Marie Marguerite Sarah Duhamel (March 21, 1873 – April 15, 1926) was a French stage and film comedienne.

Career

Duhamel was the daughter of an operetta singer and appeared on stage at a very young age. In 1893 she made her debut as a singer with the play Eldorado, and consequently went on a two-year tour through Italy and the South of France. From 1895 on she worked at various revues in

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. In 1910 she met the film director Romeo Bosetti who worked for Pathé Comica in

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. She made several short comedy films with Bosetti, her character was called ‘Rosalie’ (in the English-speaking countries ‘Jane’). Later she started working for the company Eclair (La Société française des films et cinématographiques Eclair) where her character was called Pétronille. She was also cast to star with Maurice Schwartz in the Little Moritz series, and with Lucien Bataille in his Casimir comedies. Duhamel’s partnership with Bosetti lasted until 1916, when he stopped filmmaking due to his injuries suffered during the

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. After the World War I, Duhamel's career became less successful, though she continued to work on stage and for films.

Private life

In 1915 Duhamel married Édouard Louis Schmitt (1884-1972), a fellow stage actor better known as Darmaine or Darmène. Duhamel’s older sister Louise Jeanne Bibiane Duhamel (1870-1910) was also famous as an operetta singer.

Filmography

As ''Rosalie''

* 1911 : ''Little Moritz enlève Rosalie'' (Henri Gambart, scénario Romeo Bosetti) * 1911 : ''Rosalie et Léontine vont au théâtre'' (Romeo Bosetti) * 1911 ; ''Rosalie a trouvé du travail'' (Romeo Bosetti) * 1911 : ''Le jour de l'an de Rosalie'' omeo Bosetti ?* 1911 : ''La Mitrailleuse'' omeo Bosetti ?* 1911 : ''Domestiques bon teint'' omeo Bosetti ?*1911 : ''Rosalie et son phonographe'' omeo Bosettiref> * 1912 : ''Je ne veux plus de cuisinière'' omeo Bosetti ?* 1912 : ''Les Araignées de Rosalie'' omeo Bosetti ?* 1912 : ''C'est la faute à Rosalie'' omeo Bosetti ?

As ''Pétronille''

* 1911 : ''Little Moritz et le papillon'' * 1912 : ''Pétronille gagne le grand steeple'' * 1913 : ''Pétronille à la caserne'' * 1913 : ''Pétronille cherche une situation'' * 1913 : ''Le Singe de Pétronille'' * 1913 : ''Gavroche au pensionnat de Pétronille'' * 1913 : ''Gavroche et Pétronille visitent Berlin'' * 1913 : ''Gavroche et Pétronille visitent Londres'' * 1913 : ''Pour gagner le million'' * 1913 : ''Casimir et Pétronille font bon ménage'' * 1913 : ''Casimir et Pétronille font de l'auto'' * 1913 : ''Casimir et Pétronille font un héritage'' * 1914 : ''Casimir et Pétronille n'ont pas vu les souverains'' * 1914 : ''Casimir fait de l'entrainement'' * 1914 : ''Casimir, Pétronille et l'Entente cordiale'' * 1914 : ''Casimir tangue'' * 1914 : ''La Vengeance de Casimir'' * 1914 : ''Le Désespoir de Pétronille'' * 1914 : ''Pétronille porteuse de pain'' * 1914 : ''Pétronille suffragette'' * 1914 : ''La Ruse de Pétronille'' * 1916 : ''Casimir et Pétronille au bal de l'ambassade''

Other films

* 1912 : ''Un drame passionnel'' * 1916 : ''C'est pour les orphelins !'' (

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) * 1922 : ''Les Mystères de Paris'' (

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Stage work

* 1889 : ''Monsieur Alphonse'', (

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) : ''Adrienne'' * 1892 : ''Article de Paris'' (

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) * 1892 : ''La Petite Pologne'', ( Lambert Thiboust and Ernest Blum): ''Fauvette'' * 1892 : ''Les Mouchards'', (

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and Paul Parfait) : ''Andrée'' * 1892 : ''La Lune à Paris'', (Jules Oudot, Léon Nunès, and Léon Schlésinger) : ''Miss Helyett'' * 1895 : ''Les Contes de Piron'', (Gaston Habrekorn and Célestin Controne) : ''Suzanne'' * 1895 : ''Paris-Sensuel'', (Léon Némo and A. Bural) : ''la commère'' * 1896 : ''Les Bibelots du diable'', (Théodore Cogniard and Clairville) : ''Risette'' * 1896 : ''Les Deux rosses'', (

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by Paul Briollet and Jacques Yvel, and Émile Duhem and Émile Cambillard) * 1896 : ''La Petite goualeuse'', (Gaston Marot and A. Lévy) : ''la petite goualeuse'' * 1902 : ''La Demoiselle'' ''de chez Maxim's'', (Gardel-Hervé) : ''la môme Grenouille'' * 1903 : ''Josiane !'', (Valérien Tranel and Eugène Joullot) : ''Josiane'' * 1908 : ''Cartes transparentes'', (

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) * 1908 : ''Une nuit tragique au pays du Czar'', ( Montéhus) : ''l'héroïne'' * 1910 : ''Pige-moi ça !'', ( Cinq-Mars and Charles Pillon) : ''la femme au cadenas'' * 1910 : ''La Conscrite'', (Raoul Hugo) : ''la colonelle'' * 1922 : ''Madame Cantharide'', (Louis Lemarchand and Fernand Rouvray)

Sources

External links

Sarah Duhamel on the Internet Movie Database
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