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's housekeeper Germaine.Glancy p.533

Selected filmography

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Le Roi des resquilleurs ''Le Roi des resquilleurs'' is a French film directed by Pierre Colombier, released in 1930. It was distributed in the US as ''The King of the Gate Crashers''. Details * Title : ''Le Roi des resquilleurs'' * Rirector: Pierre Colombier * Writer: ...

'' (1930) * ''

Sending of Flowers ''Sending of Flowers'' (French: ''Envoi de fleurs'') is a 1950 French historical drama film directed by Jean Stelli and starring Tino Rossi, Micheline Francey and Jean Brochard.Rège p.939 The film portrays the life of the composer Paul Delmet. ...

'' (1950) - La spectatrice exubérante * ''

Old Boys of Saint-Loup ''Old Boys of Saint-Loup'' (French: '' Les anciens de Saint-Loup'') is a 1950 French drama film directed by Georges Lampin and starring François Périer, Bernard Blier and Serge Reggiani.The A to Z of French Cinema p.330 After attending a fundrai ...

'' (1950) - La voyageuse à l'enfant (uncredited) * ''Quay of Grenelle'' (1950) - Minor rôle (uncredited) * '' Mystery in Shanghai'' (1950) * '' Beware of Blondes'' (1950) - Une sténodactylo (uncredited) * ''La rue sans loi'' (1950) - (uncredited) * '' Without Leaving an Address'' (1951) - La concierge de Forestier * '' Under the Sky of Paris'' (1951) - Madame Malingret * '' Mr. Peek-a-Boo'' (1951) - Maria (uncredited) * '' The Two Girls'' (1951) - La lavandière * ''

They Were Five ''They Were Five'' (French: ''La belle équipe'') is a 1936 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin, Charles Vanel, and Viviane Romance. It tells the story of five unemployed workers who win the jackpot in the ...

'' (1951) - (uncredited) * ''La vie chantée'' (1951) - (uncredited) * '' Moumou'' (1951) - La masseuse * ''

No Vacation for Mr. Mayor ''No Vacation for Mr. Mayor'' (original title "Pas de vacances pour Monsieur le Maire") is a French comedy film from 1951, directed by Maurice Labro, written by Christian Duvaleix, starring Grégoire Aslan and Louis de Funès. Cast * André Cl ...

'' (1951) - Une créancière * '' Great Man'' (1951) - Madame Berval * ''

Alone in Paris ''Alone in Paris'' (French: ''Seul dans Paris'') is a 1951 French comedy drama film directed by Hervé Bromberger and starring Bourvil, Magali Noël, Georgette Anys and Yvette Etiévant.Siclier p.21 It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in ...

'' (1951) - La dame du métro * '' Fanfan la Tulipe'' (1952) - Madame Tranche-Montagne * '' Alone in the World'' (1952) - Mme Dussaut * '' Monsieur Taxi'' (1952) - La marchande de salades * ''La danseuse nue'' (1952) * '' Run Away Mr. Perle'' (1952) - La patronne du bistrot de Romainville * ''

Holiday for Henrietta ''Holiday for Henrietta'' (french: La fête à Henriette) is a 1952 French comedy film directed by Julien Duvivier, and starring Dany Robin, Michel Auclair, and Hildegard Knef. While urgently trying to develop a screenplay for a new film, two s ...

'' (1952) - La fleuriste * '' My Husband Is Marvelous'' (1952) - L'aubergiste * '' Double or Quits'' (1953) - Une spectatrice * '' The Call of Destiny'' (1953) - La grosse Lolo * ''Minuit... Quai de Bercy'' (1953) - Une cliente (uncredited) * ''

Innocents in Paris ''Innocents in Paris'' is a 1953 British-French international co-production comedy film produced by Romulus Films, directed by Gordon Parry and starring Alastair Sim, Ronald Shiner, Claire Bloom, Margaret Rutherford, Claude Dauphin, and Ji ...

'' (1953) - Madame Celestin * '' Little Boy Lost'' (1953) - Madame Quilleboeuf * ''

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'' (1953) - Jeanne Sautet (uncredited) * ''Scampolo 53'' (1953) * ''

L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard ''L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard'' ( en, The Strange Desire of Mr. Bard), is a French drama film from 1954, directed by Géza von Radványi, written by Géza von Radványi, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès. Plot Auguste Bard is a ...

'' (1954) - Julie, l'épicière * ''La chair et le diable'' (1954) - Mme Ancelin * '' The Women Couldn't Care Less'' (1954) - Mrs. Martinguez * ''Le Feu dans la peau'' (1954) - La veuve Barrot * ''

Madame du Barry Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (19 August 1743 – 8 December 1793) was the last '' maîtresse-en-titre'' of King Louis XV of France. She was executed, by guillotine, during the French Revolution due to accounts of treason—particularly be ...

'' (1954) - La citoyenne * ''Pas de coup dur pour Johnny'' (1955) * ''Les évadés'' (1955) - La travailleuse libre * ''

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet ''The Impossible Mr. Pipelet'' (french: L'impossible Monsieur Pipelet), is a French comedy drama film from 1955, directed by André Hunebelle, written by Jacques Gut, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titles ...

'' (1955) - Tante Mathilde * ''

'' (1955) - Germaine * ''Milord l'Arsouille'' (1955) * '' Thirteen at the Table'' (1955) - Marie-Louise Taburot * ''

Maid in Paris ''Maid in Paris'' (French: ''Paris canaille'') is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Dany Robin, Daniel Gélin and Tilda Thamar. The screenplay concerns a young woman from the countryside who visits Paris and fa ...

'' (1956) * '' The Adventures of Gil Blas'' (1956) - Maria * '' Marie Antoinette Queen of France'' (1956) - Une émeutière * ''Les mains liées'' (1956) * '' In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes'' (1956) - La femme de ménage * ''

Blood to the Head ''Blood to the Head'' (French: ''Le sang à la tête'') is a 1956 French drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur and Claude Sylvain.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.177 It is based on the 1942 novel ''Young Cardinaud'' ...

'' (1956) - Titine Babin * '' La Traversée de Paris'' (1956) - Lucienne Couronne, la patronne du cafe Belotte * ''

Mannequins of Paris ''Mannequins of Paris'' (French: ''Mannequins de Paris'') is a 1956 French drama film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Madeleine Robinson, Ivan Desny and Mischa Auer.Bessy, p. 91 It is set in the world of high fashion. The film's sets wer ...

'' (1956) - Madame Vauthier * ''L'homme aux clefs d'or'' (1956) - Mme Irma, la patronne * ''Man and Child'' (1956) - (uncredited) * ''Ah, quelle équipe!'' (1957) - Maman Jo * '' The Vintage'' (1957) - Marie Morel (uncredited) * ''Adorables démons'' (1957) - The concierge * '' Mademoiselle and Her Gang'' (1957) - Gravos * ''

Les Espions ''Les Espions'' ("The Spies") is a 1957 French-Italian noir mystery film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Curd Jürgens, Peter Ustinov O. E. Hasse, Sam Jaffe, Paul Carpenter, Véra Clouzot, Martita Hunt and Gérard Séty,. The mu ...

'' (1957) - La buraliste * ''Le désir mène les hommes'' (1957) - Félicie * ''Sylviane de mes nuits'' (1957) - La cabaretière * '' First of May'' (1958) - Mme Tartet * ''

Le Miroir à deux faces ''Le Miroir à deux faces'' is a 1958 French drama film directed by André Cayatte who co-wrote screenplay with Gérard Oury, Jean Meckert and Denis Perret. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Bourvil and Ivan Desny. It was called ''The Mirror H ...

'' (1958) - Marguerite Benoît * ''Dangerous Games'' (1958) - La femme devenue folle à la mort de son fils * ''Quai des illusions'' (1959) - La patronne de La Sirène * ''Drôles de phénomènes'' (1959) - Mariette * ''Nuits de Pigalle'' (1959) - La Maharanée * ''La nuit des traqués'' (1959) - Maria - La patronne du café * ''Le pain des Jules'' (1960) - Zoé * ''

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'' (1961) - Honorine (Fanny's Mother) * ''

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'' (1961) - Miser's Wife (uncredited) * '' Jessica'' (1962) - Mamma Parigi * '' Bon Voyage!'' (1962) - Madame Clebert * ''

Love Is a Ball ''Love Is a Ball'' (released in the UK as ''All This And Money Too'') is a 1963 romantic comedy film starring Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, and Charles Boyer. It is based on the novel ''The Grand Duke and Mr. Pimm'' by Lindsay Hardy. Plot Etienne ...

'' (1963) - Mme. Gallou * ''

Le Chant du monde Le Chant du Monde is a French music publishing house. It was created in 1938 by Léon Moussinac and was supported in the beginning by classical composers Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger, Charles Koechlin, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Albert ...

'' (1965) - La voisine de Clara * '' Moment to Moment'' (1966) - Louise * ''Moonshiner's Woman'' (1968) - Sharon * ''Jupiter'' (1971) * ''Le seuil du vide'' (1972) - La mère de Wanda * ''Les gants blancs du diable'' (1973) * ''Zig Zig'' (1975) - La cantatrice * ''L'évasion de Hassan Terro'' (1976) * ''À l'ombre d'un été'' (1976) - La femme de ménage * ''

Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers ''Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers'' is an American film released in 1984, the sixth feature-length film starring the comedy duo Cheech and Chong. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong star as the two twin brothers in a parody of various film adaptat ...

'' (1984) - Knitting lady #1

References

Bibliography

* Glancy, Mark. ''Cary Grant, the Making of a Hollywood Legend''. Oxford University Press, 2020.

External links

* 1909 births 1993 deaths French film actresses French television actresses People from Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine 20th-century French women {{France-film-bio-stub