Françoise Arnoul

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Françoise Arnoul in Jerusalem , 1958

Françoise Arnoul (born June 3, 1931 in Constantine , Algeria ; actually Françoise Annette Marie Mathilde Gautsch ; † July 20, 2021 ) was a French actress .

Life

Françoise Arnoul was the daughter of General Charles Gautsch (1882-1969) and the stage actress Janine Henry. She had two brothers. She first attended a lyceum in Rabat. In 1945 the family moved to Paris and attended the Lycée Molière, while the father continued his service in Morocco .

Arnoul took a class for classical drama in Paris, but her first film role, which she took on in the title role at the age of 18 in Willy Rozier's drama Perrucha, The Daughter of the Night ( L'Épave , 1949), gave her a disreputable image that she could not shed in the years that followed. In her role as Perrucha, Arnoul is considered to be the world's first high-profile film actress to appear in an underwater film. She was one of the stars of the French post-war film in frivolous roles typical of that time. However, she was also able to establish herself as a character actress, primarily on French television.

Arnoul became known to the German audience primarily through Henri Verneuil's Simenon film Verbotene Frucht (1952, original title: Le Fruit défendu ) with Fernandel and Jean Renoir's comedy French Can Can (1955) with Jean Gabin or in the two spy and resistance films The Cat ( La Chatte , 1958) and The Cat Shows the Claws , ( La Chatte sort ses griffes , 1960) directed by Henri Decoin . In the cat , the German players seemed Bernhard Wicki and Kurt Meisel with, in the cat shows its claws Horst Frank .

While filming French Can Can , Arnoul met the publicist Georges Cravenne . The marriage between the two of them in 1956 broke up four years later, and in 1964 they divorced. In the same year the actress met the director Bernard Paul , with whom she lived until his death in 1980. In later years Arnoul also took on roles in the theater, working primarily for French television.

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

  • 1949: Perrucha, the daughter of the night (L'Épave)
  • 1950: Yes, in Mexico (Nous irons à Paris)
  • 1950: Your path is determined for you (Quai de Grenelle)
  • 1951: We need a man (Le Désir et l'Amour)
  • 1951: The Beauty Queen of Paris (La Plus belle fille du monde)
  • 1952: Forbidden Fruit (Le Fruit défendu)
  • 1953: The Lovers of Toledo (Les Amants de Tolède)
  • 1953: The girls on Rue D'Amour (Les Compagnes de la nuit)
  • 1953: In the big girls' dormitory (Dortoir des grandes)
  • 1953: Companions of the Night (Les Compagnes de la nuit)
  • 1954: Condemned to love (La Rage au corps)
  • 1954: You must forget me (Delirio)
  • 1954: Can women be like that? (Secrets d'alcôve)
  • 1954: The mutton with five legs (Le Mouton à cinq pattes)
  • 1954: Nights in Lisbon (Les Amants du Tage)
  • 1955: French Can Can
  • 1956: Fortunately it does exist (Le Pays, d'où je viens)
  • 1956: The Road to Perdition (Des gens sans importance)
  • 1956: The daisy is defoliated (En efeuillant la marguerite)
  • 1956: Paris, Palace Hotel
  • 1957: Thérèse Étienne
  • 1957: Traces in the past (Sait-on jamais ...)
  • 1958: White freight from Paris (Cargaison blanche)
  • 1958: The Cat (La Chatte)
  • 1959: I desire you (Asphalt)
  • 1959: The Woman and the Damned (La Bête à l'affût)
  • 1959: The students (Le Chemin des écoliers)
  • 1960: The cat shows its claws (La Chatte sort ses griffes)
  • 1960: The trail leads to Caracas (Le Bal des espions)
  • 1961: Dance of love (La Morte Saison des amours)
  • 1961: Parisian women (Les Parisiennes)
  • 1962: The Devil and the Ten Commandments (Le Diable et les Dix Commandements)
  • 1963: Holidays in Portugal (Les Vacances portugaises)
  • 1964: Frank Patton calls Coast Guard 5-8-3 (À couteaux tirés)
  • 1964: Weird charm and great opportunities (La Chance et l'Amour)
  • 1964: Lucky Jo
  • 1965: Murder included in the fare (Compartiment tueurs)
  • 1966: Congress is having fun
  • 1977: Violette and François (Violette & François)
  • 1992: Les Années campagne
  • 1996: Temps de chien
  • 1997: The morning after (Post coïtum animal triste)
  • 2000: Merci pour le geste
  • 2011: Beau rivage

watch TV

  • 1972: Van der Valk and the girl
  • 1975: Call of Gold (TV miniseries)
  • 1988: The Bachelorette (La Garçonne)

literature

Web links

Commons : Françoise Arnoul  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Arnoul, Françoise. In: bfi.org.uk . Archived from the original on March 11, 2014 ; accessed on July 20, 2021 .
  2. ^ Décès de Françoise Arnoul, la femme-enfant du cinéma des années 1950. In: lesoleil.com . July 20, 2021, accessed on July 20, 2021 (French): “L'actrice Françoise Arnoul, décédée mardi à 90 ans, fut un sex-symbol des années 1950, choisie par Jean Renoir pour incarner l'éblouissante Nini de French Cancan , l'un de ses chefs-d'œuvre. "
  3. ↑ Delphine Étienne, Alain Guéna, Benoît Lagarde: Service historique de la Defense Armée de Terre: Sous-série GR YD: Officiers généraux de l'Armée de Terre et des services (Ancien Régime – 2010): Repertoire alphabétique. (pdf; 1.7 MB) Château de Vincennes, July 27, 2011, p. 105 , accessed on July 20, 2021 (French).
  4. ^ Christian Grenier: Biography. In: dvdtoile.com. Retrieved July 20, 2021 (French).
  5. ^ A b Françoise Arnoul. In: notrecinema.com. Retrieved July 20, 2021 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Arnoul, Françoise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gautsch, Francoise Annette Marie Mathilde (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION french actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Constantine , Algeria
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 2021