Colette Régis (1893–1978) was a French
film actress
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[Hayward p.280]
Selected filmography
* ''
Rasputin
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'' (1938) - Une religieuse (uncredited)
* ''
Three Waltzes'' (1938) - Sarah Bernhardt
* ''
La Bête Humaine'' (1938) - Victoire Pecqueux
* ''Trois de St Cyr'' (1939) - Mme Mercier
* ''
Sarajevo
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'' (1940) - L'archiduchesse Isabelle
* ''Volpone'' (1941) - La marquise
* ''Ne bougez plus'' (1941) - Une cliente de la photo
* ''Le briseur de chaînes'' (1941) - Mme Ferdinand
* ''
Caprices'' (1942) - La vieille dame
* ''
Mademoiselle Swing'' (1942) - La dame de l'association
* ''Huit hommes dans un château'' (1942) - La comtesse de Chanceau
* ''Picpus'' (1943) - Madame Le Cloaguen
* ''
La Main du diable
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'' (1943) - Madame Duval (uncredited)
* ''
Le secret de Madame Clapain
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The film's sets were designed by the art d ...
'' (1943) - Une dame
* ''Le val d'enfer'' (1943) - La religieuse
* ''
Martin Roumagnac'' (1946) - Madame Rimbaut - la femme de l'adjoint au maire
* ''La kermesse rouge'' (1947) - La duchesse d'Alençon
* ''Miroir'' (1947) - La marquise
* ''La grande Maguet'' (1947) - Béatrice Arnold
* ''Tous les deux'' (1949)
* ''
Scandal on the Champs-Élysées'' (1949) - Suzanne
* ''
Rendezvous in July'' (1949)
* ''Mademoiselle de la Ferté'' (1949) - Madame de Saint-Selve
* ''Monseigneur'' (1949) - La comtesse (uncredited)
* ''
Justice Is Done
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'' (1950) - Hortense - la mère de Lucie
* ''
The Glass Castle
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'' (1950) - La tenancière de l'hôtel
* ''
Without Leaving an Address
''Without Leaving an Address'' (french: ...Sans laisser d'adresse) is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois. At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award. The film's sets were design ...
'' (1951) - La cliente en bagarre
* ''
Darling Caroline'' (1951) - La marquise de Bièvre
* ''
Under the Sky of Paris
''Under the Sky of Paris'' (French: ''Sous le ciel de Paris'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier.
It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art ...
'' (1951) - L'infirmière-chef
* ''
Folie douce'' (1951)
* ''
The Night Is My Kingdom
''The Night Is My Kingdom'' (French: ''La nuit est mon royaume'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Gabin, Simone Valère and Gérard Oury.Aitken p.754 Gabin was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the ...
'' (1951) - Mme Turgot
* ''Le Plus Joli Péché du monde'' (1951) - Mme Lebreton
* ''Une histoire d'amour'' (1951) - Une invitée (uncredited)
* ''Trois vieilles filles en folie'' (1952) - Amélie
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Adorable Creatures'' (1952) - The Marquise (uncredited)
* ''Drôle de noce'' (1952)
* ''Buridan, héros de la tour de Nesle'' (1952) - Mabelle
* ''
Imperial Violets'' (1952) - Mme de Montijo
* ''
When You Read This Letter
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It was shot at the Billancourt Stu ...
'' (1953) - La supérieure
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The Earrings of Madame de…'' (1953) - Vendeuse de cierges (uncredited)
* ''
Le Guérisseur'' (1953) - Louise Mériadec
* ''
It's the Paris Life
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'' (1954) - La comtesse
* ''Le Congrès des belles-mères'' (1954)
* ''
Attila
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'' (1954) - Galla Placidia
* ''Le secret de soeur Angèle'' (1956) - La mère
* ''
The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful'' (1956) - Aunt Yvonne
* ''
I'll Get Back to Kandara
''I'll Get Back to Kandara'' (French: ''Je reviendrai à Kandara'') is a 1956 French drama film directed by Victor Vicas and starring François Périer, Daniel Gélin and Bella Darvi.Rège p.240
The film's art direction was by Raymond Gabutti.
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'' (1956) - Madame Bergamier - la belle-mère
* ''La nuit des suspectes'' (1957) - Mammy
* ''
Ramuntcho
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'' (1959) - La supériere
* ''La bête à l'affût'' (1959) - Une amie d'Elisabeth
* ''
Seven Days... Seven Nights'' (1960) - Miss Giraud
* ''
Tomorrow Is My Turn'' (1960) - La mère d'Alice / Baker's Wife
* ''
The Gigolo'' (1960) - L'infirmière
* ''
The Truth'' (1960) - La logeuse de Gilbert
* ''Par-dessus le mur'' (1961)
* ''L'assassin est dans l'annuaire'' (1961) - (uncredited)
* ''
Les Abysses'' (1963) - Mme. Lapeyre
* ''
Three Girls in Paris'' (1963)
* ''La bonne soupe'' (1964) - La dame de la Croix-rouge (uncredited)
* ''Dandelions by the Roots'' (1964) - Christine
* ''
Les amitiés particulières
is a 1943 novel by French writer Roger Peyrefitte, probably his best-known work today, which won the ''Prix Renaudot''. Largely autobiographical, it deals with an intimate relationship between two boys at a Roman Catholic boarding school and how ...
'' (1964) - La religieuse (uncredited)
* ''
The Vampire of Düsseldorf
''The Vampire of Düsseldorf'' (french: Le Vampire de Düsseldorf) is a 1965 thriller film directed by Robert Hossein. It was joint production between Spain, France and Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the ...
'' (1965) - La patronne du cabaret
* ''Pas de caviar pour tante Olga'' (1965)
* ''Five Wild Kids'' (1966) - Tante Marthe
* ''Salut Berthe!'' (1968) - Une cliente de l'hôtel (uncredited)
* ''
The Black Hand'' (1968) - La gouvernante
* ''
Goto, Island of Love'' (1969) - La directrice
* ''Ballade pour un chien'' (1969)
* ''Le coeur fou'' (1970)
* ''Le petit matin'' (1971) - La grand-mère
* ' (1971)
References
Bibliography
* Hayward, Susan. ''French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film''. Intellect Books, 2010.
External links
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1893 births
1978 deaths
People from Brive-la-Gaillarde
French stage actresses
French film actresses
20th-century French women
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