Germaine Aussey (born Germaine Adrienne Agassiz, 18 December 1909 in

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– 15 March 1979 in

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) was a French actress who worked with, among others,

René Clair René Clair (; 11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette (), was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. H ...

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, Paul Fejos,

Jean Grémillon Jean Grémillon (; 3 October 1901 – 25 November 1959) was a French film director. Biography Grémillon was born in Bayeux and spent his early years in Cerisy-la-Forêt in Normandy. His father was employed by the Ouest railway company. Durin ...

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, and

Sacha Guitry Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (; 21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre (aesthetic), boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French ac ...

. She was, from 1940-1945, married to circus impresario

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. The union ended in divorce.

Selected filmography

* '' The Train of Suicides'' (1931) * '' Here's Berlin'' (1932) * '' Rouletabille the Aviator'' (1932) * '' Bach the Millionaire'' (1933) * '' The Concierge's Daughters'' (1934) * '' Speak to Me of Love'' (1935) * '' Princesse Tam-Tam'' (1935) * '' Count Obligado'' (1935) * '' Beloved Imposter'' (1936) * '' The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * '' Adventure in Paris'' (1936) * '' Parisian Life'' (1936) * '' The Pearls of the Crown'' (1937) * '' Beyond Love'' (1940) * '' Idyll in Budapest'' (1941)

References

* Actresses from Paris French film actresses 1909 births 1979 deaths 20th-century French actresses {{France-film-actor-1900s-stub