Berthe Bovy sometimes known as Betty Bovy, was a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 actress who appeared in theatre

Theatre

Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...

, film

Film

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s and television programmes for over 60 years.

Daughter of poet and journalist Théophile Bovy

Théophile Bovy

Théophile Bovy was a Belgian journalist, poet and dramatic author in Wallonia, who wrote the words of the Le Chant des Wallons, the Walloon anthem.He was the father of actress Berthe Bovy.-Source:*...

, she was born in Cheratte, now part of the commune of Visé

Visé

Visé is a Walloon municipality and city of Belgium, where it is located on the river Meuse, in the province of Liège.The municipality consists of the former municipalities of Visé, Lanaye, Lixhe, Richelle, Argenteau and Cheratte....

, in the province

Provinces of Belgium

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 of Liège

Liège (province)

Liège is the easternmost province of Belgium and belongs to the Walloon Region. It is an area of French and German ethnicity. It borders on the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant , and those of Flemish Brabant and Limburg . Its...

. Seemingly interested in acting from an early age, an interest which her father encouraged, she enrolled in the Koninklijk Conservatorium

Koninklijk Conservatorium (Brussels)

The Royal Conservatory of Brussels is a drama and music college in Brussels, Belgium. An academy for acting and the arts, it has been attended by many of the top actors and actresses in Belgium such as Josse De Pauw, Luk van Mello and Luk De Konink....

 in Brussels

Brussels

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 following a meeting with Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt was a French stage and early film actress, and has been referred to as "the most famous actress the world has ever known". Bernhardt made her fame on the stages of France in the 1870s, and was soon in demand in Europe and the Americas...

. From 1904 to 1906 she studied at the CNSAD

CNSAD

The Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique is France's national drama academy in Paris...

 in Paris

Paris

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. She joined the Comédie-Française

Comédie-Française

The Comédie-Française or Théâtre-Français is one of the few state theaters in France. It is the only state theater to have its own troupe of actors. It is located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris....

 in 1907.

She was married and divorced three times, first to Charles Gribouval, secretary of the Comédie-Française, secondly with artist Ion Anton Ion-Don, and thirdly, in 1929, with Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach, better known by his stage name Pierre Fresnay

Pierre Fresnay

Pierre Fresnay was a French stage and film actor.Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach in Paris, France in 1897, he was encouraged by his uncle, the actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film...

. She died at Montgeron

Montgeron

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 in France and is buried in Liège.

Select filmography

• 1908 The Assassination of the Duke of Guise
  The Assassination of the Duke of Guise
  The Assassination of the Duke of Guise is a French historical film directed by Charles Le Bargy and André Calmettes, adapted by Henri Lavedan, and featuring actors of the Comédie Française and prominent set designers...
  
  
• 1910 On ne badine pas avec l'amour
• 1913 Le Roman de Carpentier
• 1948 D'homme à hommes
• 1948 Les Dernières Vacances
• 1948 L'Armoire volante
• 1949 Fantômas contre Fantômas
• 1950 La Souricière
• 1951 La Maison Bonnadieu
• 1954 L'Affaire Maurizius
• 1956 Le Secret de sœur Angèle

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