Jane Pierson was a French
film actress
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[Goble p.130] She appeared in fifty five films between 1924 and 1952.
Selected filmography
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The Imaginary Voyage
''The Imaginary Voyage'' (French: ''Le voyage imaginaire'') is a 1926 French silent film, silent comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Dolly Davis, Jean Börlin and Albert Préjean.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.355
Plot
In a vivid daydream, ...
'' (1926)
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Captain Rascasse
''Captain Rascasse'' (French: ''Le capitaine Rascasse'') is a 1927 French silent film directed by Henri Desfontaines and starring Gabriel Gabrio, Claude Mérelle and Jeanne Helbling.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.202
Cast
* Gabriel Gabrio as 'Capita ...
'' (1927)
* ''
The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'' (1927)
* ''
Little Devil May Care'' (1928)
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The Maelstrom of Paris'' (1928)
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The Wonderful Day'' (1929)
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Under the Roofs of Paris
''Under the Roofs of Paris'' () is a 1930 French film directed by René Clair. The film was probably the earliest French example of a filmed musical-comedy, although its often dark tone differentiates it from other instances of the genre. It w ...
'' (1930)
* ''
Everybody Wins'' (1930)
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Le Million
''Le Million'' is a 1931 French musical comedy film directed by René Clair. The story was adapted by Clair from a play by Georges Berr and Marcel Guillemand.
Plot
Michel, a debt-ridden artist, is interrupted several times while romancing Van ...
'' (1931)
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You Will Be My Wife'' (1932)
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A Telephone Call'' (1932)
* ''
Youth
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'' (1933)
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La tête d'un homme'' (1933)
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If I Were Boss'' (1934)
* ''
The Coquelet Affair'' (1935)
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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)
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The Brighton Twins
''The Brighton Twins'' (French: ''Les jumeaux de Brighton'') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Claude Heymann and starring Raimu, Michel Simon and Suzy Prim.Crisp p.407 It is based on the 1908 play of the same title by Tristan Bernard and ...
'' (1936)
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Fire in the Straw'' (1939)
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Deputy Eusèbe
''Deputy Eusèbe'' (French: ''Eusèbe député'') is a 1939 French comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Michel Simon, Elvire Popesco and Jules Berry.Bessy & Chirat p.429 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert ...
'' (1939)
* ''
Threats
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'' (1940)
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The Stairs Without End '' (1943)
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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French film actresses
French silent film actresses
20th-century French actresses
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