Blanchette Brunoy | |
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| Born | Blanche Bilhaud 5 October 1915 Paris, Ile-de-France |
| Died | 3 April 2005 (aged 89) |
| Years active | 1936–1998 |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Hommet (?–1958) Maurice Maillot (1961–1968) |
Blanchette Brunoy (5 October 1915 – 3 April 2005) was a French actress. She was born Blanche Bilhaud in Paris as the daughter of a physician, and died in Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence of old age. [1]
Blanchette Brunoy appeared in over 90 film and television productions between 1936 and 1998. She is possibly best-remembered for her roles in such films as Jean Renoir's La Bête Humaine (1938) and Marcel Carné's La Marie du port (1950).
She was the goddaughter of writer Georges Duhamel. As a young girl she studied acting at the Conservatoire de Paris. [2] Blanchette Brunoy was married twice to both actors Robert Hommet (?–1958) and Maurice Maillot (1961–1968) until their deaths. [3]
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
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| 1936 | Counsel for Romance | uncredited | Jean Boyer |
| 1938 | La Bête humaine | Flore | Jean Renoir |
| 1939 | Latin Quarter | Michèle | Pierre Colombier |
| 1939 | Love Cavalcade | Léonie de Maupré | Raymond Bernard |
| 1944 | Traveling Light | Valentine | Jean Anouilh |
| 1948 | The Murdered Model | Laure | Pierre de Hérain |
| 1949 | Vient de paraître | Jacqueline Fournier | Jacques Houssin |
| 1950 | La Marie du port | Odile Le Flem | Marcel Carné |
| 1954 | Tourments | Anne-Marie Duffot | Jacques Daniel-Norman |
| 1963 | Les Veinards | Madame Beaurepaire | Jack Pinoteau |
| 1964 | Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise | Suzanne Aubry | André Cayatte |
| Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc | |||
| Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | Clotilde | Henri-Georges Clouzot | |
| 1982 | Toutes griffes dehors | Francine | Michel Boisrond |
| 1998 | Comme elle respire | Madeleine | Pierre Salvadori |
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Traveling Light is a 1944 French drama film directed by Jean Anouilh, starring Pierre Fresnay and Blanchette Brunoy. The narrative is set in 1931, when a man with amnesia tries to recover his memories from World War I, in order to find out what kind of man he really is. The film is based on Anouilh's 1937 play with the same title.
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Little Jacques is a 1953 French drama film directed by Robert Bibal and starring Jean-Pierre Kérien, Blanchette Brunoy and Christian Fourcade.
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A Mother's Secret is a 1952 French drama film directed by Jean Gourguet and starring André Le Gall, Blanchette Brunoy and Grégoire Aslan.
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Latin Quarter is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Christian Chamborant, Pierre Colombier and Alexander Esway and starring Bernard Lancret, Jean Tissier, Blanchette Brunoy and Junie Astor.
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