Edwige Feuillère
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Edwige Feuillère was a distinguished French stage and film actress.
She was born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunati but sometimes used the stage name of Cora Lynn.
In 1931 she married actor Pierre Feuillère, from whom she separated two years later (1933), but kept his surname. They had no children.
She acted from 1931 until 1995, and was famed and admired in France.
She died of natural causes, aged 91.
She was born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunati but sometimes used the stage name of Cora Lynn.
In 1931 she married actor Pierre Feuillère, from whom she separated two years later (1933), but kept his surname. They had no children.
She acted from 1931 until 1995, and was famed and admired in France.
She died of natural causes, aged 91.
Complete filmography
- 1931 : Le Cordon bleuLe Cordon BleuLe Cordon Bleu is the world's largest hospitality education institution, with 35 schools on five continents serving 20,000 students annually. Its primary education focus is on hospitality management and the culinary arts...
dir. Alberto CavalcantiAlberto CavalcantiAlberto de Almeida Cavalcanti was a Brazilian-born film director and producer.-Early life:Cavalcanti was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of a prominent mathematician. He was a precociously intelligent child, and by the age of 15 was studying law at university. Following an argument with a...
– Régine - 1931 : La Fine Combine (short) dir. André Chotin – Mado, the mistress
- 1931 : Mam'zelle Nitouche dir Marc AllégretMarc AllégretMarc Allégret was a French screenwriter and film director.Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer. Allégret became André Gide's lover when he was fifteen and Gide was forty-seven...
- 1932 : Le Beau Rôle (short) dir. Roger Capellani
- 1932 : Maquillage dir. Karl AntonKarl AntonKarl Anton was a German film director, screenwriter and film producer. He directed 58 films between 1922 and 1960.He was born in Prague, Czech Republic and died in Berlin, Germany.-External links:...
– Ketty - 1932 : Monsieur Albert dir. Karl AntonKarl AntonKarl Anton was a German film director, screenwriter and film producer. He directed 58 films between 1922 and 1960.He was born in Prague, Czech Republic and died in Berlin, Germany.-External links:...
– La comtesse Peggy Ricardi - 1932 : La Perle dir. René GuissartRené GuissartRené Jacques Guissart is a French rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.In 1952 he and his partner Jean-Pierre Souche finished fifth in the coxless pairs event....
– Viviane Lancenay - 1932 : Topaze dir. Louis Gasnier – Suzy
- 1932 : Une petite femme dans le train dir. Karl AntonKarl AntonKarl Anton was a German film director, screenwriter and film producer. He directed 58 films between 1922 and 1960.He was born in Prague, Czech Republic and died in Berlin, Germany.-External links:...
– Adolphine - 1932 : Une étoile disparait dir. Robert Villers – "sous réserves"
- 1933 : Les Aventures du roi PausoleLes aventures du roi PausoleLes aventures du roi Pausole is an opérette in three acts with music by Arthur Honegger and a French libretto by Albert Willemetz, based on the 1901 novel by Pierre Louÿs. It was Honegger’s third operatic work, but his first in lighter vein, composed between May and November 1930, and dedicated to...
dir. Alexis Granowski – Diane - 1933 : Matricule 33 dir. Karl AntonKarl AntonKarl Anton was a German film director, screenwriter and film producer. He directed 58 films between 1922 and 1960.He was born in Prague, Czech Republic and died in Berlin, Germany.-External links:...
– Héléna Schweringen - 1933 : La Voix de métal or "L'appel de nuit" dir. Youly Marca-Rosa – La comtesse Viana
- 1933 : Ces messieurs de la Santé dir. Pierre ColombierPierre Colombier-Selected filmography:Director* Charlemagne * School for Coquettes...
– Fernande - 1934 : Le Miroir aux alouettes dir. Hans SteinhoffHans SteinhoffHans Steinhoff was a German film director, best known for the films he made in the Nazi era. His most notable film was Ohm Krüger, for which he won the Mussolini Cup at the 1941 Venice Film Festival.-Filmography:*Hitlerjunge Quex...
& Roger Le Bon – Délia - 1934 : Toi, que j'adore dir. Géza von BolváryGéza von BolváryGéza von Bolváry was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.- Biography :...
& Albert Valentin – Jacqueline Boulanger - 1935 : GolgothaGolgotha (1935 film)Golgotha is a 1935 French film about the death of Jesus Christ. It was directed by Julien Duvivier, and stars Harry Baur as Herod and Jean Gabin as Pontius Pilate. Robert le Vigan plays Christ. It opened in the U.S. in 1937...
dir. Julien DuvivierJulien DuvivierJulien Duvivier was a French film director. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930-1960...
– Claudia Procula - 1935 : Lucrèce Borgia dir. Abel GanceAbel GanceAbel Gance was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. He is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse , La Roue , and the monumental Napoléon .-Early life:...
– Lucrèce Borgia - 1935 : Barcarolle dir. Gerhard LamprechtGerhard LamprechtGerhard Lamprecht was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 63 films between 1920 and 1958. He also wrote for 26 films between 1918 and 1958...
& Roger Le Bon – Giacinta - 1935 : La Route heureuse dir. Georges Lacombe – Suzanne
- 1935 : Amore Italian version of the previous film, dir. Carlo L. Bragaglia – Suzanne
- 1935 : Stradivarius dir. Albert Valentin & Géza von BolváryGéza von BolváryGéza von Bolváry was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.- Biography :...
– Maria Belloni - 1936 : Mister Flow dir. Robert SiodmakRobert SiodmakRobert Siodmak was a German born American film director. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for the series of Hollywood film noirs he made in the 1940s.-Early life:...
– Lady Héléna Scarlett - 1937 : Marthe Richard, au service de la France dir. Raymond BernardRaymond BernardRaymond Bernard was a French filmmaker and related to French playwright father Tristan Bernard and brother to Jean-Jacques Bernard...
– Marthe Richard - 1937 : La Dame de Malacca dir. Marc AllégretMarc AllégretMarc Allégret was a French screenwriter and film director.Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer. Allégret became André Gide's lover when he was fifteen and Gide was forty-seven...
– Audrey Greenwood - 1937 : Feu ! dir. Jacques de BaroncelliJacques de BaroncelliJacques de Baroncelli was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s....
– Edwige Elno - 1938 : J'étais une aventurière dir. Raymond BernardRaymond BernardRaymond Bernard was a French filmmaker and related to French playwright father Tristan Bernard and brother to Jean-Jacques Bernard...
– Véra Vronsky - 1939 : L'Émigrante dir. Léo JoannonLéo JoannonLéo Joannon was a French writer and film director. Born in Aix-en-Provence, Joannon was originally a law student who became a novelist and journalist before entering the film industry in the 1920s as a cameraman....
– Christiane - 1940 : Sans lendemain dir. Max OphulsMax OphülsMaximillian Oppenheimer — known as Max Ophüls — was an influential German-born film director who worked in Germany , France , the United States , and France again...
– Evelyne - 1940 : De Mayerling à Sarajevo dir. Max OphulsMax OphülsMaximillian Oppenheimer — known as Max Ophüls — was an influential German-born film director who worked in Germany , France , the United States , and France again...
– La comtesse Sophie Choteck - 1941 : Mam'zelle Bonaparte dir. Maurice TourneurMaurice TourneurMaurice Tourneur was an important international film director and screenwriter.-Life:Born Maurice Thomas in the Belleville district of Paris, France, his father was a jeweler. As a young man, Maurice Thomas first trained as a graphic designer and a magazine illustrator but was soon drawn to the...
– Cora PearlCora PearlCora Pearl was a famous courtesan of the 19th century French demimonde, born Emma Elizabeth Crouch.- Early life :Her date and place of birth are disputed, as she was believed to have forged her birth certificate, giving the date as 23 February 1842, and the place as Caroline Place, East...
, the courtesan - 1942 : La Duchesse de Langeais dir. Jacques de BaroncelliJacques de BaroncelliJacques de Baroncelli was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s....
– Antoinette de Langeais - 1942 : L'Honorable Catherine dir. Marcel L'HerbierMarcel L'HerbierMarcel L'Herbier, Légion d'honneur, was a French film-maker, who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued until the 1950s and he made more than 40 feature films in total...
– Catherine Roussel - 1943 : Lucrèce dir. Léo JoannonLéo JoannonLéo Joannon was a French writer and film director. Born in Aix-en-Provence, Joannon was originally a law student who became a novelist and journalist before entering the film industry in the 1920s as a cameraman....
– Lucrèce, the celebrated actress - 1945 : La Part de l'ombre dir. Jean DelannoyJean DelannoyJean Delannoy was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director.Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family is from Haute-Normandie in the north of France...
– Agnès Noblet - 1945 : Tant que je vivrai dir. Jacques de BaroncelliJacques de BaroncelliJacques de Baroncelli was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s....
– Ariane - 1946 : Il suffit d'une fois dir. Andrée Feix – Christine Jourdan, sculptor
- 1946 : L'Idiot dir. Georges LampinGeorges LampinGeorges Lampin was a French film director. He directed twelve films between 1946 and 1963.- Selected filmography :* La Tour, prends garde ! * Crime and Punishment * Passion...
– Nastasia Philipovna - 1947 : L'Aigle à deux têtes dir. Jean CocteauJean CocteauJean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María...
– La reine Natascha - 1948 : Woman HaterWoman HaterWoman Hater is a 1948 British romantic comedy film directed by Terence Young and starring Stewart Granger, Edwige Feuillère and Ronald Squire. Lord Datchett invites a French film star to stay as his house but pretends to be one of his employees while he tries to romance her with the help of his...
dir. Terence Young – Colette Marly - 1948 : La Norvège sans les vikings documentary she produced
- 1949 : Julie de Carneilhan dir. Jacques Manuel – Julie de Carneilhan
- 1950 : Souvenirs perdus dir. Christian-JaqueChristian-JaqueChristian-Jaque was a French filmmaker. He was married to actress Martine Carol from 1954 to 1959.Christian-Jaque was born at Paris....
– Florence in the sketch: "La statuette d'Osiris" - 1950 : Olivia dir. Jacqueline AudryJacqueline AudryJacqueline Audry was a French film director who started making films in post-World War II France and specialised in literary adaptations. She was the first commercially successful woman director of post-war France....
– Mlle Julie - 1951 : Le Cap de l'EspéranceLe Cap de l'espéranceLe Cap de l'espérance is a 1951 Italian film.-Cast:...
dir. Raymond BernardRaymond BernardRaymond Bernard was a French filmmaker and related to French playwright father Tristan Bernard and brother to Jean-Jacques Bernard...
– Lyria, landlady of the "Sea-Bar" - 1952 : Adorables CréaturesAdorables créaturesAdorables créatures is a 1952 French and Italian romantic comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque.-Cast:*Daniel Gélin ... André Noblet*Antonella Lualdi ... Catherine Michaud*Danielle Darrieux ... Christine*Martine Carol ... Minouche...
dir. Christian-JaqueChristian-JaqueChristian-Jaque was a French filmmaker. He was married to actress Martine Carol from 1954 to 1959.Christian-Jaque was born at Paris....
– Denise Aubusson, the elegant widow - 1954 : Le Blé en herbe dir. Claude Autant-LaraClaude Autant-LaraClaude Autant-Lara , was a French film director and later Member of the European Parliament .-Biography:...
– Mme Camille Dalleray, the woman in white - 1955 : Les Fruits de l'été dir. Raymond BernardRaymond BernardRaymond Bernard was a French filmmaker and related to French playwright father Tristan Bernard and brother to Jean-Jacques Bernard...
– Sabine Gravières, the antique dealer - 1956 : Le Septième Commandement dir. Raymond BernardRaymond BernardRaymond Bernard was a French filmmaker and related to French playwright father Tristan Bernard and brother to Jean-Jacques Bernard...
– La princesse Nadia Vronskaïa - 1957 : Quand la femme s'en mêle dir. Yves AllégretYves AllégretYves Allégret was a French film director in the film noir genre.He is noted as having been the husband of actress Simone Signoret between the years 1944–1949.-Selected filmography:...
– Maine, former wife of Félix - 1958 : En cas de malheur dir. Claude Autant-LaraClaude Autant-LaraClaude Autant-Lara , was a French film director and later Member of the European Parliament .-Biography:...
– Viviane Gobillot, the wife of André - 1958 : La Vie à deuxLa Vie à deuxLa Vie à deux , is a French comedy film from 1958, directed by Clément Duhour, written by Clément Duhour, starring Pierre Brasseur and Louis de Funès...
dir. Clément Duhour – Françoise Sellier, ex: Carreau - 1961 : Le crime ne paie pasLe Crime ne paie pasLe Crime ne paie pas is a 1962 French drama film directed by Gérard Oury. The film stars Danielle Darrieux, Michèle Morgan, Edwige Feuillère and Annie Girardot...
, a film of sketches inspired by the cartoons of Paul Gordeaux, dir. Gérard OuryGérard OuryGérard Oury was a French film director, actor and writer. His real name was Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum.- A commercially successful French filmmaker :...
– La duchesse Lucrezia in the sketch: "Le masque" - 1961 : Les Amours célèbres a film of sketches inspired by the cartoons of Paul Gordeaux, dir. Michel BoisrondMichel BoisrondMichel Jacques Boisrond was a French film director and writer...
– Mlle Rancourt in the sketch: "Les comédiennes" - 1964 : La Bonne Occase dir. Michel DrachMichel DrachMichel Drach was a French film director, writer, producer and actor. His fims include Le Passé simple , which he directed and scripted.-Selected filmography:...
– La comtesse de Saint-Plas - 1964 : Aimez-vous les femmes ? dir. Jean Léon – La tante Flo
- 1967 : Et si on faisait l'amour ("Sensi facciamo l'amore") dir. Vittorio CaprioliVittorio CaprioliVittorio Caprioli was an Italian film actor, director and screenwriter. He appeared in 109 films between 1946 and 1990...
– Giuditta Passani - 1967 : La Route d'un homme – short – dir. Georges Hacquard – voice part only
- 1969 : Clair de Terre dir. Guy GillesGuy GillesGuy Gilles born Guy Chiche was a French film director.- Biography :He directed his first short film, Soleil éteint in 1958. He changed his surname to Gilles based on the name of his mother to create a pseudonym...
– Mme Larivière - 1970 : OSS 117 prend des vacances dir. Pierre Kalfon – La comtesse de Labarthe
- 1975 : La Chair de l'orchidéeLa Chair de l'orchidéeLa Chair de l'orchidée is a 1975 film adaptation of the 1948 novel, The Flesh of the Orchid by mystery writer James Hadley Chase. The story was selected by French director Patrice Chéreau, already well-known for his stage direction, as the subject for his first film.The film stars Charlotte...
dir. Patrice ChéreauPatrice ChéreauPatrice Chéreau is a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor, and producer.-Biography:Patrice Chéreau was born in Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, and went to school in Paris. At a young age he became well-known to Parisian critics as director, actor, and stage manager of his high-school theatre...
– Mme Bastier-Wegener - 1982 : Cher menteurCher menteurCher menteur is a French TV drama film from 1982. It was directed by Alexandre Tarta written by Jean Cocteau, starring Jean Marais and Edwige Feuillère.- Cast :* Jean Marais : Mrs. Patrick Campbell* Edwige Feuillère : George Bernard Shaw...
(TV film)
External links
- Edwige Feuillère at filmreference.com