Suzy Pierson (1902–1996) was a French

film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

.Goble p.128 She played

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s in several

silent films A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, whe ...

of the 1920s.

Selected filmography

* '' Six and One Half Times Eleven'' (1927) * ''

The Three-Sided Mirror ''The Three-Sided Mirror'' () is a 1927 French drama film directed by Jean Epstein, starring Jeanne Helbling, Suzy Pierson and Olga Day. It tells the story of three women who remember their love affairs with the same young man. The film is based ...

'' (1927) * '' André Cornélis'' (1927) * ''

Napoleon at Saint Helena ''Napoleon at Saint Helena'' (german: Napoleon auf Sankt Helena) is a 1929 German silent historical film directed by Lupu Pick and starring Werner Krauss, Hanna Ralph, and Albert Bassermann. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin with lo ...

'' (1929) * ''

77 Rue Chalgrin ''77 Rue Chalgrin'' is a 1931 mystery film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Jean Murat, Léon Bary and Suzy Pierson. It was made as the French-language version of the British film ''77 Park Lane'', based on a 1928 play by Walter C ...

'' (1931) * ''

Let's Touch Wood ''Let's Touch Wood'' (French: ''Touchons du bois'') is a 1933 French comedy film directed by Maurice Champreux and starring Jeanne Cheirel, Armand Bernard and Lily Zévaco. It is based on the play ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' by Oscar Wil ...

'' (1933) * ''

The Devil in the Bottle ''The Devil in the Bottle'' (French: ''Le diable en bouteille'') is a 1935 French-German drama film directed by Heinz Hilpert, Reinhart Steinbicker and Raoul Ploquin. It stars Käthe von Nagy, Pierre Blanchar and Gina Manès.Goble p.736 It was ...

'' (1935) * ''

The Club of Aristocrats ''The Club of Aristocrats'' (French: ''Le club des aristocrates'') is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Pierre Colombier and starring Jules Berry, Elvire Popesco and André Lefaur.Parish p.482 The film's art direction was by Jacques Colombier ...

'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1938) * ''

Behold Beatrice ''Behold Beatrice'' or ''Beatrice's Temptation'' (French: ''Béatrice devant le désir'') is a 1944 French drama film directed by Jean de Marguenat and starring Fernand Ledoux, Jules Berry and Renée Faure. It features an early performance by t ...

'' (1944)

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1902 births 1996 deaths French film actresses French silent film actresses 20th-century French actresses Actresses from Paris {{France-film-actor-stub