Marcelle Chantal

Marcelle Chantal ( born February 9, 1901 in Paris, † March 11, 1960 ibid ) was a French actress and singer.

Life

Marcelle Chantal was born Marcelle Chantal Jenny Pannier (or Chantal Pannier ) and the daughter of a wealthy banker. At fifteen, she should already begin a film career, but this proposal Marcel L' Herbiers who was friends with the family pannier, did not meet with her ​​mother's consent.

On April 5, 1921 she became engaged to the team owner Jefferson Davis Cohn. She then received still permission to return to L' Herbiers proposal, and turned in 1919 Le Carnaval des vérités. In the following years, she worked at various theaters in Paris.

In 1929, she won the role of the Countess de la Motte in L'affaire du collier de la reine from the novel by Dumas as Marcelle Jefferson Cohn. This meant her breakthrough in the movie business; within the next decade it was very busy as a film actress. The marriage with Cohn, however, was divorced at that time. During the Second World War she was in Switzerland. After her return to France she could not go on earlier successes. She retired into private life. Marcelle Chantal died of cancer and was buried in the cemetery of Montmartre.

Filmography

  • Chéri (1950 )
  • Julie de Carneilhan (1950 )
  • Fantômas contre Fantômas (1949 )
  • Jeunes filles en détresse (1939 )
  • La tragédie impériale (1938 )
  • L'affaire Lafarge (1938 )
  • A Romance in Flanders (1937 )
  • L' île des Veuves (1937 )
  • Nitchevo (1936 )
  • La porte du large (1936 )
  • La gondole aux chimères (1936 )
  • Baccara (1935 )
  • Antonia, romance hongroise (1935 )
  • Amok (1934 )
  • Hélène (1933 )
  • Au nom de la loi (1932 )
  • La vagabonde (1931 )
  • Les vacances du diable (1931 )
  • Le réquisitoire (1931 )
  • Le secret du docteur (1930 )
  • La tendresse (1930 )
  • Le collier de la reine (1929 )
  • Le carnaval of vérités (1920 )
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