Rachel Devirys (28 February 1890 - 16 May 1983) was a French

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born in the

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). She starred in some 50 films between 1916 and 1956. Born Rachel Itzkovitz, in 1916 she played "Madelon", the name role in a popular song of World War I.

Partial filmography

* ''Rita'' (1917) * ''La grande vedette'' (1917) * ''Le retour aux champs'' (1918) - Mariette * ''L'accusé'' (1918) * ''La nouvelle aurore'' (1919) - Nina Noha * ''Celle qui n'a pas dit son nom'' (1919) * ''

Au-delà des lois humaines ''Au-delà des lois humaines'' is a 1920 French silent film directed by Marcel Dumont and Gaston Roudès. The film was based on a novel by Daniel Jourda. Cast * Rachel Devirys * Germaine Sablon *Georges Saillard * Maurice Schutz *J ...

'' (1920) - Nadia Navinska * ''Le doute'' (1921) * ''Prisca'' (1921) * ''Maître Évora'' (1922) * ''La voix de l'océan'' (1922) - Ethel Devirys * ''Vidocq'' (1923) - Yolande de la Roche Bernard * ''Para toda la vida'' (1923) - Euphémia * ''Les deux baisers'' (1924) * ''

Faces of Children ''Faces of Children'' (french: Visages d'enfants) is a 1925 French-Swiss silent film directed by Jacques Feyder. It tells the story of a young boy whose mother has died and the resentments which develop when his father remarries. It was a notable ...

'' (1925) - Jeanne Dutois, zweite Frau Amslers * ''

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'' (1925) - Madame de Fontanes * ''Le château de la mort lente'' (1926) - la comtesse Maud * ''Le berceau de dieu'' (1926) - Hérodiade * ''La nuit de la revanche'' (1926) * ''La bonne hôtesse'' (1926) - Marinette * '' Morgane, the Enchantress'' (1928) - Madame Le Foulon * ''

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'' (1928) - Lola Morelli * ''L'emprise'' (1929) * ''La vocation'' (1929) * ''L'appel du large'' (1929) * ''Maternité'' (1930) - Louise * '' Bombs on Monte Carlo'' (1931) - Diana * '' Captain Craddock'' (1931) - Diane * '' Ariane, jeune fille russe'' (1932) - Aunt Warwara * ''

Love and Luck ''Love and Luck'' is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Marty Stuart, released in 1994. Nearly all the songs were written or co-written by Stuart himself. The album includes the singles "Love and Luck" and "Kiss Me, I'm Gone ...

'' (1932) - Nina Delaporte * ''Je vous aimerai toujours'' (1933) - Madame de Saint-Obin * ''Die Abenteuer des Königs Pausole'' (1933) - Perchuqué * ''Les aventures du roi Pausole'' (1933) - Dame Perchuque * ''Crainquebille'' (1934) - Madame Laure * ''Famille nombreuse'' (1934) * ''Le vertige'' (1935) - La princesse Koupiska * ''Les dieux s'amusent'' (1935) * ''L'école des vierges'' (1935) * '' Bach the Detective'' (1936) - La maîtresse de maison * ''Les demi-vierges'' (1936) - Mme de Rouvre * ''Gigolette'' (1937) * '' Colonel Durand'' (1948) - Mme Nieburger * ''Piège à hommes'' (1949) * ''Nous avons tous fait la même chose'' (1950) * '' Les Enfants terribles'' (1950) * ''Trois de la Canebière'' (1955) - Me Olivier * '' Gervaise'' (1956) - Mme Fauconnier

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* French stage actresses French film actresses French silent film actresses Actors from Simferopol People from Nice Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France 1890 births 1983 deaths 20th-century French actresses {{france-film-actor-stub