Renée Saint-Cyr (; 16 November 1904 – 11 July 2004) was a French actress. Born Marie-Louise Catherine Eugénie Renée Vittore, she appeared in more than 60 films between 1933 and 1994. She was the mother of
Georges Lautner
Georges Lautner (; 24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration with screenwriter Michel Audiard.
Lautner's ventures into other genres were less ...
, who also achieved fame in the film business, albeit as a director.
Selected filmography
* '' The Two Orphans'' (1933) - Henriette
* '' Toto'' (1933) - Ginette
* ''D'amour et d'eau fraîche'' (1933) - Colette
* ''Incognito'' (1934)
* ''Une fois dans la vie'' (1934) - Lili
* ''
Arlette and Her Fathers
''Arlette and Her Fathers'' (French: ''Arlette et ses papas'') is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Henry Roussel and starring Max Dearly, Jules Berry and Renée Saint-Cyr. It is based on the 1932 play ''Avril'' by Georges Berr and Louis V ...
'' (1934) - Arlette
* '' The Last Billionaire'' (1934) - Princess Isabelle
* ''Le billet de mille'' (1935) - Gisèle, la vendeuse
* '' School for Coquettes'' (1935) - Ginette
* '' Royal Waltz'' (1936) - Thérèse Tomasoni
* ''Les pattes de mouche'' (1936) - Suzanne
* ''Valse éternelle'' (1936) - Marie-Claire
* ''
Donogoo
''Donogoo'' is a 1936 French-German comedy film directed by Henri Chomette and Reinhold Schünzel and starring Renée Saint-Cyr, Raymond Rouleau and Marcel Simon (actor), Marcel Simon. It was produced and distributed by the French subsidiary of Ge ...
Wolves Between Them
''Wolves Between Them'' (French: ''Les loups entre eux'') is a 1936 French spy thriller film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Roger Duchesne, Jules Berry and Renée Saint-Cyr.Crisp p.322 The film's sets were designed by the art director J ...
'' (1936) - Nicole Servigne
* '' 27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) - Gloria Grand
* ''
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
The Pearls of the Crown
''The Pearls of the Crown'' () is a 1937 French comedy film of historically based fiction by Sacha Guitry who plays four roles in it (many of the other performers play multiple roles, as well). Guitry's Jean Martin investigates the history of s ...
'' (1937) - Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne
* '' Strange Boarders'' (1938) - Louise Blythe
* ''
Women's Prison
Approximately 741,000 women are incarcerated in correctional facilities, a 17% increase since 2010 and the female prison population has been increasing across all continents.The Path of Honour'' (1939) - Renée de Marvilliers
* '' Night in December'' (1940) - Anne Morris / Helen Morris
* '' Red Roses'' (1940) - Maria Verani
* '' La Symphonie fantastique'' (1942) - Marie Martin
* '' The Lost Woman'' (1942) - Marie Vidal
* ''Madame et le mort'' (1943) - Clarisse Coquet
* '' Marie-Martine'' (1943) - Marie-Martine
* ''Retour de flamme'' (1943) - Edwige
* '' Pierre and Jean'' (1943) - Alice Roland
* '' Pamela'' (1945) - Paméla
* '' Strange Fate'' (1946) - Patricia
* ''L'insaisissable Frédéric'' (1946) - Solange Delmont
* '' The Beautiful Trip'' (1947) - Lena
* ''Tous les deux'' (1949) - Claude Chaussaigne
* '' The Voice of Dreams'' (1949) - Eve
* '' Shot at Dawn'' (1950) - Florence Hennings
* '' Captain Ardant'' (1951) - Maria del Fuego
* ''
Le Chevalier de la nuit
''The Knight of the Night'' , is a French comedy film from 1953, directed by Robert Darène, written by Jean Anouilh, starring Renée Saint-Cyr, Jean-Claude Pascal and Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titles: "Femmes de Paris", ...
'' (1953) - Bella Fontanges
* ''Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge'' (1954) - Marie-Antoinette
* '' The Blue Danube'' (1955) - Susanne
* '' If Paris Were Told to Us'' (1956) - L'Impératrice Eugènie
* ''Coctail party'' (1960) - Lavinia Chamberlayne
* '' La Fayette'' (1962) - Duchesse d'Ayen
* '' The Monocle Laughs'' (1964) - Madame Hui
* '' Déclic et des claques'' (1965) - La mère de Ferdinand
* ''Fleur d'oseille'' (1967) - La Directrice
* ''Jeunes filles bien... pour tous rapports'' (1968) - Frau Tissot
* ''Dieu a choisi Paris'' (1969)
* ''Quelques messieurs trop tranquilles'' (1973) - Countess
* ''O.K. patron'' (1974) - Yvette Hutin, la mère de Sophie
* ''Vous intéressez-vous à la chose?'' (1974) - La grand-mère
* ''Pas de problème!'' (1975) - Docteur Laville
* ''Now We've Seen It All!'' (1976) - Mme Ferroni
* ''Ils sont fous ces sorciers'' (1978) - Marie-Louise Précy-Lamont
* ''Est-ce bien raisonnable?'' (1981) - La veuve Bertillon
* ''Attention une femme peut en cacher une autre!'' (1983) - Mme Le Boucau / Mrs. Le Boucau
* ''Le cowboy'' (1985) - Marie-Louise, la mère de César
* ''L'invité surprise'' (1989) - Léa
* ''Room Service'' (1992) - La comtesse
* ''Sup de fric'' (1992) - Madame de Valmy