Madeleine Ozeray (13 September 1908 – 28 March 1989), was a Belgian stage and film actress. She appeared in many films between
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
and
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
.
Biography
Magdeleine Marie Catherine Elisabeth Ozeray was born in Bouillon-sur-Semois, Belgium, to Camille Ozeray (1855–1938), a lawyer and Liberal member of parliament for the province of Luxembourg, and his wife, Marie Deymann. She studied at the
Royal Conservatory of Brussels
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where she won first prize for comedy. At twenty-seven she joined the theater company of
Louis Jouvet
Jules Eugène Louis Jouvet (; 24 December 1887 – 16 August 1951) was a French actor, theatre director and filmmaker.
Early life
Jouvet was born in Crozon. He had a Stuttering, stutter as a young man and originally trained as a pharmac ...
where she played the role of Helen in ''
The Trojan War Will Not Take Place
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'' by
Jean Giraudoux
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (; ; 29 October 1882 – 31 January 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II.
His wo ...
at the
Théâtre de l'Athénée
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.
In 1939, she appeared opposite Jouvet in the film ''
The End of the Day
''The End of the Day'' () is a 1939 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Victor Francen, Michel Simon, Madeleine Ozeray and Louis Jouvet. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location around the city as wel ...
'' produced by
Julien Duvivier
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, in the role of young Jeannette. She plays with such delicate grace characteristic, both fragile and fierce, she had already filled the role of Rosalie in the film Victor Trivas 1933, in the streets. In April 1939, Jean Giraudoux's play '' Ondine'' opened in Paris with Ozeray in the title role.
In 2008, in celebration of the centenary of Ozeray's birth, Belgian journalist Dominique Zachary devoted an entire book, now the standard reference work,''Madeleine Ozeray, Ondine de la Semois'' by Dominique Zachary, Pub: Racine, Brussels 2008 (in French) tracing the life and career of this celebrated actress.
Death
Ozeray died in Paris at the age of 80 after a long illness. She is buried in the cemetery of her hometown of Bouillon.
Max Neufeld
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Selecte ...
) − Magda
*1933: ''Un peu d'amour'' (directed by
Hans Steinhoff
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Life and career
Steinhoff started his career as a stage actor in the 1900s and later worked as a sta ...
Victor Trivas
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He was no ...
) − Rosalie − la fille du père Schlamp
*1933: '' Knock'' (directed by
Louis Jouvet
Jules Eugène Louis Jouvet (; 24 December 1887 – 16 August 1951) was a French actor, theatre director and filmmaker.
Early life
Jouvet was born in Crozon. He had a Stuttering, stutter as a young man and originally trained as a pharmac ...
René Barberis
René Barberis (11 March 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a French screenwriter and film director.Bentley p.52
Selected filmography
Director
* ''Colette the Unwanted'' (1927)
* ''The Vein'' (1928)
* ''The Unknown Dancer'' (1929)
* ''Temptation (1929 ...
) − Angelica
*1934: ''
Liliom
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P ...
'' (directed by
Fritz Lang
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Arthur Robison
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Selected filmography
* '' A Night of Horror'' (1916)
* '' What Belongs to Darkne ...
Pierre Chenal
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Work
Chenal was best known for film noi ...
) − Sonia
*1935: ''Les Mystères de Paris'' (directed by
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) − Fleur–de–Marie
*1935: ''Sous la griffe'' (directed by
Christian-Jaque
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) − Pierrette
*1936: '' Le Coupable'' (directed by Raymond Bernard) − Thérèse Forgeat
*1937: ''La Dame de pique'' (directed by
Fedor Ozep
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) − Lisa
*1938: ''
Ramuntcho
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'' (directed by
René Barberis
René Barberis (11 March 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a French screenwriter and film director.Bentley p.52
Selected filmography
Director
* ''Colette the Unwanted'' (1927)
* ''The Vein'' (1928)
* ''The Unknown Dancer'' (1929)
* ''Temptation (1929 ...
Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier (; 8 October 1896 – 29 October 1967) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930–1960. Amongst his most original films, chiefly notable are ''La Bandera (film), La Bandera'', ...
) − Jeannette
*1940: ''L'école des femmes'' (directed by Max Ophüls)
*1945: '' The Music Master (Le Père Chopin)'' (directed by
Fedor Ozep
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Pierre Granier-Deferre
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His 1971 film ''Le Chat'' (The Cat) won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival. His 19 ...
Robert Enrico
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He was born in Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, in the no ...
) − Julien's Mother
*1978: ''M, cinquante huit'' (Short, directed by Jean−Claude Boussard)
*1980: ''Chère inconnue'' (directed by
Moshé Mizrahi
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Biography
He was born in Egypt, migrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1946, and studied filmmaking in France in 1950. He directed the Oscar-winning 1977 film '' Mad ...
Jean Anouilh
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,
Théâtre de l'Athénée
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Jean Giraudoux
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His wo ...
Jean Giraudoux
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His wo ...
Molière
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Jean Giraudoux
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His wo ...
Jean Giraudoux
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His wo ...
, Théâtre de l'Athénée
*1938: ''Le Corsaire'',
Marcel Achard
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Jean Giraudoux
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, Théâtre de l'Athénée
*1941: ''L'Occasion'',
Prosper Mérimée
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, Latin American tour
*1942: ''On ne badine pas avec l'amour'', '
Alfred de Musset
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Jean Giraudoux
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, Latin American tour
*1942: ''La Belle au bois'',
Jules Supervielle
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He opposed the surrealism movement in poetry and rejected automatic wr ...
Paul Claudel
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Early lif ...
, Latin American tour
*1953: ''Le Chemin de crête'',
Gabriel Marcel
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Jean Giraudoux
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His wo ...
Jean Giraudoux
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His wo ...
Jean Giraudoux
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Daniel Sorano
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*1973: ''Par-dessus bord'',
Michel Vinaver
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Jean-Edern Hallier
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After his exclusion from the literary review '' Tel Quel'', which he co-founded with Philippe Sollers, Hallier went on to publish novels and satirical pam ...