Micheline Cheirel (born Micheline Truyen; 12 April 1917 – 25 October 2002) was a 20th-century French actress, active from 1934 to 1947. She was the niece of the actress

Jeanne Cheirel Jeanne Cheirel (1869–1934) was a French film and stage actress. Greco p.189 She was in the original cast of two of Georges Feydeau's plays '' Tied by the Leg'' (1894) and '' The Turkey'' (1896). She made her screen debut in a 1909 short film and ...

Personal life

She married British actor John Loder as his second wife. They were married from 1936 until their divorce in 1941. They had one daughter together. Cheirel appeared in some films made in the United States. In 1951 she married French actor

Paul Meurisse Paul Meurisse (; 21 December 1912 – 19 January 1979) was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to pl ...

. Their union ended in divorce.

Filmography

* '' Marius et Olive à Paris'' by Jean Epstein : Alberte (1935) * '' Dora Nelson'' by René Guissart : Yvonne de Moreuil (1935) * '' Carnival in Flanders'' ('' La Kermesse héroïque'') by

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: Siska (1935) * ''

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'' by Julien Duvivier : Huguette, Mario's fiancée (1936) * '' Tarass Boulba'' by

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(1936) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' by

Maurice Cloche Maurice Cloche (17 June 1907, Commercy, Meuse – 23 March 1990, Bordeaux, France) was a French film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. Best known for his Oscar-winning film ''Monsieur Vincent'' (1947) he won a 1948 Special Acad ...

: Arlette (1937) * '' Rendez-vous Champs-Elysées'' by Jacques Houssin : Liliane (1937) * ''Feux de joie'' by Jacques Houssin : Micheline (1938) * ''

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'' by

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(1941) * ''

A Close Call for Ellery Queen ''A Close Call for Ellery Queen'' is a 1942 American mystery film directed by James P. Hogan and written by Eric Taylor and Gertrude Purcell. It is based on the 1939 novel ''The Dragon's Teeth: A Problem in Deduction'' by Ellery Queen. The film ...

'' by James P. Hogan : Marie Dubois (1942) * ''

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'' by

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: Annette (1942) * '' Cornered'' by

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: Madeleine Jarnac (1945) * ''

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'' by

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: Mlle Blanche (1946) * ''

So Dark the Night ''So Dark the Night'' is a 1946 American crime film with film noir influences, featuring Steven Geray, Micheline Cheirel, and Eugene Borden. Based on a story written by Aubrey Wisberg, the screenplay was written by Dwight V. Babcock and Mart ...

'' by

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: Nanette Michaud (1946) * ''

Flight to Nowhere ''Flight to Nowhere'' is a 1946 American film noir crime film directed by William Rowland and stars Alan Curtis (American actor), Alan Curtis and Evelyn Ankers. ''Flight to Nowhere'' was one of the first postwar productions to deal with the atom ...

'' by William Rowland : Countess Maria de Fresca (1946) * '' Jewels of Brandenburg'' by

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: Claudette Grandet (1947) * '' The Crime Doctor's Gamble'' by

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: Mignon Duval-Jardin (1947)

Stage productions

* ''

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'' by Patrick Hamilton, directed by

Jean Darcante Jean Darcante, real name Jean-Louis Albassier, (1 April 1910 – 18 March 1990) was a French actor and theatre director. He was managing director of the théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris from 1946 to 1957.Théâtre de la Renaissance The name Théâtre de la Renaissance has been used successively for three distinct Parisian theatre companies. The first two companies, which were short-lived enterprises in the 19th century, used the Salle Ventadour, now an office building on t ...

(1954)

Vocal dubbing

* '' A Bullet for Joey'' : Yvonne Temblay (Toni Gerry) (1955)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheirel, Micheline French film actresses 1917 births Actresses from Paris 2002 deaths French expatriate actresses in the United States 20th-century French actresses