Edwige Feuillère
Edwige Feuillère (born October 29, 1907 as Edwige Louise Caroline Cunati in Vesoul , Haute-Saône , † November 13, 1998 in Boulogne-Billancourt ) was a French actress . Above all, she was able to celebrate great successes in her homeland as the “lady of the camellias” on the theater stage, but also in film.
Life
Edwige Feuillère was born in Vesoul in 1907 as the daughter of an architect . However, she spent her childhood in Italy , where her father did his military service on the side of the Italian army during the First World War . After the war the family moved to Dijon . There Feuillère attended the Lyceum and gained his first acting experience in school performances. She eventually took lessons at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Dijon. From 1928 to 1931 she studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and initially appeared on stage under the name Cora Lynn. After marrying Pierre Feuillère in 1929, from whom she was divorced again in 1933, she adopted the name Feuillère as a stage name. After her studies, she worked for two years at the Comédie-Française . In the short film La Fine combine in 1931 she stood next to Fernandel for the first time in front of the film camera.
She established herself as a screen star in 1935 in the title role of Abel Gance's film drama Lucrezia Borgia , in which she sparked controversy with a short nude scene. As Marguerite Gautier in The Lady of the Camellias , she had a great stage success in 1939. Her elegant and cultivated appearance predestined her for costume dramas. As the preferred heroine of Max Ophüls (among others in Without a Morning , Von Mayerling bis Sarajewo) and Maurice Tourneurs (Mamsell Bonaparte), she consolidated her reputation in front of the camera. In the 1940s she starred alongside Gérard Philipe in the Dostoevsky film adaptation The Idiot and alongside Jean Marais in Jean Cocteau's The Two-Headed Eagle . However, she mainly focused on her theater career. In 1951 she appeared on stage for the first time in London . Together with Jean-Louis Barrault , she was seen as a femme fatale in Claudel's Partage de midi . In 1957 she was again on several stages in London with her own theater company as a lady of the camellia. In the 1960s she remained one of the most popular French actresses even among the younger generation of directors like Patrice Chéreau associated with The Flesh of the Orchid . From 1968 she often worked in French television productions, such as For example, in the two multi-part television programs The Ladies of the Coast (Les Dames de la côte, 1979) and Evas Töchter (Le Chef de famille, 1982) by director Nina Companéez .
In 1980 she was appointed Grand Officier of the Legion of Honor . In addition, she received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres as Commandeur . In 1984 she was awarded the César d'honneur for her life's work. In 1993, praised her performance in the play Edwige Feuillère en scène with the Theater Award Molière as best actress .
Edwige Feuillère died in Boulogne-Billancourt in 1998 at the age of 91 . Her grave is in the Beaugency cemetery .
Filmography (selection)
- 1931: La Fine combine (short film)
- 1932: Une petite femme dans le train
- 1935: Le Miroir aux Alouettes
- 1935: Lucrecia Borgia (Lucrèce Borgia)
- 1935: The Cross of Golgotha (Golgotha)
- 1940: Without a Tomorrow (Sans lendemain)
- 1940: From Mayerling to Sarajevo (De Mayerling à Sarajevo)
- 1942: Mamsell Bonaparte (Mam'zelle Bonaparte)
- 1943: The Honorable Catherine (L'honorable Catherine)
- 1945: Shadow over a woman's heart (La part de l'ombre)
- 1946: As long as I live (Tant que je vivrai)
- 1946: The Idiot (L'Idiot)
- 1948: The double-headed eagle (L'aigle à deux têtes)
- 1948: The Woman Hater
- 1957: The killers ask (Quand la femme s'en mêle)
- 1958: With a woman's arms (En cas de malheur)
- 1961: Galant love stories (Amours célèbres)
- 1962: The Perfect Murder (Le Crime ne paie pas)
- 1975: The flesh of the orchid (La chair de l'orchidée)
- 1979: The ladies from the coast (Les Dames de la côte) - TV series
- 1982: Eva's daughters (Le chef de famille) - TV series
Awards
- 1947: Victoire de Cinéma français
- 1952: Prix de la Femme la plus distinguée
- 1953: Nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Best Foreign Actress for Olivia
- 1980: Legion of Honor as Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur
- 1984: César d'honneur for her life's work
- 1993: Molière as best leading actress for Edwige Feuillère en scène
literature
- Edwige Feuillère , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 19/1999 from May 3, 1999, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- Edwige Feuillère in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Edwige Feuillère on filmreference.com (Eng.)
- Edwige Feuillère at Find A Grave
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b cf. tcm.com
- ↑ Anne Commire, Deborah Klezmer: Women in World History. A Biographical Encyclopedia . Yorkin Publications, 2000, ISBN 078763736X , p. 499
- ↑ Alain Feydeau: Edwige Feuillère . PAC, 1983, 160 pp.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Feuillère, Edwige |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cunati, Edwige Louise Caroline (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1907 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vesoul |
DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1998 |
Place of death | Boulogne-Billancourt |