Gina Manès
| Gina Manès | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
Blanche Moulin 7 April 1893 Paris, France |
| Died |
6 September 1989 (aged 96) Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France |
| Occupation | actress |
| Years active | 1916—1966 |
Gina Manès (7 April 1893 — 6 September 1989) was a French film actress and a major star of French silent cinema. After an early appearance in a film of Louis Feuillade, she had significant roles in films of Jean Epstein, including Cœur fidèle, and of Germaine Dulac. In Abel Gance's Napoléon, she took the part of Joséphine de Beauharnais, and then played the title role in Jacques Feyder's Thérèse Raquin (now lost). She made the transition to sound films but during the 1930s her roles diminished in importance, and periods of residence in Morocco took her further from the public eye. She continued to take small roles in films, and also worked in the circus and in the theatre. In total Manès appeared in over 90 films between 1916 and 1966.[1][2]
Selected filmography
- 1919 : L'Homme sans visage, directed by Louis Feuillade
- 1923 : L'Auberge rouge, directed by Jean Epstein
- 1923 : Cœur fidèle, directed by Jean Epstein
- 1924 : Âme d'artiste, directed by Germaine Dulac
- 1927 : Sables, directed by Dimitri Kirsanoff
- 1927 : Napoléon, directed by Abel Gance
- 1928 : Die Heilige und ihr Narr, directed by William Dieterle
- 1928 : Thérèse Raquin, directed by Jacques Feyder
- 1928 : Die Todesschleife (Looping the Loop), directed by Arthur Robison
- 1929 : Quartier Latin, directed by Augusto Genina
- 1930 : Nuits de princes, directed by Marcel L'Herbier
- 1930 : Le Requin (The Shark), directed by Henri Chomette
- 1932 : Sous le casque de cuir (Under the Leather Helmet), directed by Albert de Courville
- 1933 : La Tête d'un homme, directed by Julien Duvivier
- 1935 : Divine, directed by Max Ophüls
- 1936 : La Mystérieuse Lady (The Mysterious Lady), directed by Robert Péguy
- 1938 : Mollenard, directed by Robert Siodmak
- 1938 : Fort Dolorès, directed by René Le Hénaff
- 1939 : Le Récif de corail (Coral Reefs), directed by Maurice Gleize