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Junie Astor
Rolande Jeanne Risterucci (1911–1967), better known as Junie Astor, was a French actress. Selected filmography * ''Stradivarius'' (1935) * ''The Lower Depths'' (1936) * ''Women's Club'' (1936) * ''Excursion Train'' (1936) * ''27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) * '' Culprit'' (1937) * ''Adrienne Lecouvreur'' (1938) * ''Entente cordiale'' (1939) * ''Latin Quarter'' (1939) * ''The Carnival of Venice'' (1939) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * ''The Eleventh Hour Guest'' (1945) * ''Secret Cargo'' (1947) * '' Du Guesclin'' (1949) * ''A Certain Mister'' (1950) * ''The Beautiful Image'' (1951) * '' Guilty?'' (1951) * '' Service Entrance'' (1954) * ''Mademoiselle Strip-tease'' (1957) * '' Isabelle Is Afraid of Men'' (1957) * ''Interpol Against X'' (1960) * ''Business'' (1960) * ''The Man from Interpol ''Man from Interpol'' is a 1960 TV series produced by The Danzigers. The NBC series was filmed in England and the music was scored by jazz musician Tony Crombie. Prem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern France, it is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Its inhabitants are called ''Marseillais''. Marseille is the second most populous city in France, with 870,731 inhabitants in 2019 (Jan. census) over a municipal territory of . Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over , had a population of 1,873,270 at the Jan. 2019 census, the third most populated in France after those of Paris and Lyon. The cities of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, and 90 suburban municipalities have formed since 2016 the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, an indirectly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropolitan issues, with a po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Du Guesclin (film)
''Du Guesclin'' (french: Du Guesclin) is a French film from 1948, directed and written by Bernard de Latour, starring Fernand Gravey. The film features Louis de Funès as an astrologer. The film is a biopic about Bertrand du Guesclin, a baron, Constable of France, and high-ranked officer in the French Army of the 14th Century, who fights in the Hundred Years' War.Hart, Kevin J. ''The Reel Middle Ages : American, western and eastern European, Middle Eastern, and Asian films about medieval Europe''. Jefferson, NC : McFarland, 2006 (p.288). Cast * Fernand Gravey: Bertrand du Guesclin * Junie Astor: Tiphaine Raguenel * Ketti Gallian: Jeanne de Mallemains * Noël Roquevert: Jagu, Bertrand's friend * Gérard Oury: Charles V of France * Gisèle Casadesus: Jeanne, the Countess of Penthièvre (Joan, Duchess of Brittany) * Louis de Funès: astrologer * Marcel Delaître: Chandos * Léon Bary: Léon Barry * Gisèle Casadesus Gisèle Casadesus (14 June 1914 – 24 Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Marseille
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Film Actresses
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1967 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and commercial relations (not diplomatic ones). ** Charlie Chaplin launches his last film, ''A Countess from Hong Kong'', in the UK. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps, USMC and Army of the Republic of Vietnam, ARVN troops launch ''Operation Deckhouse Five'' in the Mekong Delta. * January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts. * January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. * January 14 – The Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; the event sets the stage for the Summer of Love. * January 15 ** Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species ''Proconsul nyanzae, Kenyapithecus africanus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 Births
A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 Moment magnitude scale, moment magnitude strikes near Almaty in Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people. ** Siege of Sidney Street in London: Two Latvian people, Latvian anarchists die, after a seven-hour siege against a combined police and military force. Home Secretary Winston Churchill arrives to oversee events. * January 5 – Egypt's Zamalek SC is founded as a general sports and Association football club by Belgian lawyer George Merzbach as Qasr El Nile Club. * January 14 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall, on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. * January 18 – Eugene B. El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man From Interpol (film)
''The Man from Interpol'' (French: ''L'homme de l'Interpol'') is a 1966 French crime film directed by Maurice Boutel and starring Hubert Noël, Donald O'Brien and Junie Astor.Rège p.137 Cast * Hubert Noël as Alec Suller * Donald O'Brien as Polard * Junie Astor as Wanda * Chris Kersen as Bradford * Silvia Solar Silvia Solar (20 March 19369 May 2011) was a French actress and prolific minor star in Spanish cinema. The majority of her appearances were in the 1960s and 1970s. Early life Solar was born Geneviève Couzain in Paris. Career Couzain won the ti ... as Lydia References Bibliography * Philippe Rège. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1966 films 1966 crime films French crime films 1960s French-language films Films directed by Maurice Boutel 1960s French films {{1960s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Business (1960 Film)
''Business'' is a 1960 French film directed by Maurice Boutel and starring Colette Renard, Pierre Doris and Marcel Charvey.Rège p.137 Cast * Colette Renard as Léa * Pierre Doris as Papillon * Marcel Charvey as Ludovic * Pauline Carton as Clotilde * Fernand Sardou as Commissaire Masson * Junie Astor as L'avocate * Milly Mathis as Honorine * Christel Dynel * Rui Gomes (actor), Rui Gomes * Fernand Kindt * Fernand Molais * Fernand Rauzéna References Bibliography * Philippe Rège. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External links * 1960 films French drama films 1960s French-language films Films directed by Maurice Boutel 1960s French films 1960 drama films {{1960s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interpol Against X
''Interpol Against X'' (French: ''Interpol contre X'') is a 1960 French crime film directed by Maurice Boutel and starring Howard Vernon, Maria Vincent and Andrex.Rège p.137 It is also known by the alternative title of ''Dossier AST-555''. Cast * Howard Vernon as L'inspecteur Jackson * Maria Vincent as Madeleine * Andrex as Mathias * Junie Astor as Magda * Marcel Pérès as Victor Belloy * Joëlle Bernard as Lucy * Pauline Carton as Louise Belloy * Frédéric O'Brady as Mike * Robert Dalban as Commissaire Meunier * Roland Bailly as Chando * Georges Bever as Le gardien de la morgue * Fernand Rauzéna as Commissaire Masson * Jacques Bourgeois * Ronald Bell * Edgar Duvivier * Paul Grandjean * Robert Lassus * Pierre Moncorbier * Habib Mustapha as Le contact à Istanbul * Marcel Duhamel * Michel Garland Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle Is Afraid Of Men
''Isabelle Is Afraid of Men'' (French: ''Isabelle a peur des hommes'') is a 1957 French drama film directed by Jean Gourguet and starring Cathia Caro, Roger Dumas and Michel François.Rège p.459 Cast * Cathia Caro as Isabelle * Roger Dumas as Maxime Brissac * Michel François as Yves * Simone Paris as Tante Flora * Junie Astor as Béarice, mère d'Isabelle * Robert Vattier Robert Vattier (2 October 1906 – 9 December 1982) was a French actor. He was the father of the comedic actress Bérangère Vattier. Selected filmography * '' Marius'' (1931) - Albert Brun * '' Fanny'' (1932) - Albert Brun * ''Vers l'abîme ... as M. Brissac * Pierre Massimi as Didier * Brigitte Briant as Nicole * Gérard Fallec as Dodo * Régine Lovi as Poussy * Danièle Marescot * Yves-Marie Maurin * Solange Sicard as La grand-mère References Bibliography * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mademoiselle Strip-tease
''Plucking the Daisy'' (french: En effeuillant la marguerite) is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Brigitte Bardot. It was also known as ''Mam'selle Striptease'' and ''Please Mr Balzac''. ''Turner Classic Movies'' called it "a typical French romantic comedy... complete with a meet-cute on a train, and plenty of loving shots of Bardot's pert behind.... typical of the suggestive but innocuous films that Bardot made early in her career." Plot General Dumont discovers that his daughter Agnes is "A.D.", author of a scandalous under-the-counter novel. He tries to send her to a convent but she escapes to Paris to live with her brother. On the train she meets Daniel, a journalist. Agnes thinks her brother is a rich artist but he's actually a poor guide in the Balzac Museum. Agnes needs money and enters an amateur striptease contest. Daniel is covering the contest for his magazine. Cast * Brigitte Bardot as Agnès Dumont * Daniel Gélin as Daniel Roy * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Service Entrance (1954 Film)
''Service Entrance'' (French: ''Escalier de service'') is a 1954 French comedy drama film directed and written by Carlo Rim and starring Etchika Choureau, Danielle Darrieux and Robert Lamoureux. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and at the Louvre Museum. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. Synopsis Walking alone and looking desperate, young Marie-Lou ( Etchika Choureau) is taken in hand by Léo, a street photographer and his squatter friends. They all want to know what happened to her, so to satisfy their curiosity, Marie-Lou starts recounting her unfortunate experiences as a housemaid. On account of adverse circumstances, she tells them, she lost all of the jobs she had in five different families. To crown it all, the young man she has fallen in love with, a brilliant artist, is in prison. Cast * Etchika Choureau as Marie-Lou * Danielle Darrieux as Béatrice Berthier * Robert Lamoureux as François Berthier * Sophie Desmaret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
