Annabella (actress)
Annabella, Suzanne Georgette Charpentier actually, (* July 14, 1907 in Paris, † September 18, 1996 in Neuilly -sur- Seine) was a French film actress.
Life
Suzanne Georgette Charpentier made her film debut in 1927 in Abel Gance's Napoleon as violin Fleuri. At the beginning of the 1930s she appeared in several French versions of German films. With the filming of Joe Mays Paris - Méditerranée she learned Jean Murat, whom she married.
The 30s were Annabella's main creative period. During this time she performed successfully in movies by Carmine gallon, René Clair, Paul Fejos, Erik Charell and Nikolas Farkas. In 1936 she was awarded the Coppa Volpi Award for Best Actress for her role in low- Marcel L' Herbiers Veille d' Film Festival of Venice.
From 1936 she also starred in British productions, including the lead role in Wings of the Morning (1936) and next to Conrad Veidt in Victor Sjöström's Under the Red Robe (1937 ). 1938 Annabella went to Hollywood, where her most important production Allan Dwan's epic film Suez ( 1938) with Loretta Young and Tyrone Power was. With power she had a highly acclaimed by the tabloids affair. She married him in 1939.
In the 1940s, Anna Bella turned only a few films. After she was divorced from power in 1948, they went back to France. She does, however, failed to reconnect with their past successes. At the beginning of the 1950s, she retired to a farm in the Pyrenees.
Annabella died in 1996 of a heart attack and was interred in the Cimetière de Passy in Paris.