Mireille Césarine Balin (born Blanche Mireille Césarine Balin; 20 July 1909, in

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– 9 November 1968 in

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)"Balin, Mireille (1911–1968)." ''Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages'', edited by Anne Commire and Deborah Klezmer, vol. 1, Yorkin Publications, 2007, p. 123. ''Gale eBooks''. Accessed 11 Aug. 2021. was a French-Italian actress. Balin was born near Monte Carlo. Her father, Charles Balin, was a French newspaper publisher. Her mother was Italian. Her education came at finishing schools. She was a policewoman in Paris until friends urged her to take a screen test. Balin posed for some advertisements in Paris before she began acting in films. Considered one of the finest actresses of French cinema in the 1930s, she was discredited by her fraternization with the Nazis. During Nazi occupation of France, she became romantically involved with an officer of the

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and at the end of war she was imprisoned in Fresnes until January 1945. She retired from film in 1947. Balin arrived in Hollywood in 1937 with a staff of servants and with 28 trunks containing "most of her worldly possessions. During the final 10 years of her life she lived in a "charitable home". Balin died in 1968, aged 59.

Filmography

* ''Vive la classe'' (1932) * ''Don Quichotte'' (1932) * ''

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 New ...

'' (1933) * ''Adieu les beaux jours'' (1933) * ''On a trouvé une femme nue'' (1934) * ''Vive la compagnie'' (1934) * ''Si j'étais le patron'' (1934) * ''Marie des angoisses'' (1935) * ''Le roman d'un spahi'' (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) * ''

Pépé le Moko ''Pépé le Moko'' () is a 1937 French film directed by Julien Duvivier starring Jean Gabin, based on a novel of the same name by Henri La Barthe and with sets by Jacques Krauss. An example of the 1930s French movement known as poetic realism, ...

'' (1936) * '' Lady Killer'' (1937) * ''

The Kiss of Fire ''The Kiss of Fire'' (French: ''Naples au baiser de feu'') is a 1937 French romantic comedy film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Tino Rossi, Michel Simon, Mireille Balin and Viviane Romance.Plastino & Sciorra p.128 The film is based on th ...

'' (1937) * ''

Golden Venus ''Golden Venus'' (French: ''La Vénus de l'or'') is a 1938 French adventure film directed by Jean Delannoy and Charles Méré and starring Jacques Copeau, Daniel Lecourtois and Mireille Balin.Goble p.402 The film's sets were designed by the art d ...

'' (1938) * '' Captain Benoît'' (1938) * '' Terre de feu'' (1938) * ''Coups de feu'' (1939) * ''Terra di fuoco'' (1939) * ''Cas de conscience'' (1939) * ''

Immediate Call ''Immediate Call'' (French: ''Rappel immédiat'') is a 1939 French comedy drama film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Mireille Balin, Roger Duchesne and Bernard Lancret.Lennig p.392 Cast * Mireille Balin as Helen Wells * Roger Duchesne as ...

'' (1939) * ''

The Siege of the Alcazar ''The Siege of the Alcazar'' or ''L'Assedio dell'Alcazar'' is a 1940 Italian war film directed by Augusto Genina about the famous siege of the Alcázar during the Spanish Civil War, set in Toledo, Spain. The film won the ''Mussolini Cup'' in Ve ...

'' (1940) * ''Menaces'' (1940) * '' Macao, l'enfer du jeu'' (1940) * ''Fromont jeune et Risler aîné'' (1941) * ''

The Murderer is Afraid at Night ''The Murderer is Afraid at Night'' (French: ''L'assassin a peur la nuit'') is a 1942 French crime drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Mireille Balin, Jean Chevrier and Louise Carletti. A film noir it was shot at the Victorine S ...

'' (1942) * ''La femme que j'ai le plus aimée'' (1942) * ''Haut le vent'' (1942) * '' The Trump Card'' (1942) * ''L'assassin a peur la nuit'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1943) * ''La dernière chevauchée'' (1947)

References

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* 1909 births 1968 deaths People from Monte Carlo French film actresses French expatriates in Monaco 20th-century French actresses {{France-film-actor-stub