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. She is perhaps best known today for her role as Madame Emery, the umbrella-shop owner, in

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's 1964 musical ''

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'', starring

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. She was born in Saint-Denis.

Filmography

* '' The Murdered Model'' (1948) * '' Warning to Wantons'' (1949) * '' Thus Finishes the Night'' (1949) * '' Shakedown'' (1950) * ''

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'' (1950) * ''

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'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1951) * '' Edward and Caroline'' (1951) * '' The Mistress of Treves'' (1952) * '' Song of Paris'' (1952) * ''

Massacre in Lace ''Massacre in Lace'' (French: ''Massacre en dentelles'') is a 1952 French comedy crime film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Raymond Rouleau, Anne Vernon and Tilda Thamar. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film ...

'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1953) * '' Rue de l'Estrapade'' (1953) * ''Jeunes Maries'' (1953) * ''

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'' (1954) * '' Das Fräulein von Scuderi'' (1955) * '' Beautiful but Dangerous'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1955) * '' The Affair of the Poisons'' (1955) * '' The Width of the Pavement'' (1956) * ''Ce Soir les Jupons Volent'' (1956) * ''Soupcons'' (aka The Staircase) (1956) * ''Fric Frac en Detelles'' (aka Robbery in Old Lace) * ''Les Suspects'' (1957) * '' Les Lavandières du Portugal'' (1957) * '' Count Max'' (1957) * ''Police Judiciaire'' (1958) * ''La Jaconde: Historie d'une Obsesssion'' (short) (1958) * '' General Della Rovere'' (1959) * ''El Casco Blanco'' (1959) * ''Laura Nuda'' (1961) * ''Reves d'amour'' (aka Dreams of Love) (1962) (TV Movie) * '' Arsene Lupin contre Arsene Lupin'' (aka Arsene Lupin vs Sherlock Holmes) (1962) * ''Le Tartuffe'' (1962) (TV Movie) * ''Dernier Amour'' (1963) (TV Movie) * ''

'' (1964) * ''

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'' (aka Patate) (1964) * '' Bonjour Tristesse'' (1965) (TV Movie) * ''Illusions Perdues'' (aka Lost Illusions) (1965) (TV Series) * '' Trap for the Assassin'' (1966) * ''L'Homme de Mykonos'' (aka Man from Mykonos) (1966) * '' The Sea Pirate'' (aka The Fighting Corsair) (1966) * ''The Thief'' (1967) (scenes deleted in final cut) * ''Malican peres et fils'' (1967) (TV Series) * ''The Woman is a Stranger'' (1968) * '' Therese and Isabelle'' (1968) * ''Au Theatre ce Soir'' (1969) (TV Series) * ''Le Cyborg ou Le Voyage Vertical'' (1970) (TV Movie) * '' Mauregard'' (1970) (TV Series) * ''Les Dernieres volontes de Richard Lagrange'' (TV Series) (1972) * ''Pont Dormant'' (1972) (TV Series)

References

External links

* * 1924 births Living people French film actresses People from Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis 20th-century French actresses {{france-film-actor-stub