Marie Bell
Birthday
1900/12/23
Day of death
1985/08/14 (84 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Bordeaux, Gironde, France
Also know as
Marie-Jeanne Bellon-Downey
Biography
Marie Bell (23 December 1900 – 14 August 1985), born Marie-Jeanne Bellon-Downey, was a French tragedian, comic actor and stage director. She was the director of the Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris from 1962 onwards, and this theatre now bears her name. Marie Bell was born on 23 December 1900 in Bègles near Bordeaux (France). With her Irish father, she spent her childhood between Bordeaux and England. Bell was a classical actress. She also appeared in avant-garde theatre, Jean Genet in particular. ...Read more
Acting
(1939) The Phantom Wagon
as sœur Maria
(1939) Cocoanut
as Caroline
(1924) Paris
as ---
(1968) Phèdre
as Phèdre
(1930) The Joker
as ---
(1934) Fedora
as Fédora
(1934) Poliche
as ---
(1936) Sous la Terreur
as ---
(1936) Les Demi-Vierges
as Maud de Rouvre
(1936) Temptation
as ---
(1937) Blanchette
as Blanchette Rousset
(1937) Pantins d'amour
as Renée Morhange
(1938) Legions of Honor
as Simone Dabrau
(1938) La Glu
as Fernande dite La Glu
(1941) Those of the Sky
as Hélène
(1942) Vie privée
as Florence
(1937) Life Dances On
as Christine Surgère
(1965) Sandra
as Corinna Gilardini
(1928) La valse de l'adieu
as ---
(1966) Hotel Paradiso
as La Grande Antoinette
(1936) The Tomboy
as Monique Lerbier, la garçonne
(1928) Madame Récamier
as Juliette Récamier
(1931) The crazy adventure
as Nelly Irwin
(1931) The Man Who Killed
as ---
(1934) The Great Game
as Florence / Irma
(1943) Colonel Chabert
as Countess Rosine Ferraud
(1933) The Man with the Hispano
as Stéphane Oswill
(1963) The Leopard
as (uncredited)
(1936) Quand minuit sonnera
as Mattia
(1973) Closed Shutters
as Aurore
(1935) Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre
as Marguerite
(1964) How to Make a French Dish
as Elderly Marie-Paule
(1929) Figaro
as Suzanne
(1933) Caprice de princesse
as Isabelle
(1930) La nuit est à nous
as Bettine Barsac
(1931) Luck
as Tania Balieff
(1936) Fiordalisi d'oro
as Anna Maria di Beaulieu
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1959) Discorama
as Self