Colette Régis (1893–1978) was a French
film actress
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[Hayward p.280]
Selected filmography
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Rasputin
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'' (1938) - Une religieuse (uncredited)
* ''
Three Waltzes
''Three Waltzes'' (French: ''Les trois valses'') is a 1938 French historical musical film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay and Henri Guisol.Diffrient p.55 It is an operetta film, based on music by Oscar Str ...
'' (1938) - Sarah Bernhardt
* (1938) - Victoire Pecqueux
* ''Trois de St Cyr'' (1939) - Mme Mercier
* ''
Sarajevo
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'' (1940) - L'archiduchesse Isabelle
* ''
Volpone
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'' (1941) - La marquise
* ''Ne bougez plus'' (1941) - Une cliente de la photo
* ''Le briseur de chaînes'' (1941) - Mme Ferdinand
* ''
Caprices'' (1942) - La vieille dame
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Mademoiselle Swing
''Mademoiselle Swing'' is a 1942 French musical film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Irène de Trebert, Jean Murat and Raymond Legrand.Zwerin p.149 It was shot at the It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were ...
'' (1942) - La dame de l'association
* ''Huit hommes dans un château'' (1942) - La comtesse de Chanceau
* ''
Picpus'' (1943) - Madame Le Cloaguen
* ''
La Main du diable
''La Main du diable'' ("The Devil's Hand"), also known as ''Carnival of Sinners'', is a 1943 French horror film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Pierre Fresnay as a struggling artist who acquires a supernatural talisman. Eventually, ho ...
'' (1943) - Madame Duval (uncredited)
* ''
Le secret de Madame Clapain
''The Secret of Madame Clapain'' (French: ''Le secret de Madame Clapain'') is a 1943 French crime film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Raymond Rouleau, Line Noro and Michèle Alfa.Rège p.227
The film's sets were designed by the art d ...
'' (1943) - Une dame
* ''Le val d'enfer'' (1943) - La religieuse
* ''
Martin Roumagnac
''Martin Roumagnac'' (also known as ''The Room Upstairs'') is a 1946 French crime film directed by Georges Lacombe. It tells the story of a builder in a small town who falls for a glamorous but treacherous femme fatale, with tragic results for ...
'' (1946) - Madame Rimbaut - la femme de l'adjoint au maire
* ''La kermesse rouge'' (1947) - La duchesse d'Alençon
* ''Miroir'' (1947) - La marquise
* ''La grande Maguet'' (1947) - Béatrice Arnold
* ''Tous les deux'' (1949)
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Scandal on the Champs-Élysées
''Scandal on the Champs-Élysées'' (French: ''Scandale aux Champs-Élysées'') is a 1949 French crime drama film directed by Roger Blanc and starring Pierre Renoir, Françoise Christophe and Guy Decomble.Rège p.108
It was shot at the Billancour ...
'' (1949) - Suzanne
* ''
Rendezvous in July
''Rendezvous in July'' (french: Rendez-vous de juillet) is a 1949 French comedy film directed and written by Jacques Becker. It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected for screening as part of the Cannes Classics sec ...
'' (1949)
* ''Mademoiselle de la Ferté'' (1949) - Madame de Saint-Selve
* ''Monseigneur'' (1949) - La comtesse (uncredited)
* ''
Justice Is Done
''Justice Is Done'' (french: Justice est faite) is a 1950 French drama film directed by André Cayatte. It tackles the subject of euthanasia by depicting a court case in which a woman is tried for killing her terminally ill employer at his reques ...
'' (1950) - Hortense - la mère de Lucie
* ''
The Glass Castle
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'' (1950) - La tenancière de l'hôtel
* ''
Without Leaving an Address
''Without Leaving an Address'' (french: ...Sans laisser d'adresse) is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois. At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award. The film's sets were design ...
'' (1951) - La cliente en bagarre
* ''
Darling Caroline'' (1951) - La marquise de Bièvre
* ''
Under the Sky of Paris
''Under the Sky of Paris'' (French: ''Sous le ciel de Paris'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier.
It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art ...
'' (1951) - L'infirmière-chef
* ''
Sweet Madness
''Sweet Madness'' (French: ''Folie douce'') is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Lisette Jambel, Marthe Mercadier and André Gabriello. Rège p.799 The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Delfa ...
'' (1951)
* ''
The Night Is My Kingdom
''The Night Is My Kingdom'' (French: ''La nuit est mon royaume'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Gabin, Simone Valère and Gérard Oury.Aitken p.754 Gabin was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the ...
'' (1951) - Mme Turgot
* ''
The Prettiest Sin in the World
''The Prettiest Sin in the World'' (French: ''Le plus joli péché du monde'') is a 1951 French romantic comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Georges Marchal, Dany Robin and Marthe Mercadier. Rège p.462 The film's sets were design ...
'' (1951) - Mme Lebreton
* ''Une histoire d'amour'' (1951) - Une invitée (uncredited)
* ''Trois vieilles filles en folie'' (1952) - Amélie
* ''
Adorable Creatures
''Adorable Creatures'' (french: Adorables créatures, it, Quando le donne amano) is a 1952 romantic comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque. A French-Italian co-production, it stars Daniel Gélin, Antonella Lualdi, Danielle Darrieux and Martine ...
'' (1952) - The Marquise (uncredited)
* ''Drôle de noce'' (1952)
* ''Buridan, héros de la tour de Nesle'' (1952) - Mabelle
* ''
Imperial Violets'' (1952) - Mme de Montijo
* ''
When You Read This Letter
''When You Read This Letter'' (French: ''Quand tu liras cette lettre'') is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco and Yvonne Sanson.
It was shot at the Billancourt Stu ...
'' (1953) - La supérieure
* ''
The Earrings of Madame de…
''The Earrings of Madame de...'' ( ) is a 1953 romantic drama film directed by Max Ophüls from a screenplay he co-wrote with Marcel Achard and Annette Wademant, based on the 1951 novel ''Madame de...'' by Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin. The film ...
'' (1953) - Vendeuse de cierges (uncredited)
* ''
Le Guérisseur'' (1953) - Louise Mériadec
* ''
It's the Paris Life
''It's the Paris Life'' (French: ''C'est la vie parisienne'') is a 1954 French comedy film directed by Alfred Rode and starring Claudine Dupuis, Philippe Lemaire and Raymond Bussières.Hayward p.465 It was shot in Gevacolor. The film portrays th ...
'' (1954) - La comtesse
* ''Le Congrès des belles-mères'' (1954)
* ''
Attila
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'' (1954) - Galla Placidia
* ''Le secret de soeur Angèle'' (1956) - La mère
* ''
The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful
''The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful'' (French: ''La mariée est trop belle'') is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle and Louis Jourdan. It was also known by the alternative title o ...
'' (1956) - Aunt Yvonne
* ''
I'll Get Back to Kandara
''I'll Get Back to Kandara'' (French: ''Je reviendrai à Kandara'') is a 1956 French drama film directed by Victor Vicas and starring François Périer, Daniel Gélin and Bella Darvi.Rège p.240
The film's art direction was by Raymond Gabutti.
...
'' (1956) - Madame Bergamier - la belle-mère
* ''La nuit des suspectes'' (1957) - Mammy
* ''
Ramuntcho
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'' (1959) - La supériere
* ''La bête à l'affût'' (1959) - Une amie d'Elisabeth
* ''
Seven Days... Seven Nights'' (1960) - Miss Giraud
* ''
Tomorrow Is My Turn'' (1960) - La mère d'Alice / Baker's Wife
* ''
The Gigolo'' (1960) - L'infirmière
* ''
The Truth
The Truth may refer to:
Film
* ''The Truth'' (1920 film) starring Madge Kennedy
* ''The Truth'' (1960 film) or ''La Vérité'', a French film by Henri-Georges Clouzot starring Brigitte Bardot
* ''The Truth'' (1988 film), a Hong Kong trial cri ...
'' (1960) - La logeuse de Gilbert
* ''Par-dessus le mur'' (1961)
* ''L'assassin est dans l'annuaire'' (1961) - (uncredited)
* ''
Les Abysses
''Les Abysses'' is a 1963 French film directed by Nikos Papatakis. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. A violent and surrealistic mixture of farce and social commentary, its story was inspired by the real-life case of the Papin si ...
'' (1963) - Mme. Lapeyre
* ''
Three Girls in Paris
''Three Girls in Paris'' ( da, Tre piger i Paris) is a 1963 Danish family film directed by Gabriel Axel and starring Daniel Gélin.
Plot
Three Danish girls (Ghita Nørby, Susse Wold and Hanne Borchsenius) travel to Paris. After leaving their ...
'' (1963)
* ''La bonne soupe'' (1964) - La dame de la Croix-rouge (uncredited)
* ''Dandelions by the Roots'' (1964) - Christine
* ''
Les amitiés particulières
is a 1943 novel by French writer Roger Peyrefitte, probably his best-known work today, which won the ''Prix Renaudot''. Largely autobiographical, it deals with an intimate relationship between two boys at a Roman Catholic boarding school and how ...
'' (1964) - La religieuse (uncredited)
* ''
The Vampire of Düsseldorf
''The Vampire of Düsseldorf'' (french: Le Vampire de Düsseldorf) is a 1965 thriller film directed by Robert Hossein. It was joint production between Spain, France and Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the ...
'' (1965) - La patronne du cabaret
* ''Pas de caviar pour tante Olga'' (1965)
* ''Five Wild Kids'' (1966) - Tante Marthe
* ''Salut Berthe!'' (1968) - Une cliente de l'hôtel (uncredited)
* ''
The Black Hand'' (1968) - La gouvernante
* ''
Goto, Island of Love
''Goto, Island of Love'' (french: Goto, l'île d'amour) is a 1968 French drama film directed by Walerian Borowczyk and starring Pierre Brasseur.
Cast
* Pierre Brasseur - Goto
* Ligia Branice - Glossia
* - Gono
* Ginette Leclerc - Gonasta
* - ...
'' (1969) - La directrice
* ''Ballade pour un chien'' (1969)
* ''Le coeur fou'' (1970)
* ''Le petit matin'' (1971) - La grand-mère
* ' (1971)
References
Bibliography
* Hayward, Susan. ''French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film''. Intellect Books, 2010.
External links
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1893 births
1978 deaths
People from Brive-la-Gaillarde
French stage actresses
French film actresses
20th-century French women
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