Mary Marquet
Mary Marquet (born April 14, 1895 in Saint Petersburg , † August 29, 1979 in Paris ) was a French actress .
Life
Mary Marquet, born in Petersburg, comes from a family of artists, her aunt Delphine is a member of the Comédie-Française . Marquet himself became a member of the Comédie-Française and made his silent film debut in 1914. In 1915 she becomes the lover of Edmond Rostand , the relationship lasted three years until his death. Her distinctive voice was first heard on screen in 1932 in the lead role of Sapho . She didn't get her next film role until 1949 in Interdit au public .
She became famous in the cinema at the end of the 1950s with her age roles. Her best-known role is Catherine Deneuve's mother-in - law in Jean-Paul Rappeneau's film comedy Leben im Schloß (1966): As the dominant mother of Philippe Noiret, she grapples with Deneuve's film father Pierre Brasseur in a castle occupied by Germans. In the comedy genre, among others, in Gérard Ourys Drei Bruchpiloten in Paris alongside Bourvil and Louis de Funès . Also remembered as one of Charles Denner 's numerous murder victims in Claude Chabrol's black comedy The Woman Murderer of Paris : Before she follows her predecessors into the fireplace as the silly Madame Guillin, she smears the disgusted Denner with jam in a delicious scene in a foolish love frenzy.
The 1970s celebrate Marquet: In 1971 Mary Marquet played Claire Zachanassian in the TV adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Visit of the Old Lady . Bernard Toublanc-Michel gave her the role of matriarch in The Malicious Pleasure in 1975 , and Federico Fellini cast her in 1976 as Casanova's grandmother alongside Donald Sutherland in Fellini's Casanova . It was her last role before the gull with white wings , created in 1977 .
At times Mary Marquet was a poetry teacher in the courses of Jean-Laurent Cochet at the Théâtre Edouard VII in Paris , where she taught, among others, Claude Jade , her future film partner in Le malin plaisir .
Filmography (selection)
- 1954: Versailles - Kings and Women (Si Versailles m'était conté)
- 1960: Stealing also has to be learned (Arsène Lupine contre Arsène Lupine)
- 1960: Nabob affair (Au voleur!)
- 1963: The Woman Killer of Paris (Landru)
- 1966: Life in the Castle (La Vie de château)
- 1966: Blossoms, crooks and the night of Nice (Le Jardinier d'Argenteuil)
- 1966: Three break pilots in Paris (La Grande vadrouille)
- 1973: The wild sheep (Le Mouton enragé)
- 1974: La Merveilleuse visite - Director: Marcel Carné
- 1975: Bad Pleasure (Le Malin plaisir)
- 1976: Operation Lady Marlène - Director: Robert Lamoureux
- 1977: Fellini's Casanova (Il Casanova di Federico Fellini)
Web links
- Mary Marquet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Photo: Mary Marquet with Claude Jade in "Le malin plaisir"
- Mary Marquet in the German dubbing index
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marquet, Mary |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 29th August 1979 |
| Place of death | Paris |