Valentine Tessier
Valentine Tessier | |
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Valentine Tessier in 1949 | |
| Born | Valentine Anne Tessier 5 August 1892 Paris, France |
| Died | 11 August 1981 (aged 89)
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1912–1979 (film) |
Valentine Tessier (5 August 1892 – 11 August 1981) was a French actress, born to Russian parents. She appeared in around thirty films.[1] She played the title role in Jean Renoir's 1934 film version of Madame Bovary.[2][3] She also had a career on stage.[4]
Selected filmography
- The Italian Straw Hat (1928)
- Madame Bovary (1934)
- Women's Club (1936)
- Ménilmontant (1936)
- Abused Confidence (1938)
- The Phantom Carriage (1939)
- Le Lit à colonnes (1942)
- Distress (1946)
- Justice Is Done (1950)
- The Temptress (1952)
- Leathernose (1952)
- Trial at the Vatican (1952)
- Lucrèce Borgia (1953)
- Children of Love (1953)
- Quintuplets in the Boarding School (1953)
- Stain in the Snow (1954)
- Maddalena (1954)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
- Élisa (1957)
- Maigret and the Saint-Fiacre Case (1959)
References
- ^ "Valentine Tessier - Cinémathèque française". cinema.encyclopedie.personnalites.bifi.fr. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ Donaldson-Evans p.193
- ^ Universalis, Encyclopædia. "Biographie de VALENTINE TESSIER (1892-1981)". Encyclopædia Universalis (in French). Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "VALENTINE TESSIER RACONTE SA VIE DE THÉÂTRE • Théâtre de Poche Montparnasse". www.theatredepoche-montparnasse.com (in French). Retrieved 11 March 2026.
Bibliography
- Donaldson-Evans, Mary. Madame Bovary at the Movies: Adaptation, Ideology, Context. Rodopi, 2009.
External links
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