Hélène Perdrière

Hélène Perdrière (17 April 1912 in Asnieres-sur-Seine – 27 August 1992 in Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French stage and film actress. After earning a first prize for comedy at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in 1928, she became the first resident of Comédie-French. She resigned to become the partner of Pierre Fresnay in the boulevard theaters of the time, before returning to the Comédie-French circuit in April 1952, and remaining until its end in December 1973. She then went on to play with the Renaud-Barrault Company until her retirement a year later. At the Comédie-French, she staged several plays of Marivaux. She was also an election interpreter.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1930 Le Roi des resquilleurs Lulu 1932 La foule hurle Anne 1932 Mon coeur balance Henriette 1933 Criminal Mary Brody 1933 La merveilleuse tragédie de Lourdes Odile Duprat 1934 Jeanne Evodie 1935 Gangster malgré lui 1935 The Squadron's Baby Isabelle 1935 La marmaille Ninette 1939 Three from St Cyr Françoise le Moyne 1946 Women's Games Simone 1946 The Ideal Couple Diana 1946 Night Warning Hélène 1948 Route sans issue Evelyne Cléry 1948 The Ironmaster Claire de Beaulieu 1948 Man to Men Elsa Kastner 1949 The Mystery of the Yellow Room Mathilde Stangerson 1949 The Perfume of the Lady in Black Mathilde Stangerson - la fille de feu le professeur Stangerson 1950 Rome Express Éliane 1950 The New Masters Yvonne Durand 1950 A Certain Mister L'Index 1950 Mystery in Shanghai Floriane Aboody 1951 Topaze Suzy Courtois 1956 If All the Guys in the World Christine Largeau 1974 The Phantom of Liberty La vieille tante / Aunt