Claire Gérard (1889–1971) was a Belgian

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and

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. She appeared regularly in

French cinema The cinema of France comprises the film industry and its film productions, whether made within the nation of France or by French film production companies abroad. It is the oldest and largest precursor of national cinemas in Europe, with prima ...

supporting role A supporting character is a character in a narrative that is not the focus of the primary storyline, but is important to the plot/protagonist, and appears or is mentioned in the story enough to be more than just a minor character or a cameo a ...

Selected filmography

* '' The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'' (1932) * '' Jeanne'' (1934) * '' If I Were Boss'' (1934) * '' Hotel Free Exchange'' (1934) * ''

Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in the literary journal '' The Russian Messenger'' in twelve monthly installments during 1866.

'' (1935) * ''

A Rare Bird ''A Rare Bird'' (French: ''Un oiseau rare'') is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Pierre Brasseur, Max Dearly and Monique Rolland. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Hubert and Jacques K ...

'' (1935) * '' Girls of Paris'' (1936) * '' Death on the Run'' (1936) * '' School for Journalists'' (1936) * '' Three Days Leave'' (1936) * '' Under Western Eyes'' (1936) * '' The Flame'' (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 h ...

'' (1936) * '' Madelon's Daughter'' (1937) * ''

The Citadel of Silence ''The Citadel of Silence'' (French: ''La citadelle du silence'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Annabella, Pierre Renoir and Bernard Lancret.Driskell p.209 The film's sets were designed by the art directors ...

'' (1937) * '' Three Waltzes'' (1938) * ''

A Foolish Maiden ''A Foolish Maiden'' (French: ''La vierge folle'') is a 1929 French silent comedy film directed by Luitz-Morat and starring Emmy Lynn, Jean Angelo and Suzy Vernon.Crisp p.121 The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Schild. It ...

'' (1938) * ''

Monsieur Breloque Has Disappeared ''Monsieur Breloque Has Disappeared'' (French: ''Monsieur Breloque a disparu'') is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Robert Péguy and starring Lucien Baroux, Junie Astor and Suzy Pierson. Rège p.677 It is an adaptation of the 1923 stage ...

'' (1938) * '' Lights of Paris'' (1938) * ''

La Bête Humaine (English: ''The Beast Within'' or ''The Beast in Man'' or ''The Monomaniac'') is an 1890 novel by Émile Zola. It is the seventeenth book in Zola's '' Les Rougon-Macquart'' series. The story focuses on the lives and violent passions of railway w ...

'' (1938) * '' The City of Lights'' (1938) * '' The Time of the Cherries'' (1938) * '' The Little Thing'' (1938) * ''

Monsieur Brotonneau ''Monsieur Brotonneau'' is a 1939 French comedy drama film directed by Alexander Esway and starring Raimu, Josette Day and Marguerite Pierry. The film was released not a month before France declared war to Nazi Germany. Synopsis Monsieur Br ...

'' (1939) * ''

Place de la Concorde The Place de la Concorde (; ) is a public square in Paris, France. Measuring in area, it is the largest square in the French capital. It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées. It was the s ...

'' (1939) * '' Whirlwind of Paris'' (1939) * '' Cocoanut'' (1939) * '' The White Slave'' (1939) * '' Immediate Call'' (1939) * ''

Serenade In music, a serenade (; also sometimes called a serenata, from the Italian) is a musical composition or performance delivered in honour of someone or something. Serenades are typically calm, light pieces of music. The term comes from the Ital ...

'' (1940) * '' Mystery Trip'' (1947) * '' After Love'' (1948) * ''

Fandango Fandango is a lively partner dance originating in Portugal and Spain, usually in triple metre, triple meter, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets, tambourine or hand-clapping. Fandango can both be sung and danced. Sung fandango is u ...

'' (1949) * '' The Red Signal'' (1949) * '' A Change in the Wind'' (1949) * '' The Voyage to America'' (1951) * '' The Girl with the Whip'' (1952) * '' Wonderful Mentality'' (1953) * '' Adam Is Eve'' (1954) * '' Service Entrance'' (1954)

References

Bibliography

* Davis, Colin. ''Postwar Renoir: Film and the Memory of Violence''. Routledge, 2012. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1889 births 1971 deaths People from Brussels Belgian film actresses Belgian stage actresses Belgian emigrants to France {{Belgium-bio-stub