Marthe Mercadier
Marthe Mercadier (born October 23, 1928 in Paris ) is a French film and theater actress .
Life
Marthe Mercadier mainly works in the theater, where she is mostly cast in the roles of provocative women. She had theater successes with Jacques Devals Charmante soirée , Georges Feydeau's The Flea in the Ear and Jean Poiret's Sacré Léonard .
Marthe Mercadier made her cinema debut in 1950 in the role of Mélanie in Maurice Labros Le Tampon du capiston . In 1951 she played a prostitute from Brooklyn in the crime drama Drunk Curare . This was followed by roles in Die Nacht ist mein Reich (1951), in Gilles Grangier's love drama Le Plus joli péché du monde (1951) alongside Georges Marchal and Dany Robin and in Rendez-vous à Grenade (1952). In Germany she stood in front of the camera as a teacher Madame Aubert in Girls in Uniform (1958) alongside Lilli Palmer and Romy Schneider .
In the 1960s she was used more often in film comedies, for example as Louis de Funès ' partner in Louis - The Schnatterschnauze (1961) or alongside Fernandel in Le Bon roi Dagobert (1963). As Albertine, she succumbed to the charm of the daredevil and inspector Gérard Barray in Béru and those ladies (1968). She had a leading role in the comedy Aux frais de la princesse (1969), in which the later comedy stars Jean Poiret and Michel Galabru could be seen. In the following decades, Mercadier continued to specialize in comedies such as La Coqueluche with Pierre Richard and Michel Galabru. Marthe Mercadier had her last leading role for the time being in 2003 at the side of Claude Gensac in the television film Le Squat . On television, she was seen over the years in recordings of her plays and in seven episodes of the series A French Marriage (1965-1970).
In the 1970s, Marthe Mercadier appeared as the presenter of the TF1 cooking program La Grande cocotte with top chefs Paul Bocuse, the Troisgros brothers, Michel Guérard and Roger Vergé.
Her autobiography Le Rire est mon refuge was published in 2005. In 2011 she took part in the first season of the dance show Danse avec les stars . Marthe Mercadier has been Chevalier et Officier des Arts et Lettres since 1993 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1950: Le Tampon du capiston
- 1950: Three telegrams (Trois télégrammes)
- 1951: Drug curare (Identité judiciaire)
- 1951: The night is my kingdom (La Nuit est mon royaume)
- 1952: Rendez-vous à Grenade
- 1953: My life for love (Un caprice de Caroline chérie)
- 1953: Companions of the Night (Les Compagnes de la nuit)
- 1953: An act of love (Un acte d'amour)
- 1954: Mary-Lou and her masters (Escalier de service)
- 1954: People on the trapeze (obsession)
- 1955: The black face of Paris (M'sieur la Caille)
- 1955: The rags go to hell (Les Salauds vont en enfer)
- 1957: My wife is screaming (Les femmes sont marrantes)
- 1958: girls in uniform
- 1959: The first night (La prima notte)
- 1961: Louis - The Schnatterschnauze (Dans l'eau ... qui fait des bulles! ...)
- 1963: Le Bon roi Dagobert
- 1965–1970: A French Marriage (Les Saintes chéries) (TV series, seven episodes)
- 1967: The Falls of Monsieur Cabrol (Les Cinq dernières minutes) (TV series, one episode)
- 1968: Béru and those ladies (Béru et ces dames)
- 1978: A man, a woman and a film in Paris (Once in Paris)
- 1981: A slip on a trip (Les Folies d'Élodie)
- 1981: Twelve Swedes in Africa (Belles, blondes et bronzées)
- 1988: The Camp of the Lost (Camp de Thiaroye)
- 2001: Les Aliénés
- 2003: Le Squat (TV movie)
- 2012: RIS Police scientifique (TV series, an episode)
Web links
- Marthe Mercadier in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Marthe Mercadier in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ^ Marthe Mercadier et Grégoire, les notes du jury - Danse avec les stars , February 18, 2011, www.tf1.fr
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mercadier, Marthe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film and stage actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , France |