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Edwige Feuillère


1907 - 1998

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The actress Edwige Feuillère was born as Caroline Yvette Edwige Cunati in Vésoul.
She began her acting career at the theater where she first appearad under the pseudonym Cora Lynn.
Moreover, she was also a member of the Comédie Française for a brief time.

She made her film debut already in 1931 with movies like "Mam'zelle Nitouche" (31) and "La fine combine" (31). In the next years she became a demanded leading actress who was convincing in productions like "Monsieur Albert" (32), "Une petite femme dans le train" (33), "Les aventures du roi Pausole" (33), "Topaze" (35), "Stradivarius" (35), "Lucrèce Borgia" (35) - where a nude appearance produced a small scandal, "Amore" (36), "Feu!" (37) and "Sans lendemain" (39). Normally she impersonated noble ladies.

Till the end of the 40's followed big screen movies periodically but she never neglected her second career on stage.
To her well-known movies during and briefly after World War II belong "L'émigrante" (40), "De Mayerling à Sarajevo" (40), "La duchesse de Langeaius" (42), "L'honorable Catherine" (43), "L'idiot" (46) and "L'aigle à deux têtes" (48).

Her appearances became more seldom from the 50's still she worked for the film and television till to the 90's and proved that the mentality not to occupy actresses beyond 50 is a big mistake.
She was convincing in "Olivia" (50), "Adorables créatures" (52), "Quand la femme s'en mêle" (57), "La vie à deux" (58), "Aimez-vous les femmes?" (64), Le clair de terre" (70), La folle de Chaillot" (76), Le tueur triste" (84) and "La dame de lieudit" (93).

To her numerous awards belong among others the appointment to the Legion of Honour in 1980 and the "Grand-Croix dans l'Ordre National du Mérite".
 

Other movies with Edwige Feuillère:
Le cordon bleu (31) La perle (32) Maquillage (32) La voix du méteal (33) Matricule 33 (33) Ces messieurs de la santé (33) Toi que j'adore (34) Le miroir aux alouettes (34) Golgotha (35) La route heureuse (35) Barcarolle (35) Mister Flow (36) Marthe Richard (37) La dame de Malacca (37) J'étais une aventurière (38) Mam'zelle Bonaparte (42) Lucrèce (43) La part de l'ombre (45) Tant que je vivrai (45) Il suffit d'une fois (46) Woman Hater (49) Julie de Carneilhan (49) Souvenirs perdus: Une statuette d'Osiris (50) Le cap de l'espérance (51) Le blé en herbe (54) Les fruits de l'été (55) Le septième commandement (57) En cas de malheur (58) Amours célèbres (61) Le crime ne paie pas (62) La bonne occase (65) Scusi, facciamo l'amore? (67) OSS 117 prend des vacances (69) La chair de l'orchidée (75) Serie "Les dames de la côte" (79) Serie "Le chef de famille" (82) Serie "Un château au soleil" (88) Serie "Cinéma" (88) La duchesse de Langeais (95)


 
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