Alida Rouffe (1874–1949) was a French actress. Joséphine Marie Rouffe was born on 20 March 1874 in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

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/ref> Her father was

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Louis Rouffe (1849-1885). She spent most of her career on stage in the south of France, and like her father, she performed in the Alcazar.Daniel Vitaglione, ''The Literature of Provence: An Introduction'', McFarland, 2000, p. 9

/ref> Later, she acted in many films, including those directed by

Marcel Pagnol Marcel Paul Pagnol (; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionable ...

.Christian Gilles, ''LES ÉCRANS NOSTALGIQUES DU CINÉMA FRANÇAIS: Tome III : L'Avant-Guerre 1937-1939'', Editions L'Harmattan, 2002, p. 11

/ref> She died on 21 November 1949 in Marseille.

Filmography

*'' Marius (1931 film), Marius'' (dir.

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, 1931). *''

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'' (dir. René Gaveau, 1932). *'' Fanny'' (dir. Marc Allégret, 1932). *'' Paris Soleil'' (dir.

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, 1932). *'' Cigalon'' (dir. Marcel Pagnol, 1935). *'' Topaze'' (dir. Marcel Pagnol, 1936). *'' César'' (dir. Marcel Pagnol, 1936). *'' Le Chanteur de minuit'' (dir.

Léo Joannon Léo Joannon (21 August 1904 – 28 March 1969) 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 camerama ...

, 1937). *''

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'' (dir. Marcel Pagnol, 1938). *''

La femme du boulanger ''The Baker's Wife'' (french: La femme du boulanger) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Marcel Pagnol. It is based on the novel '' Blue Boy'' by French author Jean Giono and became the basis of the American musical ''The Baker's Wife''. It t ...

'' (dir. Marcel Pagnol, 1938). *'' Le Club des fadas'' (dir.

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, 1939) *'' Le Paradis des voleurs'' (dir.

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, 1939). *'' Le Gardian'' (dir.

Jean de Marguenat Jean de Marguenat (2 May 1893 – 16 April 1956) was a French screenwriter and film director. He directed nineteen films including the 1937 British musical ''The Street Singer (1937 film), The Street Singer'' (1937).De Lafayette p.270 Selected fi ...

, 1945).

References

1874 births 1949 deaths Actresses from Bordeaux Actresses from Marseille French film actresses French stage actresses 20th-century French actresses {{France-actor-stub