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'''Florelle''' (born '''Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau''', 9 August 1898 - 28 September 1974)
'''Florelle''' (born '''Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau''', 9 August 1898 - 28 September 1974) was a French soprano singer and actress.
Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée


She was born in [[Les Sables-d'Olonne]], [[Vendée]]. She began her stage career singing at the [[Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique]] and the [[Moulin Rouge]]. She gained fame as Polly Peachum in the French film ''[[The Threepenny Opera (1931 film)|The Threepenny Opera]]'', after which she had numerous other film roles. In the 1940s, she retired from the stage, but continued to make film appearances during the war.<ref>{{GroveOnline|Florelle, Odette|Patrick O’Connor|June 7|2016}}</ref> She died in [[La Roche-sur-Yon]], [[Vendée]] at age 76.
She was born in [[Les Sables-d'Olonne]], [[Vendée]] and died in [[La Roche-sur-Yon]], [[Vendée]], age 76.


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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! Year !! Film
! Year !! Film
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| [[1912 in film|1912]] || ''[[The Mask of Horror]]''
| 1912 || ''[[The Mask of Horror]]''
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| [[1930 in film|1930]] || ''[[The Prosecutor Hallers]]''
| 1930 || ''[[The Prosecutor Hallers]]''
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| [[1931 in film|1931]] || ''[[Venetian Nights]]''
| 1931 || ''[[Venetian Nights]]''
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| [[1933 in film|1933]] || ''[[La dame de chez Maxim's (1933 film)|La dame de chez Maxim's]]''
| 1931 || ''[[The Threepenny Opera (1931 film)|The Threepenny Opera]]''
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| [[1934 in film|1934]] || ''[[Les Misérables (1934 film)|Les Misérables]]''
| 1933 || ''[[La dame de chez Maxim's (1933 film)|La dame de chez Maxim's]]''
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| [[1936 in film|1936]] || ''[[The Crime of Monsieur Lange]]''
| 1934 || ''[[Les Misérables (1934 film)|Les Misérables]]''
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| [[1952 in film|1952]] || ''[[Three Women (1952 film)|Three Women]]''
| 1936 || ''[[The Crime of Monsieur Lange]]''
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| 1952 || ''[[Three Women (1952 film)|Three Women]]''
|}
|}

==Notes==
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==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 21:49, 7 June 2016

Florelle (born Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau, 9 August 1898 - 28 September 1974) was a French soprano singer and actress.

She was born in Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée. She began her stage career singing at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique and the Moulin Rouge. She gained fame as Polly Peachum in the French film The Threepenny Opera, after which she had numerous other film roles. In the 1940s, she retired from the stage, but continued to make film appearances during the war.[1] She died in La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée at age 76.

Selected filmography

Year Film
1912 The Mask of Horror
1930 The Prosecutor Hallers
1931 Venetian Nights
1931 The Threepenny Opera
1933 La dame de chez Maxim's
1934 Les Misérables
1936 The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1952 Three Women

Notes

  1. ^ Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John, eds. (2001). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)‎

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