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Françoise Rosay

Françoise Rosay born Françoise Bandy de Nalèche, (19 April 1891 – 28 March 1974) was a French opera singer, diseuse, and actress who enjoyed a film career of over sixty years and who became a legendary figure in French cinema. She went on to appear in over 100 movies in her career. Rosay was born Françoise Bandy de Nalèche in Paris, the illegitimate daughter of Marie-Thérèse Chauvin, an actress known as Sylviac. She originally planned to become an opera singer, and in 1917, won a prize at the Paris Conservatoire and made her debut at the Palais Garnier in the title role of Salammbô by Ernest Reyer. She also sang in Castor et Pollux by Rameau and Thaïs by Massenet. Her first recorded film was Falstaff in 1911, and she began to work in Hollywood from 1929 onwards. In 1917, she married the director Jacques Feyder, with whom she remained until his death in 1948, having three sons. She appeared in several films under her husband's direction, including Le Grand Jeu (1933), Pension Mimosas (1934), La Kermesse héroïque (Carnival in Flanders) (1935) and Les Gens du voyage (1937). Rosay spent the duration of World War II in England and Switzerland, where she taught acting classes at the Conservatoire de Genève. She still appeared in films during this time, notably the British Halfway House (1944) as the refugee French wife of a British sea captain. During her career, she appeared with all the great stars of French cinema, including Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan, Raimu, Jeanne Moreau, Danielle Darrieux, Micheline Presle, Paul Meurisse, Gérard Philipe, Louis Jouvet, Michel Simon, Simone Signoret, Fernandel and Jean-Louis Barrault. In Hollywood, she co-starred with Charles Boyer, Maurice Chevalier and Buster Keaton and worked with directors such as William Dieterle (September Affair, 1949), Martin Ritt (The Sound and the Fury, 1958), Ronald Neame (The Seventh Sin, 1956) and Peter Glenville (Me and the Colonel, 1957) with Danny Kaye. In England she appeared in The Alien Corn, a segment of the W. Somerset Maugham anthology film Quartet. A highly accomplished pianist herself in real life, she played the role of a famous piano virtuoso who gives aspiring pianist Dirk Bogarde a compassionate but honest and devastating critical appraisal of his likelihood of becoming a great musician – which results in his suicide. She performs in the film Schubert's Impromptu in E flat. In 1950 she appeared on stage at London's Winter Garden Theatre, playing the title role in 'Madame Tic Tac' but it had only a short run. It was not until 1938 that her biological father, Count François Louis Bandy de Nalèche, acknowledged her as his daughter. Her final appearance on film was in the Maximilian Schell-directed Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winner for Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film of 1974, Der Fußgänger (English title: The Pedestrian). She died in Montgeron, Île-de-France, near Paris. Her grave is located in Sorel-Moussel, Île-de-France, where she is buried with her husband, movie director Jacques Feyder. They had three sons. There are streets named after Françoise Rosay in Limoges, Montpellier, Chevry-Cossigny, Launaguet and Martigues. Source: Article "Françoise Rosay" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born17 April 1891 (age 134)
  • Place of BirthParis, France

Françoise Rosay

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Françoise Rosay born Françoise Bandy de Nalèche, (19 April 1891 – 28 March 1974) was a French opera singer, diseuse, and actress who enjoyed a film career of over sixty years and who became a legendary figure in French cinema. She went on to appear in over 100 movies in her career. Rosay was born Françoise Bandy de Nalèche in Paris, the illegitimate daughter of Marie-Thérèse Chauvin, an actress known as Sylviac. She originally planned to become an opera singer, and in 1917, won a prize at the Paris Conservatoire and made her debut at the Palais Garnier in the title role of Salammbô by Ernest Reyer. She also sang in Castor et Pollux by Rameau and Thaïs by Massenet. Her first recorded film was Falstaff in 1911, and she began to work in Hollywood from 1929 onwards. In 1917, she married the director Jacques Feyder, with whom she remained until his death in 1948, having three sons. She appeared in several films under her husband's direction, including Le Grand Jeu (1933), Pension Mimosas (1934), La Kermesse héroïque (Carnival in Flanders) (1935) and Les Gens du voyage (1937). Rosay spent the duration of World War II in England and Switzerland, where she taught acting classes at the Conservatoire de Genève. She still appeared in films during this time, notably the British Halfway House (1944) as the refugee French wife of a British sea captain. During her career, she appeared with all the great stars of French cinema, including Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan, Raimu, Jeanne Moreau, Danielle Darrieux, Micheline Presle, Paul Meurisse, Gérard Philipe, Louis Jouvet, Michel Simon, Simone Signoret, Fernandel and Jean-Louis Barrault. In Hollywood, she co-starred with Charles Boyer, Maurice Chevalier and Buster Keaton and worked with directors such as William Dieterle (September Affair, 1949), Martin Ritt (The Sound and the Fury, 1958), Ronald Neame (The Seventh Sin, 1956) and Peter Glenville (Me and the Colonel, 1957) with Danny Kaye. In England she appeared in The Alien Corn, a segment of the W. Somerset Maugham anthology film Quartet. A highly accomplished pianist herself in real life, she played the role of a famous piano virtuoso who gives aspiring pianist Dirk Bogarde a compassionate but honest and devastating critical appraisal of his likelihood of becoming a great musician – which results in his suicide. She performs in the film Schubert's Impromptu in E flat. In 1950 she appeared on stage at London's Winter Garden Theatre, playing the title role in 'Madame Tic Tac' but it had only a short run. It was not until 1938 that her biological father, Count François Louis Bandy de Nalèche, acknowledged her as his daughter. Her final appearance on film was in the Maximilian Schell-directed Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winner for Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film of 1974, Der Fußgänger (English title: The Pedestrian). She died in Montgeron, Île-de-France, near Paris. Her grave is located in Sorel-Moussel, Île-de-France, where she is buried with her husband, movie director Jacques Feyder. They had three sons. There are streets named after Françoise Rosay in Limoges, Montpellier, Chevry-Cossigny, Launaguet and Martigues. Source: Article "Françoise Rosay" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born17 April 1891 (age 134)
  • Place of BirthParis, France
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The Pedestrian
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6.4
1973
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Not Dumb, the Bird
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6.0
1972
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3000 Million Without an Elevator
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5.1
1972
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Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
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3.0
1969
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Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
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5.915
1968
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The 25th Hour
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7.654
1967
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L'Âge heureux
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7.0
1966
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Cloportes
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6.3
1965
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Up from the Beach
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8.0
1965
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Ruy Blas
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1965
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Full Hearts and Empty Pockets
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5.0
1964
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Frau Cheneys Ende
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1962
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The Counterfeiters of Paris
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7.009
1961
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The Full Treatment
star
6.1
1960
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Lovers Woods
star
4.6
1960
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Stefanie in Rio
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1960
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Riff Raff Girls
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5.8
1959
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Eyes of Love
star
4.9
1959
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Without Trumpet or Drum
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1959
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The Sound and the Fury
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6.6
1959
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Me and the Colonel
star
6.2
1958
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The Gambler
star
6.3
1958
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The Seventh Sin
star
5.3
1957
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Interlude
star
5.6
1957
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Non sono più guaglione
star
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1957
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That Lady
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6.0
1955
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Girls of Today
star
6.5
1955
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Queen Margot
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6.8
1954
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Les éloquents
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1954
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Sul ponte dei sospiri
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5.0
1953
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He Who Is Without Sin...
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6.4
1952
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The Seven Deadly Sins
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6.0
1952
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Wanda the Sinner
star
5.0
1952
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Smuggler's Ball
star
4.8
1952
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The Red Inn
star
6.78
1951
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The 13th Letter
star
5.5
1951
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Nobody's Children
star
7.3
1951
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K – Das Haus des Schweigens
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1951
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September Affair
star
6.0
1950
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The Naked Heart
star
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1950
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One Only Loves Once
star
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1950
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Women Without Names
star
6.3
1950
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The Dream Vagabonds
star
7.0
1949
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The Barton Mystery
star
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1949
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Saraband for Dead Lovers
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6.559
1948
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Quartet
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6.233
1948
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La Dame de Haut-le-Bois
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1947
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Back Streets of Paris
star
6.1
1946
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Johnny Frenchman
star
6.0
1945
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Portrait of a Woman
star
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1944
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The Halfway House
star
6.4
1944
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They Were Twelve Women
star
5.3
1940
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Serge Panine
star
6.0
1939
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Ramuntcho
star
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1938
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The Stream
star
6.7
1938
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The Chess Player
star
4.7
1938
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Fahrendes Volk
star
4.0
1938
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Peace on the Rhine
star
7.0
1938
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People Who Travel
star
7.0
1938
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My Son the Minister
star
6.1
1937
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Life Dances On
star
7.0
1937
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Bizarre, Bizarre
star
6.96
1937
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The Robber Symphony
star
5.8
1937
Poster
Armchair 47
star
6.1
1937
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The Secret of Polichinelle
star
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1936
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Jenny
star
5.9
1936
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Carnival in Flanders
star
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1936
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Marie des angoisses
star
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1935
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Carnival in Flanders
star
7.337
1935
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Whirlpool
star
5.9
1935
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Le Billet de mille
star
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1935
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Maternité
star
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1935
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Gangster malgré lui
star
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1935
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Marchand d'amour
star
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1935
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Pension Mimosas
star
6.8
1935
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Tambour battant
star
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1934
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Vers l'abîme
star
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1934
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Coralie and Company
star
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1934
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The Great Game
star
7.1
1934
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Die Insel
star
5.0
1934
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La Pouponnière
star
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1933
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All for Nothing
star
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1933
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Abbot Constantine
star
5.0
1933
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He
star
5.9
1932
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The Woman Dressed As a Man
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1932
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A Father Without Knowing It
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1932
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Jenny Lind
star
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1931
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The Trial of Mary Dugan
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1931
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The Magnificent Lie
star
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1931
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The Little Cafe
star
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1931
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Casanova wider Willen
star
4.0
1931
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Let Us Be Gay
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1931
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Luck
star
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1931
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Échec au roi
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1930
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Si l'empereur savait ça
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1930
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Marius à Paris
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1930
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The One Woman Idea
star
1.0
1929
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Two Timid Souls
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6.0
1928
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Madame Récamier
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1928
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Le bateau de verre
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1927
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Gribiche
star
6.5
1926
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Crainquebille
star
7.2
1922