Charlotte Clasis (1891–1974) was a French

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and

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. Early in her career she poses as a

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for the

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Auguste Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; ; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French people, French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionism, Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially femininity, fe ...

and was later cast by his son

Jean Renoir Jean Renoir (; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. His '' La Grande Illusion'' (1937) and '' The Rules of the Game'' (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greate ...

in two of his films the 1925 silent '' The Whirlpool of Fate'' (1925) and the poetic realist '' The Human Beast'' (1938).Merigeau

Selected filmography

* '' The Whirlpool of Fate'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1931) * '' Sapho'' (1934) * '' I Have an Idea'' (1934) * ''

The Happy Road ''The Happy Road'' is a 1957 French- American comedy film starring Gene Kelly, Barbara Laage, Michael Redgrave and Bobby Clark. The plot involves two runaway students and the efforts of their respective parents to locate them. Plot Two stu ...

'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1937) * '' My Little Marquise'' (1937) * '' The Human Beast'' (1938) * ''

The Marvelous Night ''The Marvelous Night'' or ''The Night of Marvels'' (French: ''La nuit merveilleuse'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Fernandel, Charles Vanel and Janine Darcey.Connelly p.169 Cast * Fernandel as Le berger ...

'' (1940) * '' The Beautiful Adventure'' (1942) * ''

Promise to a Stranger ''Promise to a Stranger'' (French: ''Promesse à l'inconnue'') is a 1942 French drama film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Charles Vanel, Claude Dauphin and Madeleine Robinson. https://www.unifrance.org/film/6225/promesse-a-l-inconnu ...

'' (1942) * '' The Murderer is Afraid at Night'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1944) * ''

Minne Minne, a Middle High German word for "loving remembrance", may refer to: *Courtly love in the German courtly tradition * Frau Minne, a personification of romantic love in German courtly tradition People * Danièle Djamila Amrane-Minne (1939–2017 ...

'' (1950) * ''

Her Last Christmas ''Her Last Christmas'' (French: ''Son dernier Noël'') is a 1952 French musical film, musical drama film directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman and starring Tino Rossi, Claude May and Louis Seigner. Bessy & Chirat p.192 The film's sets were designed ...

'' (1952)

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2015. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Merigeau, Pascal . ''Jean Renoir: A Biography''. Hachette, 2017.

External links

* 1891 births 1974 deaths People from Caen French film actresses French stage actresses {{France-film-bio-stub