Jane Marken

Jane Marken (born Jeanne Berthe Adolphine Crabbe, sometimes credited as Jeanne Marken; 13 January 1895 in Paris – 1 December 1976 in Paris) was a French actress. She was the first wife of the actor Jules Berry.

Marken began her film career under the aegis of Abel Gance in 1915. She made several films with Marcel Carné including Hotel du Nord (1938), and as Madame Hermine, the hotelier (a comic role) in Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise, 1945). She also appeared in films of Julien Duvivier, Jacques Becker, Sacha Guitry, Renoir's Partie de campagne (A Day in the Country 1936), Yves Allégret's Une si jolie petite plage (1949) and Manèges (1950), Dr. Knock (1951), The Turkey (1951), and in Roger Vadim's And God Created Woman (1956). Her last appearance was in L'Humeur vagabonde (1971), directed by Édouard Luntz.

Selected filmography

Fioritures (1916) - Anny Dorleville Géo, le mystérieux (1917) - Ginette Dorville Madame et son filleul (1919) Chouquette et son as (1920) - Chouquette That Scoundrel Morin (1932) The Ironmaster (1933) Court Waltzes (La guerre des valses, 1933) The Lady of the Camellias (1934) - Prudence Ferdinand the Roisterer (1935) - Mme Bertimey Napoléon Bonaparte (1935) - Marie-Anne Le chemineau (1935) - Catherine La marmaille (1935) La Garçonne (1936) Beethoven's Great Love (1936) - Esther Frechet - la cuisinière L'homme à abattre (1937) L'ange du foyer (1937) - Augustine Lady Killer (Gueule d'amour, 1937) - Madame Cailloux Remontons les Champs-Élysées (1938) - La mère de Louisette Three Waltzes (Les trois valses, 1938) - Céleste Hôtel du Nord (1938) - Louise Lecouvreur There's No Tomorrow (1939) - Mme Béchu (uncredited) Paradise Lost (1940) - Madame Bonneron - la concierge The Marvelous Night (La nuit merveilleuse, 1940) - Mathilde, l'hôtelière La prière aux étoiles (1941) A Woman in the Night (1943) - Madame Béghin Two Timid Souls (1943) - Tante Valérie Summer Light (1943) - Louise Martinet Love Eternal (L'Éternel retour, 1943) - Anne Adrien (1943) - Madame Hortense Les Petites du quai aux fleurs (1944) - Madame Chaussin (uncredited) Children of Paradise (1945) - Mme Hermine Paris Frills (1945) - Mme Lesurque, la tante de Micheline (uncredited) Land Without Stars (1946) - La secrétaire The Idiot (L'idiot, 1946) - Naria The Eternal Husband (1946) - Amélie Zakhlebinine Night Warning (Nuits d'alerte, 1946) - Madame Morizot Pétrus (1946) - Mme Portal, la charcutière Gates of the Night (1946) - Mme Germaine The Beautiful Trip (1947) - La femme d'Albert Copie conforme (1947) - La concierge Love Around the House (1947) - Madame Jobic L'arche de Noé (1947) - Christine Pelpail Route sans issue (1948) - Tante Agathe Parade du rire (1948) - Mme de Saint-Jules Clochemerle (1948) - La baronne de Courtebiche Dédée d'Anvers (1948) - Germaine Night Express (1948) - Mme Louis The Woman I Murdered (1948) - Maria Le Querrec Une si jolie petite plage (1949) - Madame Mahieu The Ladies in the Green Hats (Ces dames aux chapeaux verts, 1949) - Rosalie Davernis The Secret of Mayerling (1949) - La baronne Hélène Vetsera Return to Life (1949) - Tante Berthe (segment 1 : "Le retour de tante Emma") Manèges (1950) - La mère de Dora La Marie du port (1950) - Madame Josselin - la patronne du bar Lady Paname (1950) - Madame Gambier Chéri (1950) - Charlotte Peloux Just Me (1950) - Mme Deply Darling Caroline (1951) - Cathy, la nourrice Dr. Knock (Knock, 1951) - Mme Parpalaid The Passerby (La Passante, 1951) - Mme. Pomont Nightclub (1951) - Irma Sins of Madeleine (1951) - Mme Antonine Two Pennies Worth of Violets (1951) - Madame Dubreck Chacun son tour (1951) - Mme Lepage The Turkey (1951) - Madame Pinchard Et ta soeur (1951) - Amélie The Man in My Life (L'Homme de ma vie, 1952) - Emma Monsieur Leguignon, Signalman (1952) - Mme. Leguignon Mister Taxi (Monsieur Taxi, 1952) - Tante Louise A Mother's Secret (1952) - Rosa Crazy for Love (Le Trou normand, 1952) - Augustine Lemoine, la tante Companions of the Night (Les Compagnes de la nuit, 1953) - Madame Anita Captain Pantoufle (Capitaine Pantoufle, 1953) - Madame Cauchard Maternité clandestine (1953) - La tante de Jacques Leguignon the Healer (1954) - Mme Leguignon The Little Rebels (1955) - La déléguée Tant qu'il y aura des femmes (1955) Marie Antoinette Queen of France (1956) - Mme Victoire Pity for the Vamps (1956) - Mme Edith And God Created Woman (1956) - Madame Morin Les 3 font la paire (1957) - Georgette Bornier L'auberge en folie (1957) - Mme. Portafaux The Inspector Likes a Fight (1957) - Nène Thierry Lovers of Paris (1957) - Eléonore Josserand Women's Prison (1958) - Mme Rémon, la belle-mère d'Alice Life Together (1958) - Madame Fourneau Le Miroir à deux faces (1958) - Madame Vauzange Maxime (1958) - Coco Naval Ce corps tant désiré (1959) - Mme Féraud The Road to Shame (1959) - Mme. Cassini Il fiore e la violenza (1962) - Juliette Dufur (segment "La scapagnata") La Bonne Soupe (1964) - Mme Alphonse Patate (1964) - Berthe