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Edwige Feuillère (born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti; October 29, 1907 – November 13, 1998) was a French stage and film actress.


Biography

She was born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti to an Italian architect father and an
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-born mother. She was raised primarily in
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. In 1931 she married actor
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, from whom she separated two years later (1933), but kept his surname. She acted from 1931 until 1995.


Death

She died of natural causes, aged 91.


Selected filmography

*1931: '' La Fine Combine'' (Short, dir. André Chotin) – Mado, the mistress *1931: ''Mam'zelle Nitouche'' (dir Marc Allégret) – Une théâtreuse (uncredited) *1931: ''
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) – Régine *1932: ''
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) – Comtesse Peggy Ricardi *1932: ''La Perle'' (dir. René Guissart) – Viviane Lancenay *1932: '' Une petite femme dans le train'' (dir.
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) – Adolphine *1932: '' Maquillage'' (dir.
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) – Ketty *1932: '' Le Beau Rôle'' (Short, dir. Roger Capellani) *1932: '' Une étoile disparaît'' (dir. Robert Villers) – sous réserves *1933: '' Topaze'' (dir. Louis Gasnier) – Suzy Courtois *1933: '' Matricule 33'' (dir.
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) – 'Helena Schweringen *1933: '' Les Aventures du roi Pausole'' (dir. Alexis Granowski) – Diane *1933: '' La Voix de métal'' (''L'appel de nuit'') (dir. Youly Marca-Rosa) – Comtesse Viana *1934: '' Toi, que j'adore'' (dir.
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& Albert Valentin) – Jacqueline Boulanger *1934: '' Ces messieurs de la Santé'' (dir.
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) – Fernande *1935: ''
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) – Giacinta *1935: '' The Decoy'' (dir.
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) – Délia *1935: '' Golgotha'' (dir.
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) – Claudia Procula *1935: ''
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) – Maria Belloni *1935: ''
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*1935: '' La Route heureuse'' (dir. Georges Lacombe) – Suzanne *1936: ''
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) – Lady Héléna Scarlett *1936: '' Amore'' (Italian version of the previous film, dir. Carlo L. Bragaglia) – Suzanne *1937: '' Marthe Richard, au service de la France'' (dir. Raymond Bernard) – Marthe Richard *1937: ''
Woman of Malacca ''Woman of Malacca'' (French: ''La dame de Malacca'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Edwige Feuillère, Pierre Richard-Willm and Betty Daussmond. It was based on a 1935 novel by the French writer Francis de C ...
'' (dir. Marc Allégret) – Audrey Greenwood *1937: '' Feu!'' (dir.
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) – Edwige Elno *1938: ''
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'' (dir. Raymond Bernard) – Véra Vronsky *1939: ''
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) – Evelyne *1940: '' The Emigrant'' (dir.
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) – Christiane Vallier *1940: ''
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) – Comtesse Sophie Choteck *1942: '' Mam'zelle Bonaparte'' (dir. Maurice Tourneur) –
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, the courtesan *1942: ''
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) – Antoinette de Langeais *1942: '' L'Honorable Catherine'' (dir.
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) – Catherine Roussel *1943: '' Lucrèce'' (dir.
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) – Lucrèce, the celebrated actress *1945: '' La Part de l'ombre'' (dir.
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) – Agnès Noblet *1946: ''
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) – Ariane *1946: ''
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) – Nastasia Philipovna *1946: '' Once is Enough'' (dir.
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) – Christine Jourdan, sculptor *1947: ''
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) – Queen Natascha *1948: '' Woman Hater'' (dir.
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) – Colette Marly *1948: '' La Norvège sans les vikings'' (documentary she produced) *1949: '' Julie de Carneilhan'' (dir. Jacques Manuel) – Julie de Carneilhan *1950: ''
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'' (dir. Christian-Jaque) – Florence (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris") *1951: ''
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'' (dir. Jacqueline Audry) – Mlle Julie *1951: ''
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'' (dir. Raymond Bernard) – Lyria, landlady of the "Sea-Bar" *1952: '' Adorables Créatures'' (dir. Christian-Jaque) – Denise Aubusson, the elegant widow *1954: ''
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) – Mme Camille Dalleray, the woman in white *1955: '' Les Fruits de l'été'' (dir. Raymond Bernard) – Sabine Gravières, the antique dealer *1957: '' The Seventh Commandment'' (dir. Raymond Bernard) – Princess Nadia Vronskaïa *1957: '' Quand la femme s'en mêle'' (dir.
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) – Maine, former wife of Félix *1958: '' En cas de malheur'' (dir.
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) – Viviane Gobillot, the wife of André *1958 '' Life Together'' (dir.
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) – Françoise Sellier, ex: Carreau *1961: ''
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) – Mademoiselle Raucourt (segment "Les comédiennes) *1962: ''
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inspired by the comic strips of Paul Gordeaux, dir. Gérard Oury) – Dona Lucrezia (segment "Le masque") *1964: '' Aimez-vous les femmes ?'' (dir. Jean Léon) – Aunt Flo *1964: '' La Bonne Occase'' (dir.
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) – Comtesse de Saint-Plas *1967: '' La Route d'un homme'' (TV Short, dir. Georges Hacquard) – Récitante / Narrator (voice) *1968: '' Et si on faisait l'amour'' ("Sensi facciamo l'amore") (dir.
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) – Giuditta Passani *1970: '' OSS 117 prend des vacances'' (dir. Pierre Kalfon) – Comtesse de Labarthe *1970: '' Clair de Terre'' (dir.
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) – Mme Larivière *1975: ''
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) – Mme Bastier-Wegener *1982: ''
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'' (TV Movie) *1993: ''Dis papa, raconte-moi là-bas'' (dir. Guy Gilles) – (voice)


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Edwige Feuillère
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