Claude Nollier

Claude Nollier (born Yvette Emilie Maria Louise Nollier), French actress, was born on 12 December 1919 in Paris, and died 12 February 2009 in Boulogne-Billancourt.

Biography A theatre actress, she joined the Comédie Française in 1946 to 1951. She began a modest cinematic career during the 1940s. She most notably worked with André Cayatte, John Huston and Sacha Guitry. She is best known for playing the role of Joan of Arc on a number of occasions for the Opéra de Paris, in Jeanne au bûcher, by Paul Claudel and Arthur Honegger.

Selected filmography Cinema 1944 : La Vie de plaisir by Albert Valentin 1946 : Mensonges by Jean Stelli 1950 : Justice est faite by André Cayatte 1951 : Dirty Hands by Fernand Rivers 1952 : Le Fruit défendu by Henri Verneuil 1952 : Moulin Rouge by John Huston 1954 : Si Versailles m'était conté by Sacha Guitry 1956 : Si Paris nous était conté by Sacha Guitry 1957 : Pot-Bouille by Julien Duvivier 1961 : The Greengage Summer by Lewis Gilbert 1962 : Le Diable et les dix commandements by Julien Duvivier

Television 1959 : Les Trois Mousquetaires by Claude Barma

Theatre 1961 : Andromaque by Racine, directed by Raymond Gérôme, Bellac Festival