Jacqueline Laurent (6 August 1918 – 18 December 2009) was a French
film actress. She starred with
Jean Gabin in
Marcel Carné
Marcel Albert Carné (; 18 August 1906 – 31 October 1996) was a French film director. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include '' Port of Shadows'' (1938), ''Le Jour Se Lève'' (1939), '' The Devil's Envoys ...
's ''
Le jour se lève'' (1939).
Early years
Laurent was the daughter of Jacques Janin, a composer whose compositions included music for films.
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Film
After seeing one of Laurent's French films, Louis B. Mayer suggested that she try acting in Hollywood. That suggestion led to her American film debut in '' Judge Hardy's Children'' (1938).[ ]
Personal life
Laurent was married when she was 16 and divorced soon after.[
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Selected filmography
* ''Gaspard de Besse
''Gaspard de Besse'' is a 1935 French historical adventure film directed by André Hugon and starring Raimu, Antonin Berval and Nicole Vattier. It is an adaptation of the 1919 novel of the same title by Jean Aicard. It is inspired by a historica ...
'' (1935)
* '' Sarati the Terrible'' (1937)
* '' Judge Hardy's Children'' (1938)
* '' Le Jour Se Lève'' (1939)
* '' Farewell Love!'' (1943)
* '' Two Timid Souls'' (1943)
* '' L'abito nero da sposa'' (1945)
* ''The Ways of Sin
''The Ways of Sin'' (Italian: ''Le vie del peccato'') is a 1946 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Jacqueline Laurent, Leonardo Cortese and Carlo Ninchi. The film is a melodrama set in Sardinia at the begi ...
'' (1946)
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1918 births
2009 deaths
French film actresses
People from Aube
20th-century French actresses
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