Milly Mathis (September 8, 1901 – March 30, 1965) was a French actress who appeared in more than 100 films during her career. Born on September 8, 1901, as Emilienne Pauline Tomasini in Marseilles, France, she made her film debut with a small, uncredited role in the 1927 German film, ''Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney'' (English - ''The Love of Jeanne Ney''). Most of her parts would be in featured or supporting roles. Her final performance would be in a featured role in French film, ''Business'' (1960). She was also an occasional performer on France's legitimate stage. She died on March 30, 1965, in Salon-de-Provence, France, and was buried in the
Cimetière Saint-Pierre in Marseilles.
Filmography
*1927 - ''
The Love of Jeanne Ney
''The Love of Jeanne Ney'' (german: Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney), released as ''Lusts of the Flesh'' in the United Kingdom, is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst based on a novel by Ilya Ehrenburg.
Plot
Jeanne is the ...
''
*1930 - ''
Mephisto
Mephisto or Mephistopheles is one of the chief demons of German literary tradition.
Mephisto or Mephistopheles may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Méphisto'', a 1931 French film
* Mephisto (1981 film), ''Mephisto'' (1981 film), a German- ...
''
*1931 - ''Après l'amour''
*1931 - ''Atout Cœur''
*1931 - ''
Marius''
*1931 - ''Paris Méditerranée''
*1931 - ''Le Roi du camembert''
*1931 - ''Le Roi du cirage''
*1932 - ''L’Amour et la Veine''
*1932 - ''
Fanny''
*1932 - ''
The Wonderful Day''
*1932 - ''Simone est comme ça''
*1932 - ''Ah! quelle gare!''
*1932 - ''Maquillage''
*1932 - ''Moune et son Notaire''
*1932 - ''Prenez garde à la peinture''
*1932 - ''Madame Salamandre, voyante''
*1932 - ''Chassé-croisé''
*1933 - ''L'Illustre Maurin''
*1933 - ''
High and Low''
*1933 - ''C'était un musicien''
*1933 - ''D'amour et d'eau fraîche''
*1933 - ''La Prison de Saint-Clothaire''
*1934 - ''
The Scandal''
*1934 - ''Tartarin de Tarascon''
*1934 - ''Lac aux Dames''
*1934 - ''
The Crisis is Over
''The Crisis is Over'' (French: ''La crise est finie'') is a 1934 French musical comedy film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Albert Préjean, Danielle Darrieux and Marcel Carpentier. Many of those who worked on the film were exiles from ...
''
*1934 - '
*1934 - ''Deux mille deux cent vingt deux CF 2''
*1934 - ''Série 7 No 77777''
*1935 - ''Amants et Voleurs''
*1935 - ''Lune de miel''
*1935 - ''Bout de Chou''
*1935 - ''
Juanita''
*1935 - ''Gaspard de Besse''
*1935 - ''Arènes joyeuses''
*1935 - ''Suivez le guide''
*1935 - ''La main passe''
*1935 - ''Les frères Brothers''
*1935 - ''A la manière de...''
*1935 - ''Américan-bar''
*1936 - ''Une femme qui se partage''
*1936 - ''La Petite Dame du wagon-lit''
*1936 - ''L’École des Journalistes''
*1936 - ''Samson''
*1936 - ''
Avec le sourire''
*1936 - ''Prête-moi ta femme''
*1936 - ''Enfants de Paris''
*1936 - ''La Rose effeuillée''
*1936 - ''
Jacques and Jacotte''
*1936 - ''Prends la route''
*1936 - ''Notre-Dame d'Amour''
*1936 - ''
Forty Little Mothers
''Forty Little Mothers'' is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Eddie Cantor.
Plot
Out-of-work professor Gilbert Jordan Thompson stops a suicidal stranger named Marian Edwards from jumping off a pier and he ...
''
*1936 - ''
César''
*1936 - ''Blanchette''
*1937 - ''
Gigolette''
*1937 - ''
The House Opposite''
*1937 - ''La Fessée''
*1937 - ''
Life Dances On''
*1937 - ''Liberté''
*1937 - ''Regain''
*1937 - ''Franco de port''
*1937 - ''Les Gangsters de l’exposition''
*1937 - ''Un meurtre a été commis''
*1937 - ''Un soir à Marseille''
*1938 - ''Nuits de prince''
*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 - ''Légions d'honneur''
*1938 - ''
Gargousse
''Gargousse'' is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Henry Wulschleger and starring Bach, Saturnin Fabre and Jeanne Fusier-Gir.Krautz p.351
The film's art direction was by Henri Ménessier.
Cast
* Bach as Gargousse
* Saturnin Fabre as Leb ...
''
*1938 - ''
Three Artillerymen at the Opera''
*1938 - ''Champions de France''
*1938 - ''Cavalcade d'amour''
*1938 - ''Grand-père''
*1938 - ''Vous seule que j’aime''
*1938 - ''Le Moulin dans le soleil''
*1939 - ''
Whirlwind of Paris
''Whirlwind of Paris'' (French: ''Tourbillon de Paris'') is a 1939 French musical comedy film directed by Henri Diamant-Berger and starring Ray Ventura, Mona Goya and Grégoire Aslan. Powrie & Cadalanu p.259 The film's sets were designed by the ...
''
*1939 - ''Une main a frappé''
*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 - ''
Personal Column''
*1940 - ''
The Well-Digger's Daughter''
*1940 - ''
The Marvelous Night''
*1940 - ''Chambre 13''
*1940 - ''
Tobias Is an Angel
''Tobias Is an Angel'' (French: ''Tobie est un ange'') is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Yves Allégret.Waldman p.149 The title is a reference to Tobias and the Angel. The film was made at Toulon, then in Vichy France. It is now a lost film ...
''
*1941 - ''Un chapeau de paille d'Italie''
*1941 - ''La Troisième Dalle''
*1941 - ''Parade en sept nuits''
*1941 - ''Trois Argentins à Montmartre''
*1941 - ''Mélodie pour toi''
*1941 - ''La Prière aux étoiles''
*1942 - ''Cap au large''
*1942 - ''Simplet''
*1943 - ''Coup de tête''
*1944 - ''Bifur 3''
*1946 - ''Le Charcutier de Machonville''
*1948 - ''Le Voleur se porte bien''
*1948 - ''Toute la famille était là!''
*1948 - ''La vie est un rêve''
*1949 - ''
Night Round
''Night Round'' (French: ''Ronde de nuit'') is a 1949 French crime film directed by François Campaux and starring Tilda Thamar, Julien Carette and Noël Roquevert.Rège p.168
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Hubert.
...
''
*1949 - ''
Sending of Flowers
''Sending of Flowers'' (French: ''Envoi de fleurs'') is a 1950 French historical drama film directed by Jean Stelli and starring Tino Rossi, Micheline Francey and Jean Brochard.Rège p.939 The film portrays the life of the composer Paul Delmet ...
''
*1950 - ''
The Treasure of Cantenac
''The Treasure of Cantenac'' (French: ''Le trésor de Cantenac'') is a 1950 French comedy film directed by Sacha Guitry and starring Guitry, Lana Marconi and Michel Lemoine.Keit p.101
The film's sets were designed by the art director René Re ...
''
*1950 - ''
Topaze''
*1950 - ''
Bibi Fricotin''
*1950 - ''Bouquet de joie''
*1951 - ''
The Convict''
*1951 - ''Au pays du soleil''
*1951 - ''
The Damned Lovers
''The Damned Lovers'' (French: ''Les amants maudits'') is a 1952 French crime film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Robert Berri, Jacques Dynam and Ginette Baudin. A film noir it has been described as post-Liberation French Bonnie and Cl ...
''
*1951 - ''Ce coquin d'Anatole''
*1951 - ''Vol avec extraction''
*1952 - ''Le Passage de Vénus''
*1952 - ''Manon des sources''
*1952 - ''Des quintuplés au pensionnat''
*1953 - ''Trois Jours de bringue à Paris''
*1954 - ''Le Collège en folie''
*1957 - ''
Three Sailors''
*1957 - ''Nous autres à Champignol''
*1957 - ''La Blonde des Tropiques''
*1957 - ''Le Désert de Pigalle''
*1958 - ''
Girl and the River
''Girl and the River'' (french: L'Eau vive) is a 1958 French drama film directed by François Villiers. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
In alphabetical order
* Henri Arius - The uncle from Cavaillon
* Pascale Audret - ...
''
*1958 - ''Arènes joyeuses''
*1960 - ''
Business
Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for pr ...
''
References
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French film actresses
French stage actresses
Actresses from Marseille
1901 births
1965 deaths
20th-century French actresses