Suzanne Bianchetti
Suzanne Bianchetti (born February 24, 1889 in Paris , † October 17, 1936 there ) was a French actress , a star of the domestic silent film .
Life
Suzanne Bianchetti had already played theater for several years with little response when she was brought to film in the middle of the First World War. There she should quickly become an extremely popular actress in historical materials and literary films.
Her aristocratic charisma, an even face with a porcelain complexion and a tendency to large, sweeping gestures, which is not atypical for silent film divas, made Suzanne Bianchetti appear as if made for royal and imperial roles. Her most famous role was that of Marie-Antoinette , who she embodied twice: in Abel Gance's epochal masterpiece Napoleon and in Richard Oswald's Cagliostro . Bianchetti also embodied the empresses Eugenie (in Die Veilchen der Kaiserin ), Marie-Louise (in Madame Sans Gêne ) and Katharina the Great (in Casanova ).
Occasionally she was cast completely differently, for example as a generous, kind, simple French woman, as in the work of international understanding by one of her in-house directors, Léon Poirier, Verdun, the heroism of two peoples , of which a sound version was made in 1931.
Prix Suzanne Bianchetti
In her honor, the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti was founded in 1937, one year after her surprisingly early death , which is awarded every year in France to the best young actress. Prominent award winners include Micheline Presle , Simone Signoret , Odile Versois , Annie Girardot , Pascale Petit , Macha Méril , Geneviève Bujold , Isabelle Adjani and Audrey Tautou .
The artist was married to the film historian, screenwriter and occasional actor René Jeanne (1887–1969).
Filmography (selection)
- 1917: Trois familles
- 1917: La femme française pendant la guerre
- 1918: Riquette se marie
- 1918: Riquette et le nouveau riche
- 1919: La naissance de la Marsellaise
- 1920: Filipotte
- 1920: Une brute
- 1921: Le père Goriot
- 1921: Le rêve
- 1922: Les mystères de Paris
- 1922: Jocelyn
- 1922: The Courier of Lyon (L'affaire du courrier de Lyon)
- 1923: La légende de sœur Béatrix
- 1923: The Empress's Violets (Violettes impériales)
- 1924: La flambée des rêves
- 1924: L'enfant des halles
- 1925: Madame Sans Gêne
- 1925: La ronde de nuit
- 1925: Robert Macaire
- 1926: Napoleon
- 1927: Amours exotiques
- 1927: Casanova ( Casanova )
- 1928: Embracez-moi!
- 1928: Verdun, the heroism of two peoples (Verdun, visions d'histoire)
- 1928: Les mufles
- 1929: Cagliostro
- 1930: Princes de la cravache
- 1930: Le roi de Paris
- 1932: La folle nuit
- 1932: The Empress's Violets (Violettes impériales)
- 1934: Aux portes de Paris
- 1936: L'appel du silence
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 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 380.
Web links
- Suzanne Bianchetti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bianchetti, Suzanne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1936 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |