Madeleine Ozeray

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Madeleine Ozeray (born September 13, 1908 as Magdeleine Marie Catherine Elisabeth Ozeray in Bouillon , Belgium , † March 28, 1989 in Paris , France ) was a Belgian-French actress .

Live and act

The daughter of the liberal, French-speaking Belgian politician Camille Ozeray (1855–1938) received her artistic training at the Conservatory in Brussels . Shortly after she had won a first prize in acting, she started her first permanent engagement at the Théâtre royal du Parc in Brussels . Raymond Rouleau became her sponsor and brought her to Paris.

In Paris, Madeleine Ozeray made key female roles such as Julie in Molnar's Liliom , beautiful Helena in The Trojan War Does Not Take Place , Agnès in Molières The School of Women and Ondine from the Giraudoux play of the same name . Above all, the collaboration with Louis Jouvet , who brought her to the Théâtre de l'Athénée , which he directed , brought her early success.

In 1932 Ozeray first appeared in front of the camera. Initially, they were mainly played in French film versions of German or Austrian originals. In 1933 she played a child of the street in Un peu d'Amour , the French version of Scampolo, directed by Hans Steinhoff . But she also played leading roles in films from directors who fled Hitler's Germany, including Fritz Lang , in whose Liliom she was Julia again, and Victor Trivas (" Dans les rues "). With Pierre Chenal's guilt and atonement version from 1935, in which Madeleine Ozeray played Sonja, and Julien Duvivier's actor-drama Retirement , two more important subjects followed until the outbreak of war in 1939, in which she received leading roles.

The outbreak of World War II interrupted Madeleine Ozeray's career in the French adopted home. After the occupation by the Wehrmacht, she left France and went on a stage tour with Jouvet across the American continent. In 1943/44 she also accepted offers from French-speaking directors in Canada and Chile . Shortly after the end of the war, Madeleine Ozeray returned to Paris. The pre-war film star had been largely forgotten there, and Madeleine Ozeray only received offers from the film much later. Instead, she focused again on the theater work. She was seen as The Madman of Chaillot and more than 500 times in the tabloid comedy Cher Antoine . In the 1970s she had a few supporting roles in films.

Ozeray died of cancer at the age of 80 and was buried in her hometown of Bouillon.

Others

Ozeray was six feet tall and petite. She had water blue eyes.

On the occasion of her 100th birthday, the Belgian journalist Dominique Zachary published a biography ( Madeleine Ozeray, Ondine de la Semois ). In 2008 an exhibition dedicated to her was held in Bouillon.

Filmography (complete)

Movies unless otherwise stated

  • 1932: The Lady of Maxim (La dame de chez Maxim's)
  • 1932: Une jeune fille et un million
  • 1933: Un peu d'Amour
  • 1933: La guerre des valses
  • 1933: Knock
  • 1933: Casanova
  • 1933: Dans les rues
  • 1934: La maison dans la dune
  • 1934: Liliom
  • 1934: Bar de nuit (short film)
  • 1934: Le secret des Voronzeff
  • 1935: Les mystères de Paris
  • 1935: Crime and Punishment (Crime et châtiment)
  • 1935: Sous la griffe
  • 1936: I am the culprit (Le coupable)
  • 1937: La dame de pique
  • 1938: Ramuntcho
  • 1939: Retirement (La Fin du jour)
  • 1943: Mon oncle du Canada
  • 1943: Le père Chopin
  • 1944: Le moulin des Andes
  • 1970: Tout spliques étaient les Borogoves (TV movie)
  • 1971: Tang (TV series)
  • 1972: Les ans
  • 1973: Jet Set (La race des seigneurs)
  • 1974: La pousse des feuilles (short film)
  • 1975: The old rifle (Le vieux fusil)
  • 1978: M, cinquante huit (short film)
  • 1979: Médecins de nuit (an episode of the television series)
  • 1979: Dear Strangers (Chère inconnue)

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 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 100.
  • Dominique Zachary: Madeleine Ozeray, Ondine de la Semois (biography), ISBN 978-2873865535 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Madeleine Ozeray, Immortelle Ondine de Bouillon. lavenir.net, July 11, 2008, accessed December 1, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Ozeray, Madeleine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ozeray, Magdeleine Marie Catherine Elisabeth (full name at birth)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian-French actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH bouillon
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1989
Place of death Paris