Paulette Dubost
Encyclopedia
Paulette Dubost was a French actress who began her career at the age of 7 at the Paris Opera
.
She appeared in over 250 films and worked with such directors as Jean Renoir
, Jacques Tourneur
, Marcel Carné
, Julien Duvivier
, Preston Sturges
and Max Ophüls
. One of her most famous roles was as Lisette in Renoir's La Règle du jeu
. She died three weeks before her 101st birthday.
Palais Garnier
The Palais Garnier, , is an elegant 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was originally called the Salle des Capucines because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier...
.
She appeared in over 250 films and worked with such directors as Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s...
, Jacques Tourneur
Jacques Tourneur
Jacques Tourneur was a French-American film director.-Life:Born in Paris, France, he was the son of film director Maurice Tourneur. At age 10, Jacques moved to the United States with his father. He started a career in cinema while still attending high school as an extra and later as a script clerk...
, Marcel Carné
Marcel Carné
-Biography:Born in Paris, France, the son of a cabinet maker whose wife died when their son was five, Carné began his career as a film critic, becoming editor of the weekly publication, Hebdo-Films, and working for Cinémagazine and Cinémonde between 1929 and 1933. In the same period he worked in...
, Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier was a French film director. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930-1960...
, Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges , originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated playwright, screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois...
and Max Ophüls
Max Ophüls
Maximillian Oppenheimer — known as Max Ophüls — was an influential German-born film director who worked in Germany , France , the United States , and France again...
. One of her most famous roles was as Lisette in Renoir's La Règle du jeu
The Rules of the Game
The Rules of the Game is a 1939 French film directed by Jean Renoir about upper-class French society just before the start of World War II...
. She died three weeks before her 101st birthday.
See also
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(1940) - Six heures à perdre (1947)
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(1958) - Black Humor (1965)
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(1986) (TV series) - May Fools (1989)
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(1999)