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.

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) – Mado, the mistress *1931: ''Mam'zelle Nitouche'' (dir

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) – Une théâtreuse (uncredited) *1931: ''

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) – Régine *1932: ''

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'' (dir.

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) – Comtesse Peggy Ricardi *1932: ''La Perle'' (dir. René Guissart) – Viviane Lancenay *1932: '' Une petite femme dans le train'' (dir.

) – Adolphine *1932: '' Maquillage'' (dir.

) – Ketty *1932: '' Le Beau Rôle'' (Short, dir.

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) *1932: '' Une étoile disparaît'' (dir. Robert Villers) – sous réserves *1933: '' Topaze'' (dir.

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) – Suzy Courtois *1933: '' Matricule 33'' (dir.

) – '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 Albert Valentin (1908–1968) was a Belgian screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography * '' Song of Farewell'' (1934) * ''Stradivarius'' (1935) * ''The Strange Monsieur Victor'' (1938) * '' Marie-Martine'' (1943) * ''The Secret of Monte ...

) – Jacqueline Boulanger *1934: '' Ces messieurs de la Santé'' (dir. Pierre Colombier) – Fernande *1935: '' Barcarolle'' (dir. Gerhard Lamprecht &

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) – Giacinta *1935: '' The Decoy'' (dir. Hans Steinhoff &

) – Délia *1935: ''

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'' (dir.

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) – Claudia Procula *1935: ''

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'' (dir.

) – Maria Belloni *1935: ''

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'' (dir.

Abel Gance Abel Gance (; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 188910 November 1981) was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: ''J ...

) –

*1935: '' La Route heureuse'' (dir. Georges Lacombe) – Suzanne *1936: ''

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'' (dir.

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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.

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) – 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 ...

'' (dir.

) – Audrey Greenwood *1937: '' Feu!'' (dir. Jacques de Baroncelli) – Edwige Elno *1938: ''

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'' (dir.

) – Véra Vronsky *1939: '' There's No Tomorrow'' (dir.

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) – Evelyne *1940: '' The Emigrant'' (dir. Léo Joannon) – Christiane Vallier *1940: ''

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'' (dir.

) – Comtesse Sophie Choteck *1942: '' Mam'zelle Bonaparte'' (dir.

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) –

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, the courtesan *1942: ''

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'' (dir. Jacques de Baroncelli) – Antoinette de Langeais *1942: '' L'Honorable Catherine'' (dir. Marcel L'Herbier) – Catherine Roussel *1943: '' Lucrèce'' (dir. Léo Joannon) – Lucrèce, the celebrated actress *1945: '' La Part de l'ombre'' (dir.

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) – Agnès Noblet *1946: ''

Tant que je vivrai ''As Long as I Live'' (French: ''Tant que je vivrai'') is a 1946 French-Italian drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Edwige Feuillère, Jacques Berthier and Jean Debucourt.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.167 The film's sets were desi ...

'' (dir. Jacques de Baroncelli) – Ariane *1946: ''

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'' (dir. Georges Lampin) – Nastasia Philipovna *1946: '' Once is Enough'' (dir. Andrée Feix) – Christine Jourdan, sculptor *1947: ''

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'' (dir.

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) – Queen Natascha *1948: '' Woman Hater'' (dir. Terence Young) – Colette Marly *1948: '' La Norvège sans les vikings'' (documentary she produced) *1949: '' Julie de Carneilhan'' (dir.

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) – Julie de Carneilhan *1950: '' Lost Souvenirs'' (dir.

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) – Florence (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris") *1951: '' Olivia'' (dir.

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) – Mlle Julie *1951: ''

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'' (dir.

) – Lyria, landlady of the "Sea-Bar" *1952: '' Adorables Créatures'' (dir.

) – Denise Aubusson, the elegant widow *1954: '' Le Blé en herbe'' (dir.

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) – Mme Camille Dalleray, the woman in white *1955: '' Les Fruits de l'été'' (dir.

) – Sabine Gravières, the antique dealer *1957: '' The Seventh Commandment'' (dir.

) – 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.

) – Viviane Gobillot, the wife of André *1958 '' Life Together'' (dir.

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) – Françoise Sellier, ex: Carreau *1961: ''

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'' (an anthology film inspired by the comic strips of Paul Gordeaux, dir.

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) – Mademoiselle Raucourt (segment "Les comédiennes) *1962: ''

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'' (an

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inspired by the comic strips of Paul Gordeaux, dir.

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) – Dona Lucrezia (segment "Le masque") *1964: '' Aimez-vous les femmes ?'' (dir. Jean Léon) – Aunt Flo *1964: '' La Bonne Occase'' (dir. Michel Drach) – Comtesse de Saint-Plas *1967: '' La Route d'un homme'' (TV Short, dir.

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) – 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. Guy Gilles) – Mme Larivière *1975: ''

La Chair de l'orchidée ''La Chair de l'orchidée'' (The Flesh of the Orchid) is a 1975 film by Patrice Chéreau as his directorial debut, adapted by him and by Jean-Claude Carrière from the 1948 book '' The Flesh of the Orchid'' by British writer James Hadley Chase, " ...

'' (dir.

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) – Mme Bastier-Wegener *1982: ''

Cher menteur ''Dear Liar'', full title ''Dear Liar: A Comedy of Letters'' is a play by American actor, director, and playwright Jerome Kilty. It was first staged in 1957 and published in 1960. A television adaptation was made in 1964, directed by David Gardner ...

'' (TV Movie) *1993: ''Dis papa, raconte-moi là-bas'' (dir. Guy Gilles) – (voice)

References

External links

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