. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1948 films 1948 comedy films French comedy films 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Sunday
''Dark Sunday'' (French: ''Sombre dimanche'') is a 1948 French drama film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Michèle Alfa, Paul Bernard (actor), Paul Bernard and Marcelle Derrien.Bessy & Chirat p.451 The film takes its name from the French title of the song "Gloomy Sunday". The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart. Synopsis In pre-war France, a Hungary, Hungarian immigrant musician is left so saddened when he is rejected by the woman he loves that he writes an incredibly gloomy piece of music. A music publisher is impressed with it and decides to promote using a marketing gimmick. He will get a woman to pretend to attempt suicide because she is so moved by the song. Cast * Michèle Alfa as Michèle * Paul Bernard (actor), Paul Bernard as Bob * Jacques Dacqmine as Jan Laszlo * Marcel Dalio as Max - l'éditeur * Marcelle Derrien as Maria * Colette Mars as Colette - une chanteurse * Charles Lemontier as Le commissaire de police * Edmond Ardisson as Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of Monte Cristo
''The Secret of Monte Cristo'' (French: ''Le secret de Monte-Cristo'') is a 1948 French historical drama film directed by Albert Valentin and starring Pierre Brasseur, Georges Vitray and Pierre Larquey.Bessy & Chirat p.449 The film is based on the purported real story behind the Alexandre Dumas novel ''The Count of Monte Cristo''. Cast * Pierre Brasseur as François Picault * Georges Vitray as Gervais Chambard * Pierre Larquey as Jacob Muller * Marcelle Derrien as Isabelle * Madeleine Lebeau as Marguerite Vigouroux * Edmond Ardisson as Guilhem Savori * Robert Dalban as Mathieu Loupian * Marcel Delaître as La'abbé Farina * Liliane Guyot as La marquise * Charles Lemontier as Antoine Hallu * Julien Maffre as Le policier * Jacqueline Marbaux as Jeanne Hallu * René Marc as Le médecin * Jean Marsan as Le vendeur * Georges Paulais as Le préfet * Gilles Quéant as Rémi * Émile Ronet as Monsieur Bastien * Georges Saint-Val as Le voisin * Victor Vina Victor Vina (1885–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chéri (1950 Film)
''Chéri'' is a 1950 French comedy drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Marcelle Chantal, Jean Desailly and Marcelle Derrien. It is based on the 1920 novel of the same title by Colette.Goble p.89 The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart. Cast * Marcelle Chantal as Léa de Lonval * Jean Desailly as Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri' * Marcelle Derrien as Edmée * Jane Marken as Charlotte Peloux * Jane Faber as Lili * Made Siamé as Rose * Mag-Avril as Mme Aldonza * Maïa Poncet as La baronne * Suzanne Dantès Suzanne Dantès (1888–1958) was a French stage and film actress.Abecassis p.96 Selected filmography * '' The Courier of Lyon'' (1923) * ''Black and White'' (1931) * '' A Happy Man'' (1932) * '' Arlette and Her Fathers'' (1934) * ''Extenuating ... as Marie-Laure * Yvonne de Bray as La Copine References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Rège, Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 Births
Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Empire, British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that has been stored and cooled. * January 9 – WWI: Gallipoli Campaign – The last British troops are evacuated from Gallipoli, as the Ottoman Empire prevails over a joint British and French operation to capture Constantinople. * January 10 – WWI: Erzurum Offensive – Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire. * January 12 – The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, part of the British Empire, is established in modern-day Tuvalu and Kiribati. * January 13 – WWI: Battle of Wadi (1916), Battle of Wadi – Ottoman Empire forces defeat the British, during the Mesopotamian campaign in modern-day Iraq. * January 29 – WWI: Paris is bombed by German Empire, German zeppelins. * January 31 – WWI: An attack is planned on Verdun, France. Febru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the List of years, main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * :Deaths by year, Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year Lists of deaths by year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
