Madeleine Ozeray
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Madeleine Ozeray was a French stage and film actress. She appeared in many films between 1932
and 1980
. She is the godmother of theater actor, dancer and singer Frédéric Norbert.
Belgium to Camille Ozeray (1855–1938), a lawyer and Liberal member of the province of Luxembourg, and Marie Deymann.
She studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels
where she won first prize for comedy.
At twenty-seven she joined the theater company of Louis Jouvet
where she played the role of Helen in The Trojan War Will Not Take Place
by Jean Giraudoux
at the Théâtre de l'Athénée. In 1939 she appeared opposite Jouvet in the film The End of the day produced by Julien Duvivier
, in the role of young Jeannette. She plays with such delicate grace characteristic, both fragile and fierce, she had already filled the role of Rosalie in the film Victor Trivas 1933, in the streets.
In April 1939 Jean Giraudoux's play Ondine
opened in Paris with Ozeray in the title role.
In 2008, in celebration of the centenary of Ms. Ozeray's birth, Belgian journalist Dominique Zachary devoted an entire book, now the standard reference work, tracing the life and career of this celebrated actress.
Ms. Ozeray died in Paris at the age of 81 after a long battle with cancer. She is buried in the cemetery of her hometown of Bouillon.
1932 in film
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and 1980
1980 in film
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. She is the godmother of theater actor, dancer and singer Frédéric Norbert.
Biography
Madeleine Ozeray was born in BouillonBouillon
Bouillon is a municipality in Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Luxembourg Province.The municipality, which covers 149.09 km², had 5,477 inhabitants, giving a population density of 36.7 inhabitants per km².- History :...
Belgium to Camille Ozeray (1855–1938), a lawyer and Liberal member of the province of Luxembourg, and Marie Deymann.
She studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels
Royal Conservatory of Brussels
The Royal Conservatory of Brussels is a drama and music college in Brussels, Belgium. An academy for acting and the arts, it has been attended by many of the top actors and actresses in Belgium such as Josse De Pauw, Luk van Mello and Luk De Konink....
where she won first prize for comedy.
At twenty-seven she joined the theater company of Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet was a renowned French actor, director, and theatre director.- Life :Overcoming speech impediments and sometimes paralyzing stage fright as a young man, Jouvet's first important association was with Jacques Copeau's Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, beginning in 1913...
where she played the role of Helen in The Trojan War Will Not Take Place
The Trojan war will not take place
The Trojan War Will Not Take Place is a play written in 1935 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux. In 1955 it was translated into English by Christopher Fry...
by Jean Giraudoux
Jean Giraudoux
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy...
at the Théâtre de l'Athénée. In 1939 she appeared opposite Jouvet in the film The End of the day produced by Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier was a French film director. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930-1960...
, in the role of young Jeannette. She plays with such delicate grace characteristic, both fragile and fierce, she had already filled the role of Rosalie in the film Victor Trivas 1933, in the streets.
In April 1939 Jean Giraudoux's play Ondine
Ondine (play)
Ondine is a play written in 1938 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux that tells the story of Hans and Ondine. Hans is a knight-errant who has been sent off on a quest by his betrothed. In the forest he meets and falls in love with Ondine, a water-sprite who is attracted to the world of mortal man....
opened in Paris with Ozeray in the title role.
In 2008, in celebration of the centenary of Ms. Ozeray's birth, Belgian journalist Dominique Zachary devoted an entire book, now the standard reference work, tracing the life and career of this celebrated actress.
Ms. Ozeray died in Paris at the age of 81 after a long battle with cancer. She is buried in the cemetery of her hometown of Bouillon.
Filmography
- 1931 : La Dame de chez Maxim's, Alexander KordaAlexander KordaSir Alexander Korda was a Hungarian-born British producer and film director. He was a leading figure in the British film industry, the founder of London Films and the owner of British Lion Films, a film distributing company.-Life and career:The elder brother of filmmakers Zoltán Korda and Vincent...
- 1932 : Une jeune fille et un million, Fred EllisFred EllisFred C. Ellis was an American editorial cartoonist. He is best remembered as one of the leading radical artists of the 1920s and 1930s as an artist for various publications of the Communist Party, USA , including stints on the staff of the CPUSA's daily newspaper.-Early years:Fred Ellis was born...
and Max NeufeldMax NeufeldMax Neufeld was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film The Song of the Sun, which starred Vittorio De Sica.-Selected filmography:... - 1933 : Casanova, René Barberis
- 1933 : Dans les ruesDans les ruesDans les rues , is a French crime drama romance film from 1933, directed by Victor Trivas, written by Joseph Henri and Alexandre Arnoux, starring Vladimir Sokoloff and Jean Marais. The film was based on novel of Francis de Croisset. It is also known under the title "Song of the Streets"...
, Victor Trivas - 1933 : La Guerre des valses, Raoul PloquinRaoul PloquinRaoul Ploquin was a French film producer, production manager and screenwriter. He was co-nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story for the film The Sheep Has Five Legs .-Selected filmography:...
and Ludwig BergerLudwig Berger (director)Ludwig Berger was a German film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He directed 36 films between 1920 and 1969... - 1933 : Knock ou le triomphe de la médecine, Louis JouvetLouis JouvetLouis Jouvet was a renowned French actor, director, and theatre director.- Life :Overcoming speech impediments and sometimes paralyzing stage fright as a young man, Jouvet's first important association was with Jacques Copeau's Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, beginning in 1913...
and Roger Goupillières - 1933 : Un peu d'amour, Hans SteinhoffHans SteinhoffHans Steinhoff was a German film director, best known for the films he made in the Nazi era. His most notable film was Ohm Krüger, for which he won the Mussolini Cup at the 1941 Venice Film Festival.-Filmography:*Hitlerjunge Quex...
- 1934 : LiliomLiliom (1934 film)Liliom is a 1934 French fantasy film directed by Fritz Lang based on the Hungarian stage play of the same name by Ferenc Molnár. The film stars Charles Boyer as Liliom , a carousel barker who is fired his job after falling in love with the chambermaid Julie...
, Fritz LangFritz LangFriedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute... - 1934 : La Maison dans la dune, Pierre BillonPierre BillonPierre Billon, born in Geneva in 1937, is a québécois writer.-Novels:* L'ogre de Barbarie * La Chausse-Trappe * L'enfant du Cinquième Nord * Le Livre de Seul * L'ultime Alliance...
- 1934 : Bar de nuit
- 1935 : Crime and Châtiment, Pierre ChenalPierre ChenalPierre Chenal was a French director and screenwriter who flourished in the 1930s, and was best known for film noir thrillers such as the 1937 film L’Alibi, where he worked with Erich von Stroheim and Louis Jouvet. In 1939 he made Le Dernier Tournant, the first of many film treatments of James M...
- 1935 : Le Secret des Woronzeff, André Beucler and Arthur RobisonArthur RobisonArthur Robison was a German film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 20 films between 1916 and 1935.-Selected filmography:* A Night of Horror...
- 1935 : Les Mystères de Paris, Félix Gandéra
- 1935 : Sous la griffe, Christian-JaqueChristian-JaqueChristian-Jaque was a French filmmaker. He was married to actress Martine Carol from 1954 to 1959.Christian-Jaque was born at Paris....
- 1936 : Le Coupable, Raymond BernardRaymond BernardRaymond Bernard was a French filmmaker and related to French playwright father Tristan Bernard and brother to Jean-Jacques Bernard...
- 1937 : La Dame de pique, Fedor Ozep
- 1937 : Ramuntcho, René Barberis
- 1938 : La Fin du jour, Julien DuvivierJulien DuvivierJulien Duvivier was a French film director. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930-1960...
- 1944 : L'oncle du Canada, Fedor Ozep
- 1972 : Les Anges, Jean Desvilles
- 1973 : Les Anges, Pierre Granier-DeferrePierre Granier-DeferrePierre Granier-Deferre was a French film director. His 1971 film Le Chat won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival....
- 1974 : La pousse des feuilles, Francis Ramirez and Christian Rolot
- 1975 : Le Vieux FusilLe vieux fusilLe vieux fusil is a 1975 French film directed by Robert Enrico, and starring Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider and Jean Bouise. It won the 1976 César Award for Best Film, Best Actor and Best Music, and was nominated for best director, supporting actor, writing, cinematography, editing and sound...
, Robert EnricoRobert EnricoRobert Georgio Enrico was a French film director and scriptwriter.He was born in Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, in the north of France.-Filmography as director:* Fait d'hiver... - 1978 : M, cinquante huit, Jean-Claude Boussard
- 1980 : Chère inconnue, Moshé MizrahiMoshé MizrahiMoshé Mizrahi is an Israeli film director.He has directed 14 films in both Israel and France. Three of his films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, I Love You Rosa, The House on Chelouche Street and Madame Rosa, with the latter winning the award...
Theatre
- 1926 : Au grand large, Hunt Sutton Vane; Comedie des Champs-Elysees
- 1933 : Cette nuit là..., Lajos ZilahyLajos ZilahyLajos Zilahy was a Hungarian novelist and playwright. Born in Nagyszalonta in Transylvania, then part of the Kingdom of Hungary, a province in Austria-Hungary, he studied law at the University of Budapest before serving in the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War, in which he was...
, Théâtre de la MadeleineThéâtre de la MadeleineThe Théâtre de la Madeleine is a theater in Paris built in the English style in 1924 on the site of a carousel. The first major success of the theatre came with the presentation of part one of The Merchants of Glory by Marcel Pagnol.... - 1933 : Mandarine, Jean AnouilhJean AnouilhJean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1943 play Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles' Classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's...
, Théâtre de l'Athénée - 1934 : Au grand large, Hunt Sutton Vane; Comedie des Champs-Elysees
- 1934 : Tessa, la nymphe au cœur fidèleTessa (play)Tessa is a play written in 1934 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux. It is a translation and adaptation of a 1926 stage version by Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean of the former's 1924 novel The Constant Nymph.-Original productions: Tessa was first performed on 14 November 1934 in Paris at the...
, Jean GiraudouxJean GiraudouxHippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy...
; Théâtre de l'Athénée - 1935 : La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu, Jean GiraudouxJean GiraudouxHippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy...
, Théâtre de l'Athénée - 1936 : L'École des femmes, MolièreMolièreJean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
, Théâtre de l'Athénée - 1937 : ÉlectreElectra (Giraudoux)Electra is a two act play written in 1937 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux. It was the first Giraudoux play to employ the staging of Louis Jouvet. Based on the classic myth of antiquity, Jean Giraudoux wrote perhaps his best play...
, Jean GiraudouxJean GiraudouxHippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy...
, Théâtre de l'Athénée - 1937 : L'Impromptu de ParisL'Impromptu de ParisL'Impromptu de Paris is a play written in 1937 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux.-Original productions:...
, Jean GiraudouxJean GiraudouxHippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy...
, Théâtre de l'Athénée - 1938 : Le Corsaire, Marcel AchardMarcel AchardMarcel Achard was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly-recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades...
, Théâtre de l'Athénée - 1939 : OndineOndine (play)Ondine is a play written in 1938 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux that tells the story of Hans and Ondine. Hans is a knight-errant who has been sent off on a quest by his betrothed. In the forest he meets and falls in love with Ondine, a water-sprite who is attracted to the world of mortal man....
, Jean GiraudouxJean GiraudouxHippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy...
, Théâtre de l'Athénée - 1941 : L'Occasion, Prosper MériméeProsper MériméeProsper Mérimée was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen.-Life:...
, Latin American tour - 1942 : On ne badine pas avec l'amour, 'Alfred de MussetAlfred de MussetAlfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist.Along with his poetry, he is known for writing La Confession d'un enfant du siècle from 1836.-Biography:Musset was born on 11 December 1810 in Paris...
, Latin American tour - 1942 : L'Apollon de Marsac, Jean GiraudouxJean GiraudouxHippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy...
, Latin American tour - 1942 : La Belle au bois, Jules SupervielleJules SupervielleJules Supervielle was a French poet and writer born in Uruguay.Jules Supervielle always kept away from Surrealism which was dominant in the first half of the twentieth century...
, Latin American tour - 1942 : L'Annonce faite à Marie, Paul ClaudelPaul ClaudelPaul Claudel was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism.-Life:...
, Latin American tour - 1953 : Le Chemin de crête, Gabriel MarcelGabriel MarcelGabriel Honoré Marcel was a French philosopher, a leading Christian existentialist, and author of about 30 plays.He focused on the modern individual's struggle in a technologically dehumanizing society...
, Theatre du Vieux-ColombierThéâtre du Vieux-ColombierThe Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier is a theatre located at 21, rue du Vieux-Colombier, in the 6th arrondissement in Paris. It was founded in 1913 by the theatre producer and playwright Jacques Copeau... - 1957 : Au Paradis, Fernand Millaud, Théâtre des Arts
- 1959 : La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu, Jean GiraudouxJean GiraudouxHippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy...
, Bellac Festival - 1965 : La Folle de Chaillot, Jean GiraudouxJean GiraudouxHippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy...
, Théâtre national de ChaillotThéâtre national de ChaillotThe Théâtre national de Chaillot is a theatre located in the Palais de Chaillot at 1, place du Trocadero, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Close by the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadéro Gardens—the Théâtre de Chaillot is among the largest concert halls in Paris. It has long been synonymous with... - 1971 : La Folle de Chaillot, Jean GiraudouxJean GiraudouxHippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy...
, Bellac Festival - 1971 : Oscarine ou les tournesols, Liliane WoutersLiliane WoutersLiliane Wouters is a Belgian poet, playwright, translator, anthologist, and essayist.-Life:She was born in Ixelles and taught school from 1949 to 1990.She met Albert Andrew Lheureux and his Théâtre de l'Esprit Frappeur ....
, Théâtre Daniel Sorano, - 1973 : Par-dessus bord, Michel VinaverMichel Vinaver-Works:* Les Coréens * Iphigénie Hotel * A la renverse * 11 septembre 2001 / 11 September 2001 -References:...
, Théâtre de l'Odéon - 1976 : Le Genre humain, Jean-Edern HallierJean-Edern HallierJean-Edern Hallier was a French author.- Overview :Hallier was the son of World War I French General André Hallier. Jean-Edern was born in 1936 and lost an eye during the siege of Budapest, where his father was on diplomatic posting...
, Espace Cardin