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Arletty (1898–1992)

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Before Arlette-Leonie Bathiat went to the movies she was a secretary and had posed several times as a model for different painters and photographers. In 1920 she debuted on stage at a theatre. She only began to work in movies after 1930. After World War II she was condemned to prison for having been the lover of a German official during the ocupation of France... See full bio »

Born:

Léonie Marie Julie Bathiat
in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Died:

(age 94) in Paris, France
Still of Arletty in Children of Paradise Still of Arletty and Jean-Louis Barrault in Children of Paradise
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1967 Dina chez les rois (short)
Récitante/Narrator (voice)
 
1963 The Trip to Biarritz
Fernande
 
1963 Destination Rome
La marquise
 
1962 The Longest Day
Madame Barrault
 
1962 Law of Men
Loune de Lindt
 
1962 Hitch-Hike
Gabrielle, maîtresse de Rameau
 
1962 The Dance
La mère d'Albert
 
1960 Les primitifs du XIIIè (short)
Récitante/Narrator (voice)
 
1958 Maxime
Gazelle
 
1958 Un drôle de dimanche
Juliette Armier
 
1958 Et ta soeur
Lucrèce du Boccage
 
1958 The Stowaway
Gabrielle
 
1957 Vacances explosives!
Arlette Bernard
 
1956 Mon curé chez les pauvres
Nine
 
1954 Huis clos
Inès - une lesbienne
 
1954 Air of Paris
Blanche Le Garrec
 
1954 Flesh and the Woman
Blanche
 
1953 The Father of the Girl
Edith Mars
 
1951 Gigolo
Madame Alice
 
1950 Georges Braque (short)
 
1949 Portrait d'un assassin
Martha
 
1948 Madame et ses peaux-rouges
 
1947 La fleur de l'âge
 
1945 Children of Paradise
Caire Reine, dite Garance
 
1942 Les Visiteurs du Soir
Dominique
 
1942 L'amant de Bornéo
Stella Losange
 
1942 Boléro
Catherine
 
1942 La femme que j'ai le plus aimée
La locataire
 
1942 La loi du 21 juin 1907 (short)
 
1941 Madame Sans-Gêne
Catherine Hubscher
 
1940 Thunder Over Paris
Ida
 
1939 Circonstances atténuantes
Marie Qu'a-d'ça
 
1939 Fric-Frac
Loulou
 
1939 Daybreak
Clara
 
1938 Hôtel du Nord
Raymonde
 
1938 Mother Love
Bernadette
 
1938 The Little Thing
Irma Borel
 
1938 Mirages
Arlette
 
1937 Aloha, le chant des îles
Ginette Gina
 
1937 Désiré
Madeleine, la femme de chambre
 
1937 The Pearls of the Crown
Queen of Abyssinia
 
1936 Faisons un rêve...
Une invitée (prologue)
 
1936 Le mari rêvé
Eve Roland
 
1936 The Bureaucrats
La belle-soeur de la hourmerie
 
1936 Adventure in Paris
Rose Blondel de Saint-Leu
 
1936 The Tomboy
Niquette
 
1936 Feu la mère de madame (short)
 
1936 Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue
 
1935 Amants et voleurs
Agathe
 
1935 La fille de Madame Angot
Ducoudray
 
1935 Le vertige
Emma
 
1935 Pension Mimosas
Parasol
 
1934 The Voyage of Mr. Perrichon
Anita Mathieu
 
1933 Court Waltzes
La chocolatière
 
1933 Un soir de réveillon
Viviane
 
1933 Une idée folle
Anita - une danseuse
 
1933 Je te confie ma femme
Totoche
 
1933 Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme
 
1932 Abduct Me
Lulu
 
1932 La belle aventure
Madame Desmignières
 
1932 Un chien qui rapporte
Josyane Plaisir
 
1930 The Sweetness of Loving
Une dactylo (uncredited)
 
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2002 Love Street (performer: "La Femme Est Faite Pour L'Homme")
 
1936 Adventure in Paris (performer: "Laissez-vous faire")
 
1932 Un chien qui rapporte (performer: "Aimer")
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
1990 Ne m'oubliez pas: Hommage à Bernard Blier (TV documentary)
Herself (voice)
 
1988 Arletty raconte Arletty (TV documentary)
Arletty
 
1987 Le divan (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 24 October 1987 (1987) … Herself
 
1987 Champs-Elysées (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 30 May 1987 (1987) … Herself
 
1985 Carné, l'homme à la caméra (documentary)
Herself (voice)
 
1983 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Herself
– 8ème nuit des Césars (1983) … Herself (voice)
 
1977 À perte de vie... Jacques Prévert (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1977 Jacques Prévert
Herself
 
1971 Samedi soir (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 16 January 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1968 Monsieur Cinéma (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 8 January 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1961 Mon frère Jacques (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1960 Paris la belle (documentary short)
Récitante/Narrator (voice)
 
1956 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 26 May 1956 (1956) … Herself
– Episode dated 28 April 1956 (1956) … Herself
 
1952 Love, Madame
Herself
 
1939 Michel Simon sous le plâtre (documentary short)
Herself
 
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2010 L'Occupation sans relâche - Les artistes pendant la guerre (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2009 Il était une fois... (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Arletty, Lady Paname (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2004 Les anges 1943, histoire d'un film (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1991 Nylon blues (documentary)
 
1981 Notre Dame de la Croisette (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1977 Ciné Follies (documentary)
 

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

"My heart is French but my arse is international!" (when she was accused of having had a relationship with a German soldier during World War II) See more »

Trivia:

Served two months in a French prison after World War II for having a love affair with a Nazi officer, which constituted collaboration in the eyes of French Justice. See more »

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