Jany Holt (born Ruxandra Ecaterina Vladescu Olt, 13 May 1909 – 26 October 2005) was a
Romania
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n-born actress, who worked principally in the
French cinema
French cinema consists of the film industry and its film productions, whether made within the nation of France or by French film production companies abroad. It is the oldest and largest precursor of national cinemas in Europe; with primary influ ...
.
Holt married French actor
Marcel Dalio
Marcel Dalio (born Marcel Benoit Blauschild; 23 November 1899 in Paris – 18 November 1983) was a French movie actor. He had major roles in two films directed by Jean Renoir, ''La Grande Illusion'' (1937) and ''The Rules of the Game'' (1939). ...
in 1936, divorcing in 1939.
[ In 1940, Holt married author Jacques Porel, the son of stage and early ]silent film
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actress Gabrielle Réjane
Gabrielle Réjane (), ''née'' Gabrielle Charlotte Réju (6 June 1856 – 14 June 1920), was a French actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The daughter of a former actor, Réjane studied at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'ar ...
and director Paul Porel
Paul Porel, ''né'' Désiré Paul Parfouru (25 October 1843 – 4 August 1917), was a French actor, director and theatre manager. He was for many years closely associated with the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris, where he was first an actor, and th ...
; Holt and Porel stayed in France during the Nazi occupation
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.French Resistance
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, later receiving the ''Croix de Guerre
The ''Croix de Guerre'' (, ''Cross of War'') is a military decoration of France. It was first created in 1915 and consists of a square-cross medal on two crossed swords, hanging from a ribbon with various degree pins. The decoration was first awa ...
'' from General de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government ...
.[
Holt appeared in 48 films and television productions between 1931 and 1995.
]
Selected filmography
* ''The Man in Evening Clothes
''The Man in Evening Clothes'' (French:''Un homme en habit'') is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Fernand Gravey, Diana and Suzy Vernon.Goble p.800 It was made by the French subsidiary of Paramount ...
'' (1931)
*''The Green Domino
''The Green Domino'' (french: Le Domino vert) is a 1935 French/German drama film directed by Henri Decoin and Herbert Selpin, based on play by Erich Ebermayer. It tells the story of a rich heiress who falls in love with an art critic after his w ...
'' (1935)
*''Le Golem
''Le Golem'' ( cs, Golem) is a 1936 Czechoslovakian monster movie directed by Julien Duvivier in French language.
Plot
In a Prague ghetto, poor Jews find themselves oppressed by Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (Harry Baur) which leads to talk amon ...
'' (1936)
*''The Lower Depths
''The Lower Depths'' (russian: На дне, translit=Na dne, literally: ''At the bottom'') is a play by Russian dramatist Maxim Gorky written in 1902 and produced by the Moscow Arts Theatre on December 18, 1902 under the direction of Konstantin ...
'' (1936)
* '' Southern Mail'' (1937)
*''Beethoven's Great Love
''Beethoven's Great Love'' (French: ''Un grand amour de Beethoven'' is a 1936 French historical musical drama film directed by Abel Gance and starring Harry Baur, Annie Ducaux and Jany Holt. It portrays the career of the composer Ludwig van Be ...
'' (1937)
* ''The Alibi
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'' (1937)
* ''Rasputin
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (; rus, links=no, Григорий Ефимович Распутин ; – ) was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, thus ga ...
'' (1938)
* ''The Phantom Baron
''The Phantom Baron'' (French: ''Le Baron fantôme'') is a 1943 French drama film directed by Serge de Poligny and starring Odette Joyeux, Jany Holt, and Alain Cuny. '' (1943)
*''Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
''Dr Terror's House of Horrors'' is a 1965 British anthology horror film from Amicus Productions, directed by veteran horror director Freddie Francis, written by Milton Subotsky, and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
It was the firs ...
'' (1943) (segment "The Monster of Stone")
*''Angels of Sin
''Angels of Sin'' (original French title: ''Les anges du péché'') was the first feature film directed by Robert Bresson. Made in 1943, nine years after his comedy short '' Public Affairs'', it was Bresson's only film released during the German ...
'' (1943)
*''La Fiancée des ténèbres
''La Fiancée des ténèbres'' ("the fiancée of darkness") is a 1945 French film directed by Serge de Poligny and starring Pierre Richard-Willm and Jany Holt. It was one of a small number of films in the fantastique genre made during the Germa ...
'' (1945)
*''Farandole
The Farandole is an open-chain community dance popular in Provence, France. The Farandole bears similarities to the gavotte, jig, and tarantella. The carmagnole of the French Revolution is a derivative.
Traditional dance
The farandole is consi ...
'' (1945)
*'' Special Mission'' (1946)
*''Land Without Stars
''Land Without Stars'' (French: ''Le pays sans étoiles'') is a 1946 French romantic drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jany Holt, Pierre Brasseur and Gérard Philipe.Rège p. 584
The film's sets were designed by the art directo ...
'' (1946)
*'' Not Guilty'' (1947)
*'' Rumours'' (1947)
* ''Counter Investigation
''Counter Investigation'' (french: Contre-enquête) is a 2007 French crime film directed by Franck Mancuso that came out in 2007, with Jean Dujardin in the leading role. From a story by Lawrence Block
Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is a ...
'' (1947)
*''Doctor Laennec
''Doctor Laennec'' (French: ''Docteur Laennec'') is a 1949 French historical drama film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Pierre Blanchar, Saturnin Fabre and Mireille Perrey.Crisp p.281 It portrays the work of René Laennec, the inventor of ...
'' (1949)
*'' The Ferret'' (1950)
*''The Green Glove
''The Green Glove'' (aka ''The White Road'') is a 1952 French/American international co-production film noir directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Glenn Ford, Geraldine Brooks, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and George Macready.
Plot
Church bells be ...
'' (1952)
*'' Gervaise'' (1956)
* ''A Time for Loving
''A Time for Loving'' is from an original screenplay by the French playwright Jean Anouilh, commissioned by the producer Anatole de Grunwald before he died in 1967, which was finally produced by his younger brother Dimitri de Grunwald with Chr ...
'' (1971)
*''The Left-Handed Woman
''The Left-Handed Woman'' (german: Die linkshändige Frau) is a 1978 West German drama film directed by Peter Handke. It was based on Handke's own novel. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* Edith Clever as Marianne
* Bruno ...
'' (1978)
*''Toutes griffes dehors
''Toutes griffes dehors'' is a 1982 French miniseries.
Cast
* Sophie Desmarets as Fanny
* Serge Avedikian as Gilbert Dautun
* Jany Holt as Mlle Monelle
* Jacques François as Alain
* Pierre Tornade as Barbazan
* Claudia Demarmels as Bénédic ...
'' (1982)
*''Target
Target may refer to:
Physical items
* Shooting target, used in marksmanship training and various shooting sports
** Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports
** Aiming point, in field artillery, fi ...
'' (1985)
References
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Jany Holt - Cinémathèque française
French film actresses
Romanian emigrants to France
Actresses from Bucharest
1909 births
2005 deaths
20th-century French actresses
Romanian participants in the French Resistance
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