Madeleine Ozeray

Madeleine Ozeray (13 September 1908 – 28 March 1989) was a Belgian stage and film actress. She appeared in many films between 1932 and 1980.

Biography Magdeleine Marie Catherine Elisabeth Ozeray was born in Bouillon-sur-Semois, Belgium, to Camille Ozeray (1855–1938), a lawyer and Liberal member of parliament for the province of Luxembourg, and his wife, Marie Deymann. She studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels where she won first prize for comedy. At twenty-seven she joined the theater company of Louis Jouvet where she played the role of Helen in The Trojan War Will Not Take Place by Jean Giraudoux at the Théâtre de l'Athénée.

With her delicate grace, both fragile and fierce, she filled the role of Rosalie in the film On the Streets (1933), directed by Victor Trivas. In 1939, she appeared opposite Jouvet in the film The End of the Day directed by Julien Duvivier, in the role of young Jeannette. In April 1939, Jean Giraudoux's play Ondine opened in Paris with Ozeray in the title role.

In 2008, in celebration of the centenary of Ozeray's birth, Belgian journalist Dominique Zachary devoted an entire book to her, now the standard reference work, tracing the life and career of this celebrated actress.

Death Ozeray died in Paris at the age of 80 after a long illness. She is buried in the cemetery of her hometown of Bouillon.

Partial filmography

1932: (directed by Fred Ellis and Max Neufeld) − Magda 1933: Un peu d'amour (directed by Hans Steinhoff) − Miette 1933: La dame de chez Maxim's (directed by Alexander Korda) − Clémentine 1933: On the Streets (directed by Victor Trivas) − Rosalie − la fille du père Schlamp 1933: Knock (directed by Louis Jouvet and Roger Goupillières) − Mariette 1933: La Guerre des valses (directed by Raoul Ploquin and Ludwig Berger) − Queen Victoria 1934: Casanova (directed by René Barberis) − Angelica 1934: Liliom (directed by Fritz Lang) − Julie Boulard / Liliom and Julie's daughter 1934: The House on the Dune (directed by Pierre Billon) − Pascaline 1934: Bar de nuit (Short) 1935: Le secret des Woronzeff (directed by André Beucler and Arthur Robison) − Nadia 1935: Crime et Châtiment (directed by Pierre Chenal) − Sonia 1935: Les Mystères de Paris (directed by Félix Gandéra) − Fleur–de–Marie 1935: Sous la griffe (directed by Christian-Jaque) − Pierrette 1936: Le Coupable (directed by Raymond Bernard) − Thérèse Forgeat 1937: La Dame de pique (directed by Fedor Ozep) − Lisa 1938: Ramuntcho (directed by René Barberis) − Gracieuse 1939: La Fin du jour (directed by Julien Duvivier) − Jeannette 1940: L'école des femmes (directed by Max Ophüls) 1945: The Music Master (Le Père Chopin) (directed by Fedor Ozep) − Madeleine Dupont 1973: Les Anges (directed by Jean Desvilles) − Lili 1974: La Pousse des feuilles (Short, directed by Francis Ramirez and Christian Rolot) 1974: La Race des seigneurs (directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre) 1975: Le Vieux Fusil (directed by Robert Enrico) − Julien's Mother 1978: M, cinquante huit (Short, directed by Jean−Claude Boussard) 1980: Chère inconnue (directed by Moshé Mizrahi) − Madame Thomas

Theatre

1926: Au grand large, Hunt Sutton Vane; Comedie des Champs-Elysees 1933: Cette nuit là..., Lajos Zilahy, Théâtre de la Madeleine 1933: Mandarine, Jean Anouilh, Théâtre de l'Athénée 1934: Au grand large, Hunt Sutton Vane; Comedie des Champs-Elysees 1934: Tessa, la nymphe au cœur fidèle, Jean Giraudoux; Théâtre de l'Athénée 1935: La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu, Jean Giraudoux, Théâtre de l'Athénée 1936: L'École des femmes, Molière, Théâtre de l'Athénée 1937: Électre, Jean Giraudoux, Théâtre de l'Athénée 1937: L'Impromptu de Paris, Jean Giraudoux, Théâtre de l'Athénée 1938: Le Corsaire, Marcel Achard, Théâtre de l'Athénée 1939: Ondine, Jean Giraudoux, Théâtre de l'Athénée 1941: L'Occasion, Prosper Mérimée, Latin American tour 1942: On ne badine pas avec l'amour, 'Alfred de Musset, Latin American tour 1942: L'Apollon de Marsac, Jean Giraudoux, Latin American tour 1942: La Belle au bois, Jules Supervielle, Latin American tour 1942: L'Annonce faite à Marie, Paul Claudel, Latin American tour 1953: Le Chemin de crête, Gabriel Marcel, Theatre du Vieux-Colombier 1957: Au Paradis, Fernand Millaud, Théâtre des Arts 1959: La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu, Jean Giraudoux, Bellac Festival 1965: La Folle de Chaillot, Jean Giraudoux, Théâtre national de Chaillot 1971: La Folle de Chaillot, Jean Giraudoux, Bellac Festival 1971: Oscarine ou les tournesols, Liliane Wouters, Théâtre Daniel Sorano, 1973: Par-dessus bord, Michel Vinaver, Théâtre de l'Odéon 1976: Le Genre humain, Jean-Edern Hallier, Espace Cardin