Suzy Delair
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Suzy Delair is a vivacious French
entertainer who starred in many different films. Her real name is Suzanne Pierrette Delaire.
She acted in films directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
, Jean Dréville, Jean Grémillon, Marcel L'Herbier
, Christian-Jaque, Marcel Carné
, Luchino Visconti
, René Clément and Gérard Oury. She is also famous in France as singer ("Avec son Tra-la-la").
For several years, Suzy Delair was the companion of French film director Henri-Georges Clouzot
.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
entertainer who starred in many different films. Her real name is Suzanne Pierrette Delaire.
She acted in films directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges Clouzot was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed The Wages of Fear and Les Diaboliques, which are critically recognized to be among the greatest films from the 1950s...
, Jean Dréville, Jean Grémillon, Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier, Légion d'honneur, was a French film-maker, who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued until the 1950s and he made more than 40 feature films in total...
, Christian-Jaque, Marcel Carné
Marcel Carné
-Biography:Born in Paris, France, the son of a cabinet maker whose wife died when their son was five, Carné began his career as a film critic, becoming editor of the weekly publication, Hebdo-Films, and working for Cinémagazine and Cinémonde between 1929 and 1933. In the same period he worked in...
, Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...
, René Clément and Gérard Oury. She is also famous in France as singer ("Avec son Tra-la-la").
For several years, Suzy Delair was the companion of French film director Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges Clouzot was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed The Wages of Fear and Les Diaboliques, which are critically recognized to be among the greatest films from the 1950s...
.
Filmography
- Un caprice de la Pompadour (Willy Wolff et Joë Hamman, 1930)
- Violettes impériales (Henri Roussell), 1932)
- 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) - L'Or dans la rueL'Or dans la rueL'Or dans la rue is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Curtis Bernhardt, written by Henry Koster and Henri Decoin, and starring Danielle Darrieux.-Plot:...
(K. Bernhardt), 1934)... Madeleine - The Depression Is Over (Robert Siodmak, 1934)
- Dédé (Abel GanceAbel GanceAbel Gance was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. He is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse , La Roue , and the monumental Napoléon .-Early life:...
), 1935)... Poliche - Prends la route (Jean Boyer), 1936)
- Trois Six Neuf (Raymond Rouleau, 1937)
- The Last One of the Six (Georges Lacombe, 1941)... Mila Malou
- The Murderer Lives at Number 21The Murderer Lives at Number 21The Murderer Lives at Number 21 is a 1942 French comedy thriller film by director Henri-Georges Clouzot. Written by Clouzot and Belgian writer Stanislas-André Steeman, it was Clouzot's debut feature film. The film is about detective Wens goes on the prowl for the murderer Monsieur Durand, who...
(Henri-Georges ClouzotHenri-Georges ClouzotHenri-Georges Clouzot was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed The Wages of Fear and Les Diaboliques, which are critically recognized to be among the greatest films from the 1950s...
, 1942)... Mila Malou - Défense d'aimer (Richard Pottier, 1942)... Totte
- La Vie de Bohème (Marcel L'Herbier, 1945)... Phémie/Femia
- Quay of the GoldsmithsQuai des OrfèvresQuai des Orfèvres is a 1947 French police procedural drama based on the book Légitime défense by Stanislas-Andre Steeman. Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot the film stars Suzy Delair as Jenny Lamour, Bernard Blier as Maurice Martineau, Louis Jouvet as Inspector Antoine and Simone Renant as...
(Henri-Georges ClouzotHenri-Georges ClouzotHenri-Georges Clouzot was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed The Wages of Fear and Les Diaboliques, which are critically recognized to be among the greatest films from the 1950s...
, 1947)... Jenny Lamour. - Confessions of a Rogue (Jean Dréville, 1947)... Coraline
- Par la fenêtre (Gilles Grangier, 1948)... Fernande
- White Paws (Jean Grémillon, 1949)... Odette
- Lady PanameLady PanameLady Paname was a 1950 drama, directed and written by Henri Jeanson, and starring Louis Jouvet, Suzy Delair, Henri Guisol and Henri Crémieux....
(Henri Jeanson, 1949)... Raymonde Bosset, dite Caprice - I'm in the Revue (Mario Soldati, 1950)... La Chanteuse
- Lost Souvenirs (Christian-Jaque, 1950)... Suzy Henebey (episode "Une couronne mortuaire")
- UtopiaAtoll KAtoll K is a French/Italian film—also known as Robinson Crusoeland in the UK and Utopia in the US—starring the comedy team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in their final screen appearance. The film co-stars French singer/actress Suzy Delair and was directed by Léo Joannon, with uncredited...
(Léo Joannon, 1951)... Chérie Lamour - Fly in the Ointment (Guy Lefranc, 1955)... Lucette Gauthier
- Fernandel the Dressmaker (Jean Boyer, 1956)... Adrienne Vignard
- Gervaise (René Clément, 1956)... Virginie
- Rocco e i suoi fratelliRocco e i suoi fratelliRocco e i suoi fratelli is a 1960 Italian and French film directed by Luchino Visconti. Set in Milan, it tells the story of an immigrant family from the South and its disintegration in the society of the industrial North. The film stars Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, and Claudia...
("Rocco and his Brothers", Luchino ViscontiLuchino ViscontiLuchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...
, 1960)... Luisa. - The Regattas of San Francisco (Claude Autant-LaraClaude Autant-LaraClaude Autant-Lara , was a French film director and later Member of the European Parliament .-Biography:...
, 1960)... Lucilla. - Du Mouron pour les petits oiseaux ("Chicken Feed for Little Birds", Marcel CarnéMarcel Carné-Biography:Born in Paris, France, the son of a cabinet maker whose wife died when their son was five, Carné began his career as a film critic, becoming editor of the weekly publication, Hebdo-Films, and working for Cinémagazine and Cinémonde between 1929 and 1933. In the same period he worked in...
, 1962). - Is Paris Burning?Is Paris Burning?Is Paris Burning? is a 1966 film dealing with the 1944 liberation of Paris by rival branches of the French Resistance and the Free French Forces.-Plot:...
(René Clément, 1966)... A Parisienne. - The Mad Adventures of "Rabbi" Jacob (Gérard Oury, 1973)... Germaine Pivert.
- Forget Me, Mandoline (1976)... Mireille