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Gabrielle Robinne


1886 - 1980

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The actress Gabrielle Robinne was very successful both on stage and in movies and is regarded to be the first French star of the silent movie. 

She made her film debut with "Le troubadour" (06), two years later followed her first huge success "L'assassinat du Duc de Guise" (08).

She soon became a popular movie star and bewitched the audience with her beauty and her acting abilities.
In the next years she appeared in movies like "L'évade des Tuileries" (10), "Le foyer perdu" (11), "Le roi du bagne" (13), "La reine de Saba" (13), "Les deux noblesses" (13) and "La danse héroique" (14).

Her popularity kept undiminished in the second half of the 10's too and she took part in the productions "Le malheur qui passe" (15), "Zyte" (16), "La vie d'une reine" (17), "La proie" (17), "La route du devoir" (18) and "Les larmes du pardon" (19).

Her engagement in front of the camera diminished from the 20's, to her few movies of those years belong "Destinée" (21), "Fleur du mal" (22) and "Lucile" (23).

It followed a longer interruption and she dedicated to the theater again. 
Only in 1935 she made her comeback with "Les deux couverts" (35). Other movies were "Adrienne Lecouvreur" (38), "Le capitan" (46) and "Hymenée" (47).

Again there was a longer interruption before she acted again in front of the camera at old age for "La prostitution" (62). At the age of 87 she appeared a last time in front of the camera for "Le journal d'un suicidé" (73).

Gabrielle Robinne was married with the actor René Alexandre.
 

Other movies with Gabrielle Robinne: 
Le roman d'un jour (10) Amour de page (10) Le petit chose (12) Le roi de l'air (13) La comtesse noire (13) Coeur de femme (13) La lutte pour la vie (14) Les enfants d'Edouar (14) La jolie Bretonne (14) Le vieux cabotin (15) Le Noël d'un vagabond (15) Le dédale (17) La chanson du feu (17) La bonne hôtesse (17) L'expiation (18) Le calvaire d'une reine (19) La tragédie impériale (38) Jeunes filles en détresse (39) Rendez-vous à Paris (47) 


 
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