Gina Manès

Gina Manès

Gina Manès (real name Blanche Moulin ; born April 7, 1893 in Paris , † September 6, 1989 in Toulouse ) was a French actress .

Life

She started her career at the Paris Variety Theater . In 1918 she made her film debut with Louis Feuillade , then played under the directors René Navarre and Jean Epstein and rose to become one of the leading French screen stars in the course of the 1920s. She reached a peak of her popularity in 1927 as Joséphine de Beauharnais in Abel Gance's film Napoleon .

Afterwards she was the title heroine in You shall not commit adultery! , an adaptation of the novel Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola , which Jacques Feyder shot in Berlin. After that she played in Germany for some time. In the 1930s, she rarely received major film roles, but stayed in the headlines for her eccentric public appearances. On November 12, 1942, she was seriously injured during a circus act with tigers.

At the end of the 1940s, Manès went to Morocco and ran an acting school there. From there she kept returning to Paris for film and theater roles. It was not until 1972 that she ended her acting activity.

Filmography (selection)

• 1918: L'homme sans visage
• 1919: Le chiffre
• 1920: Tue-la-mort
• 1920: L'homme au trois masques
• 1921: Le sept de trèfle
• 1922: La dame de Monserau
• 1923: Le coeur fidèle
• 1923: The red hostel (L'auberge rouge)
• 1924: L'énigme
• 1924: The second ball (La main qui a tué)
• 1925: Artist's Blood (Âme d'artiste)
• 1927: Theft of millions in the Riviera Express (Le train sans yeux)
• 1927: Napoleon (Napoléon)
• 1928: You shall not commit adultery! (Thérèse Raquin)
• 1928: The death loop
• 1928: the fates of girls
• 1928: The little slave
• 1928: Sin (Synd)
• 1928: The saint and her fool
• 1928: Latin Quarter
• 1928: Looping the Loop
• 1928: Ship in distress SOS
• 1929: Balalaika Nights (Nuit de Princes)
• 1929: Le requin
• 1931: Salto Mortale
• 1931: Grock
• 1932: Pax
• 1932: La tête d'un homme
• 1933: La voix sans disque
• 1934: Le diable en bouteille
• 1935: Barcarolle d'amour
• 1935: Divine
• 1936: Mayerling
• 1937: The guards officer's mistress (nostalgia)
• 1938: Life is not a novel (La maison du Maltais)
• 1938: SOS Sahara
• 1939: Fort Dolorès
• 1940: Retour au bonheur
• 1943: Les caves du 'Majestic'
• 1949: The Dancer of Marrakech (La danseuse de Marrakech)
• 1952: Appeal 17
• 1954: Ostracized women (Marchandes d'illusions)
• 1954: The affairs of a prima donna (La Belle Otero)
• 1954: The Count and the Three Musketeers (Il visconte di Bragelonne)
• 1955: Mister Thompson's diary (Les carnets du Major Thompson)
• 1956: The fashion king (Le couturier de ces dames)
• 1956: The law of the street (La loi des rues)
• 1957: A certain Monsieur Jo (Un certain Monsieur Jo)
• 1958: The game was his bane (Le joueur)
• 1960: Le bonheur est pour demain
• 1965: Pas de panique

literature

• Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 244 f.

Web links

• Gina Manès in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Biography with photo
• Images by Gina Manès In: Virtual History