Suzanne Bianchetti was a film actress.

Suzanne Bianchetti appeared in her first film in the early 1900s and quickly became one of France's most loved and respected actresses. She appeared as Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette ; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and of Navarre. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I....

 in Abel Gance's

Abel Gance

Abel 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:...

 1927 epic, Napoléon and worked with many of the early notables of the silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 era such as Antonin Artaud

Antonin Artaud

Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud, more well-known as Antonin Artaud was a French playwright, poet, actor and theatre director...

 and the singer, Damia

Marie-Louise Damien

Marie-Louise Damien was a French singer and actress better known by the stage name Damia.-Robert Hollard:...

.

She was married to writer and actor René Jeanne

René Jeanne

René Jeanne was a French actor, writer, and cinema historian. He was born in 1887 and died in 1969. Jeanne was married to actress Suzanne Bianchetti.Jeanne was also notable for serving on the jury of the Mostra de Venise in 1937 and 1938.- Film Festival :...

 (1887–1969) who served as the director of L'Etablissement Cinématographique des Armées.
When Suzanne Bianchetti died in 1936 at the age of 47, the following year her husband created an award in her memory to be given annually to the most promising young actress.