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Ketti Gallian (25 December 1912 – December 1972) was a French actress.
Sportsman in Paradise
. Bugsy Siegel: The Dark Side of the American Dream, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021, pp. 33-48. Gallian married Pierre Billon. She died, aged 59, in
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Victorine Catherine Galliano
at matchID 1912 births 1972 deaths French film actresses Actresses from Nice, France 20th-century French actresses {{France-film-actor-1910s-stub
Early life
Gallian was born inNice
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Her performance in ''The Ace'', in which she played opposite Raymond Massey
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on the London
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stage, resulted in a screen contract from Fox
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. However, she never became a success while acting in America
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and returned to France.
Personal life
Gallian had an affair withBugsy Siegel
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.Shnayerson, Michael.Sportsman in Paradise
. Bugsy Siegel: The Dark Side of the American Dream, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021, pp. 33-48. Gallian married Pierre Billon. She died, aged 59, in
Paris
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Filmography
Further reading
*References
External links
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AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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Victorine Catherine Galliano
at matchID 1912 births 1972 deaths French film actresses Actresses from Nice, France 20th-century French actresses {{France-film-actor-1910s-stub