Ketti Gallian (25 December 1912 – December 1972) was a French actress.

Biography

Gallian was born in

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. She went to Paris at the age of 15 and secured work as a model. She later went back to Nice and appeared in a number of foreign films made by

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. Her performance in ''The Ace'', in which she played opposite Raymond Massey on the

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stage, resulted in a screen contract from Fox. However, she never became a success while acting in America and returned to France. She died, aged 59, in

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Filmography

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* 1912 births 1972 deaths French film actresses People from Nice 20th-century French actresses {{France-film-actor-stub