Marguerite Moreno (born Lucie Marie Marguerite Monceau; 15 September 1871,

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- 14 July 1948, Touzac, Lot) was a French stage and film actress. On 12 September 1900, in England, she married the writer

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, whom she had met in 1895. In 1905 he died of pneumonia while Moreno was away on tour.Goudemare, Sylvain (2000). ''Marcel Schwob ou les vies imaginaires''. Le cherche midi éditeur (p. 328)

Selected filmography

* '' Captain Fracasse'' (1929) * ''

Paramount on Parade ''Paramount on Parade'' is a 1930 all-star American pre-Code revue released by Paramount Pictures, directed by several directors including Edmund Goulding, Dorothy Arzner, Ernst Lubitsch, Rowland V. Lee, A. Edward Sutherland, Lothar Mendes, Ot ...

'' (1930) French version only * '' A Hole in the Wall'' (1930) * '' Let's Get Married'' (1931) * '' Alone'' (1931) * '' Miche'' (1932) * '' Cognasse'' (1932) * ''

The Champion Cook ''The Champion Cook'' (French: ''Le cordon bleu'') is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Karl Anton and starring Pierre Bertin, Jeanne Helbling and Louis Baron fils.Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939'' ...

'' (1932) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1933) * ''

The Weaker Sex ''The Weaker Sex'' is a 1948 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Ursula Jeans, Cecil Parker and Joan Hopkins. It was one of the most popular films at the British box office in 1948. The film's subject was what ''The Ne ...

'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1934) * ''

The Queen of Biarritz ''The Queen of Biarritz'' (French: ''La reine de Biarritz'') is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Jean Toulout and starring Alice Field, Léon Belières and Marguerite Moreno.Rège p.965 The film's sets were designed by Jean d'Eaubonne. Cast ...

'' (1934) * ''

Paris-Deauville ''Paris-Deauville'' is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Marguerite Moreno, Monique Rolland and Germaine Sablon.Gordon p.39 The film's sets were designed by the art director Roger Caccia. Cast * Marguerite Moreno ...

'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1936) * ''

Confessions of a Cheat ''Le Roman d'un tricheur'' (sometimes known in English as ''The Story of a Cheat'', but also as ''Confessions of a Cheat'', ''The Story of a Trickster'', or ''The Cheat'') is a 1936 film starring, written and directed by Sacha Guitry. It was adap ...

'' (1936) * ''

Girls of Paris ''Girls of Paris'' (French: ''Jeunes filles de Paris'') is a 1936 French film directed by Claude Vermorel and starring Michel Simon, Mireille Balin and Paul Azaïs.Crisp p.497 Cast * Michel Simon as Baron de Beaupoil and his brother * Mireill ...

'' (1936) * ''

Let's Make a Dream ''Let's Make a Dream'' (French: ''Faisons un rêve...'') is a 1936 French romantic comedy film directed by Sacha Guitry and starring Guitry, Raimu and Jacqueline Delubac.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.24 It is an adaptation of the 1916 play of the same t ...

'' (1936) * ''

My Aunts and I ''My Aunts and I'' (French: ''Mes tantes et moi'') is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Yvan Noé and starring René Lefèvre, Marguerite Moreno and Jacqueline Francell.Rège p.381 Three Aunts keep a close watch on their nephew's romantic de ...

'' (1937) * ''

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'' (''Regain'') (1937) * ''

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'' (1938) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1937) * ''

The Pearls of the Crown ''The Pearls of the Crown'' (french: Les Perles de la couronne) is a 1937 French comedy film of historically based fiction by Sacha Guitry who plays four roles in it (many of the other performers play multiple roles, as well). Guitry's Jean Mar ...

'' (1937) * '' Mother Love'' (1938) * ''

I Was an Adventuress ''I Was an Adventuress'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff, starring Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von Stroheim, and Peter Lorre. Actress/ballerina Countess Tanya Vronsky (Vera Zorina) works as decoy for two internati ...

'' (1938) * '' Ma tante dictateur'' (1939) * ''

Girls in Distress ''Girls in Distress'' (french: Jeunes filles en détresse) is a 1939 French drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Marcelle Chantal, Micheline Presle and André Lugue.Rentschler p.282 The film's sets were designed by the art director ...

'' (1939) * ''

Behind the Facade ''Behind the Facade'' (French: ''Derrière la façade'') is a 1939 French drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and Yves Mirande and starring Lucien Baroux, Jules Berry and André Lefaur.Aitken p.511 The film's sets were designed by the art di ...

'' (1939) * ''

Nine Bachelors ''Nine Bachelors'' (French: ''Ils étaient neuf célibataires'') is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Sacha Guitry and starring Guitry, Max Dearly and Elvire Popesco. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location in the ...

'' (1939) * ''

Radio Surprises ''Radio Surprises'' (French: ''Les surprises de la radio'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Marcel Aboulker and starring Marguerite Moreno, Armand Bernard and Grégoire Aslan. It is a revue show.Quinlan p.135 It was shot at the Epinay Stu ...

'' (1940) * ''

The Blue Danube "The Blue Danube" is the common English title of "An der schönen blauen Donau", Op. 314 (German for "By the Beautiful Blue Danube"), a waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, composed in 1866. Originally performed on 15 Februa ...

'' (1940) * '' Strange Suzy'' (1941) * ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

'' (1942) * ''

The White Truck ''The White Truck'' (French: ''Le camion blanc'') is a 1943 French comedy drama film directed by Léo Joannon and starring Jules Berry, Blanchette Brunoy and François Périer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Douarinou. P ...

'' (1943) * '' Love Story'' (1943) * ''

The Idiot ''The Idiot'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Идиот, Idiót) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69. The title is an ...

'' (1946) * ''

The Misfortunes of Sophie ''The Misfortunes of Sophie'' (French: ''Les Malheurs de Sophie'') is a 1946 French comedy drama film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Madeleine Rousset, Marguerite Moreno and Michel Auclair.Palmer & Michael p.69 The film is based on t ...

'' (1946) * '' The Fan'' (1947) * '' Naughty Martine'' (1947) * '' Rendezvous in Paris'' (1947)

Bibliography

* Benstock, Shari. ''Women of the Left Bank: Paris, 1900-1940''. University of Texas Press, 1986

References

External links

* * Marguerite Moreno Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. 1871 births 1948 deaths Deaths from pneumonia in France French stage actresses French film actresses French silent film actresses Actresses from Paris Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française 20th-century French actresses 19th-century French actresses {{France-actor-stub