Renée Saint-Cyr

Renée Saint-Cyr (born November 16, 1904 in Beausoleil , Alpes-Maritimes , France , † July 11, 2004 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ; actually Marie-Louise Vittore ) was a French actress.

Life

As the daughter of an opera singer, she began her artistic career as a singer and won a first prize at the Conservatory of Marseille . In the early 1930s she turned to film. At the height of her career from 1932 to 1943 she played numerous leading roles. Later she was cast in supporting roles as a mature, distinguished lady. She was the mother of director Georges Lautner and starred in ten of his films. In Jean-Michel Ribes' television series Palace , she appeared regularly in the role of a daring "guardian of good taste".

Filmography (selection)

• 1933: Les deux orphelines
• 1934: The Last Billionaire (Le Dernier milliardaire)
• 1937: The pearls of the crown (Les perles de la couronne)
• 1940: December night (Nuit de décembre)
• 1942: Symphony of Love (La symphonie fantastique)
• 1942: Woman on the Way of the Cross (La femme perdue)
• 1946: ... and something like that is called a detective (L'insaisissable Frédéric)
• 1951: women, love, legionaries (Capitaine Ardant)
• 1955: On the beautiful blue Danube
• 1961: The Young General (La Fayette)
• 1964: Monocle sees through fully (Le monocle rit jaune)
• 1967: The million dollar duel (Fleur d'oseille)
• 1968: Charley's aunt naked (Jeunes filles bien… pour tous rapports)
• 1974: Are you interested in the matter? (Vous intéressez-vous à la chose?)
• 1975: step on the gas, fat man! (Pas de problem!)
• 1976: A clumsy head astray (On aura tout vu!)
• 1985: The Cowboy - A great cop (Le cowboy)
• 1992: Who's the boss now (Sup de fric)

Web links

• Renée Saint-Cyr in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Biography with photo