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Marcelle Géniat

1881 – 1959

French actress

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About Marcelle Géniat

Lived 1881 – 1959 (aged 78). Marcelle Géniat was a French actor.

Marcelle Géniat (1881-1959) was a French film actress.

She was born Eugénie Pauline Martin in St. Petersburg, Russia, to French parents.

Partial filmography

Le retour du passé (1916) L'imprévu (1917) - Hélène Ravenel Serments (1931) - La baronne de Murnau La fusée (1933) - Marie Girbal Quelqu'un a tué... (1933) Le billet de mille (1935) - La rôdeuse Crime and Punishment (1935) - Madame Raskolnikov The Mysteries of Paris (1935) - La Chouette The Green Domino (1935) - Mme de Fallec La Garçonne (1936) - Tante Sylvestre They Were Five (1936) - La grand' mère La joueuse d'orgue (1936) - Véronique The Man of the Hour (1937) - Alphonsine Boulard - la mère d'Alfred La Glu (1938) - Marie des Anges The Strange Monsieur Victor (1938) - La mère de Victor Satan's Paradise (1938) - La marquise d'Amaral Crossroads (1938) - Mme. Pelletier The Rebel (1938) - La grand-mère L'étrange nuit de Noël (1939) - Madame Thibet Latin Quarter (1939) - (uncredited) The Path of Honour (1939) - Mme Imbert Fromont jeune et Risler aîné (1941) - Madame Delobelle The Chain Breaker (1941) - Mamouret The Blue Veil (1942) - Madame Breuilly Haut le vent (1942) - Tante Anna White Wings (1943) - Tante Louise The Wolf of the Malveneurs (1943) - Marianne Jeannou (1943) - Marceline The White Waltz (1943) - Nany Sowing the Wind (1944) Le merle blanc (1944) - Noémie The Last Metro (1945) Destiny (1946) - Mme Moretti The Village of Wrath (1947) - La grand-mère Les requins de Gibraltar (1947) - Tante Marguerite The Renegade (1948) - La sorcière, sa femme Une mort sans importance (1948) - Tante Agathe Night Round (1950) - La locataire du sixième La belle que voilà (1950) - Varbara Ostovska Blonde (1950) - La grand-mère God Needs Men (1950) - La mère Gourvennec The Man from Jamaica (1950) - Mme. Milleris The Passerby (1951) - Mme. Iturbe Trial at the Vatican (1952) - Soeur Saint-Pierre The Secret of the Mountain Lake (1952) The Girl with the Whip (1952) - Madame Pons Manon of the Spring (1952) - Baptistine, la Piémontaise The Unfrocked One (1954) - Madame Morand Sophie and the Crime (1955) - Mme Gretchikine Bonjour jeunesse (1957) - La grand-mère de Pietro (final film role)

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Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française
Also known as
Eugénie Pauline Martin, Marcelle Geniat, Eugenie Pauline Martin

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Marcelle Géniat?

French actress (1881-1959)

When was Marcelle Géniat born?

Marcelle Géniat was born on 10 July 1881 in Saint Petersburg.

When did Marcelle Géniat die?

Marcelle Géniat died on 27 September 1959 in L'Haÿ-les-Roses.

What was Marcelle Géniat's occupation?

Marcelle Géniat was an actor.

What nationality was Marcelle Géniat?

Marcelle Géniat was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Marcelle Géniat

· Wikidata: Q3289551

· DBpedia: Marcelle Géniat

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