Marcelle Géniat (1881-1959) was a French
film actress.
[Goble p. 121]
She was born Eugénie Pauline Martin in St. Petersburg, Russia, to French parents.
Partial filmography
* ''Le retour du passé'' (1916)
* ''L'imprévu'' (1917) - Hélène Ravenel
* ''Serments'' (1931) - La baronne de Murnau
* ''La fusée'' (1933) - Marie Girbal
* ''Quelqu'un a tué...'' (1933)
* ''Le billet de mille'' (1935) - La rôdeuse
* ''
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) - Madame Raskolnikov
* ''
The Mysteries of Paris'' (1935) - La Chouette
* ''
The Green Domino'' (1935) - Mme de Fallec
* ''
La Garçonne'' (1936) - Tante Sylvestre
* ''
They Were Five
''They Were Five'' (French: ''La Belle Équipe'') is a 1936 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin, Charles Vanel, and Viviane Romance. It tells the story of five unemployed workers who win the jackpot in the nat ...
'' (1936) - La grand' mère
* ''La joueuse d'orgue'' (1936) - Véronique
* ''
The Man of the Hour'' (1937) - Alphonsine Boulard - la mère d'Alfred
* ''La Glu'' (1938) - Marie des Anges
* ''
The Strange Monsieur Victor'' (1938) - La mère de Victor
* ''Satan's Paradise'' (1938) - La marquise d'Amaral
* ''
Crossroads'' (1938) - Mme. Pelletier
* ''
The Rebel'' (1938) - La grand-mère
* ''L'étrange nuit de Noël'' (1939) - Madame Thibet
* ''
Latin Quarter
The Latin Quarter of Paris (, ) is an urban university campus in the 5th and the 6th arrondissements of Paris. It is situated on the left bank of the Seine, around the Sorbonne.
Known for its student life, lively atmosphere, and bistros, t ...
'' (1939) - (uncredited)
* ''
The Path of Honour'' (1939) - Mme Imbert
* ''Fromont jeune et Risler aîné'' (1941) - Madame Delobelle
* ''
The Chain Breaker
''The Chain Breaker'' (French: ''Le briseur de chaînes'') is a 1941 French comedy drama film directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman and starring Pierre Fresnay, Marcelle Géniat, Blanchette Brunoy and Ginette Leclerc. https://www.unifrance.org/fil ...
'' (1941) - Mamouret
* ''
The Blue Veil'' (1942) - Madame Breuilly
* ''Haut le vent'' (1942) - Tante Anna
* ''
White Wings'' (1943) - Tante Louise
* ''
The Wolf of the Malveneurs
''The Wolf of the Malveneurs'' (French: ''Le loup des Malveneur'') is a 1943 French mystery horror film directed by Guillaume Radot and starring Madeleine Sologne, Pierre Renoir and Gabrielle Dorziat. It was shot at the Cité Elgé studios in ...
'' (1943) - Marianne
* ''
Jeannou'' (1943) - Marceline
* ''
The White Waltz'' (1943) - Nany
* ''
Sowing the Wind'' (1944)
* ''Le merle blanc'' (1944) - Noémie
* ''
The Last Metro
''The Last Metro'' () is a 1980 period drama film, co-written and directed by François Truffaut, that stars Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu.
Set in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1942, the film follows the fortunes of a small theatre in the ...
'' (1945)
* ''
Destiny
Destiny, sometimes also called fate (), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual.
Fate
Although often used interchangeably, the words ''fate'' and ''destiny'' ...
'' (1946) - Mme Moretti
* ''
The Village of Wrath'' (1947) - La grand-mère
* ''Les requins de Gibraltar'' (1947) - Tante Marguerite
* ''
The Renegade'' (1948) - La sorcière, sa femme
* ''Une mort sans importance'' (1948) - Tante Agathe
* ''
Night Round'' (1950) - La locataire du sixième
* ''La belle que voilà'' (1950) - Varbara Ostovska
* ''
Blonde
Blond () or blonde (), also referred to as fair hair, is a human hair color characterized by low levels of eumelanin, the dark pigment. The resultant visible hue depends on various factors, but always has some yellowish color. The color can be ...
'' (1950) - La grand-mère
* ''
God Needs Men'' (1950) - La mère Gourvennec
* ''
The Man from Jamaica'' (1950) - Mme. Milleris
* ''
The Passerby'' (1951) - Mme. Iturbe
* ''
Trial at the Vatican'' (1952) - Soeur Saint-Pierre
* ''
The Secret of the Mountain Lake'' (1952)
* ''
The Girl with the Whip'' (1952) - Madame Pons
* ''
Manon of the Spring'' (1952) - Baptistine, la Piémontaise
* ''
The Unfrocked One'' (1954) - Madame Morand
* ''
Sophie and the Crime'' (1955) - Mme Gretchikine
* ''Bonjour jeunesse'' (1957) - La grand-mère de Pietro (final film role)
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1881 births
1959 deaths
French film actresses
French silent film actresses
20th-century French actresses
French expatriates in the Russian Empire
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