Colette Darfeuil (born Emma Henriette Augustine Floquet, 7 February 1906 – 15 October 1998)
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Darfeuil made her screen debut in at age 14 in the 1920 Pierre Colombier
Pierre Colombier (1896–1958) was a French screenwriter and film director.
Selected filmography
Director
* '' The Marriage of Rosine'' (1926)
* '' His Best Client'' (1932)
* ''Charlemagne'' (1933)
* '' School for Coquettes'' (1935)
* '' La Marrai ...
-directed silent film
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''Les Étrennes à travers les âges'' and would work steadily through the silent era and into the sound era.
Selected filmography
* '' The Flame'' (1926)
* '' Sables'' (1927)
* '' What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime'' (1929)
* '' The Man Without Love '' (1929)
* ''The Prosecutor Hallers
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'' (1930)
* ''Wine Cellars
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'' (1930)
* '' End of the World'' (1931)
* '' About an Inquest'' (1931)
* '' For an Evening'' (1931)
* '' Buridan's Donkey'' (1932)
* '' Baroud'' (1932)
* '' All for Love'' (1933)
* ''To Be Loved
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'' (1933)
* ''Le Roi des Champs-Élysées
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'' (1934)
* ''My Heart Is Calling You
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'' (1934)
* ''Casanova
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'' (1934)
* '' The House on the Dune'' (1934)
* '' The Flame'' (1936)
* ''Michel Strogoff
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'' (1936)
* '' On the Road'' (1936)
* '' The Patriot'' (1938)
* '' Forces occultes'' (1943)
* ''The Stairs Without End
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The film's art direction was by Jean Douarinou
Jean ...
'' (1943)
* ''The Misfortunes of Sophie
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'' (1946)
* '' The Ferret'' (1950)
* '' Bibi Fricotin'' (1950)
* ''The Girl with the Whip
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'' (1952)
* '' This Age Without Pity'' (1952)
Further reading
*Raymond Chirat and Olivier Barrot, ''Les excentriques du cinéma français: 1929-1958'', Paris: Henri Veyrier, 1983.
*Foucart, Yvan. ''Dictionnaire des comédiens français disparus, Mormoiron: Éditions cinéma'', p. 1185, 2008
References
External links
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CinéArtistes
1906 births
1998 deaths
French film actresses
French silent film actresses
People from Yvelines
20th-century French actresses
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