Jane Marnac

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Jane Marnac
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Jane Marnac
Born
Jane Fernande Mayer

8 February 1892
Died2 December 1976(1976-12-02) (aged 84)
OccupationActress
Years active1912 - 1938
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Jane Marnac, real name Jane Fernande Mayer, (8 February 1892 - 2 December 1976), was a Belgian stage and film actress.

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She played hundred parts on stage and sung in numerous operettas and particularly Au temps des valses by Noël Coward in 1930 at the Apollo. In 1927, she married an English officer, major Keith Trevor.

Jane Marnac with her husband and Camille Wyn directed the Apollo in 1929 and 1930.

She took part to several films, including The Darling of Paris with Jean Gabin.

Her remains are in the columbarium of the Père Lachaise cemetery (case 17 787).

Theatre

Filmography

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References

  1. "Jeanne Marnac | Actress, Soundtrack". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-08-09.