Marcelle Chantal (1901–1960) was a French

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and

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. Chantal appeared in a number of leading roles in films such as

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's '' In the Name of the Law'' (1932). Early in her career she married British

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and was billed as Marcelle Jefferson-Cohn.

Selected filmography

* ''

Le Carnaval des vérités ''Le Carnaval des vérités'' is a 1920 French silent film written and directed by Marcel L'Herbier. Background After completing a commercial film for Léon Gaumont, Marcel L'Herbier was offered a contract to work on a prestigious series of fil ...

'' (1920) * ''

The Queen's Necklace ''The Queen's Necklace'' is a novel by Alexandre Dumas that was published in 1849 and 1850 (immediately following the French Revolution of 1848). It is loosely based on the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, an episode involving fraud and royal scan ...

'' (1929) * '' Tenderness'' (1930) * '' The Indictment'' (1931) * ''

The Devil's Holiday ''The Devil's Holiday'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code film starring Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, ZaSu Pitts, James Kirkwood, Sr., Hobart Bosworth, and Ned Sparks, and released by Paramount Pictures. The movie was adapted by Edmund Goulding fr ...

'' (1931) * '' In the Name of the Law'' (1932) * '' Amok'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1935) * ''

The Phantom Gondola ''The Phantom Gondola'' (Italian: ''La gondola delle chimere'') is a 1936 French-Italian drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Marcelle Chantal, Henri Rollan and Paul Bernard. The film was a co-production between the two countries ...

'' (1936) * '' Nitchevo'' (1936) * ''

A Romance in Flanders ''A Romance in Flanders'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Paul Cavanagh, Marcelle Chantal, Olga Lindo and Alastair Sim. It is set during the First World War with the British Expeditionary Force in Flanders. It ...

'' (1937) * ''

The Lafarge Case ''The Lafarge Case'' (French: ''L'Affaire Lafarge'') is a 1938 French historical crime film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Renoir, Marcelle Chantal and Raymond Rouleau. It recalls a famous nineteenth century case, and is mostly por ...

'' (1938) * ''

Rasputin Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (; rus, links=no, Григорий Ефимович Распутин ; – ) was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, thus ga ...

'' (1938) * ''

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 A ...

'' (1939) * ''

Fantomas Against Fantomas ''Fantomas Against Fantomas'' (french: Fantômas contre Fantômas) is a 1949 French mystery thriller film directed by Robert Vernay and starring Marcelle Chantal, Aimé Clariond and Alexandre Rignault.The A to Z of French Cinema p. 412 It portray ...

'' (1949) * '' Julie de Carneilhan'' (1950) * ' (1950)

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* 1901 births 1960 deaths French stage actresses French film actresses Actresses from Paris 20th-century French actresses {{France-stage-actor-stub