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Sarah Duhamel

1873 – 1926

French actress

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Lived 1873 – 1926 (aged 53). Sarah Duhamel was a French actor.

thumbMarie Marguerite Sarah Duhamel (March 21, 1873 – April 15, 1926) was a French stage and film comedienne.

Career Duhamel was the daughter of an operetta singer and appeared on stage at a very young age. In 1893 she made her debut as a singer with the play Eldorado, and consequently went on a two-year tour through Italy and the South of France. From 1895 on she worked at various revues in Paris. In 1910 she met the film director Romeo Bosetti who worked for Pathé Comica in Nice. She made several short comedy films with Bosetti, her character was called ‘Rosalie’ (in the English-speaking countries ‘Jane’). Later she started working for the company Eclair (La Société française des films et cinématographiques Eclair) where her character was called Pétronille. She was also cast to star with Maurice Schwartz in the Little Moritz series, and with Lucien Bataille in his Casimir comedies.

Duhamel’s partnership with Bosetti lasted until 1916, when he stopped filmmaking due to his injuries suffered during the WWI. After the World War I, Duhamel's career became less successful, though she continued to work on stage and for films.

Private life In 1915 Duhamel married Édouard Louis Schmitt (1884-1972), a fellow stage actor better known as Darmaine or Darmène. Duhamel’s older sister Louise Jeanne Bibiane Duhamel (1870-1910) was also famous as an operetta singer.

Filmography

As Rosalie

1911 : Little Moritz enlève Rosalie (Henri Gambart, scénario Romeo Bosetti) 1911 : Rosalie et Léontine vont au théâtre (Romeo Bosetti) 1911 ; Rosalie a trouvé du travail (Romeo Bosetti) 1911 : Le jour de l'an de Rosalie [Romeo Bosetti ?] 1911 : La Mitrailleuse [Romeo Bosetti ?] 1911 : Domestiques bon teint [Romeo Bosetti ?] 1911 : Rosalie et son phonographe [Romeo Bosetti] 1912 : Je ne veux plus de cuisinière [Romeo Bosetti ?] 1912 : Les Araignées de Rosalie [Romeo Bosetti ?] 1912 : C'est la faute à Rosalie [Romeo Bosetti ?]

As Pétronille

1911 : Little Moritz et le papillon 1912 : Pétronille gagne le grand steeple 1913 : Pétronille à la caserne 1913 : Pétronille cherche une situation 1913 : Le Singe de Pétronille 1913 : Gavroche au pensionnat de Pétronille 1913 : Gavroche et Pétronille visitent Berlin 1913 : Gavroche et Pétronille visitent Londres 1913 : Pour gagner le million 1913 : Casimir et Pétronille font bon ménage 1913 : Casimir et Pétronille font de l'auto 1913 : Casimir et Pétronille font un héritage 1914 : Casimir et Pétronille n'ont pas vu les souverains 1914 : Casimir fait de l'entrainement 1914 : Casimir, Pétronille et l'Entente cordiale 1914 : Casimir tangue 1914 : La Vengeance de Casimir 1914 : Le Désespoir de Pétronille 1914 : Pétronille porteuse de pain 1914 : Pétronille suffragette 1914 : La Ruse de Pétronille 1916 : Casimir et Pétronille au bal de l'ambassade

Other films

1912 : Un drame passionnel 1916 : C'est pour les orphelins ! (Louis Feuillade) 1922 : Les Mystères de Paris (Charles Burguet)

Stage work

1889 : Monsieur Alphonse, (Alexandre Dumas fils) : Adrienne 1892 : Article de Paris (Maxime Boucheron, Edmond Audran) 1892 : La Petite Pologne, (Lambert Thiboust and Ernest Blum): Fauvette 1892 : Les Mouchards, (Jules Moinaux and Paul Parfait) : Andrée 1892 : La Lune à Paris, (Jules Oudot, Léon Nunès, and Léon Schlésinger) : Miss Helyett 1895 : Les Contes de Piron, (Gaston Habrekorn and Célestin Controne) : Suzanne 1895 : Paris-Sensuel, (Léon Némo and A. Bural) : la commère 1896 : Les Bibelots du diable, (Théodore Cogniard and Clairville) : Risette 1896 : Les Deux rosses, (Pierre Decourcelle by Paul Briollet and Jacques Yvel, and Émile Duhem and Émile Cambillard) 1896 : La Petite goualeuse, (Gaston Marot and A. Lévy) : la petite goualeuse 1902 : La Demoiselle de chez Maxim's, (Gardel-Hervé) : la môme Grenouille 1903 : Josiane !, (Valérien Tranel and Eugène Joullot) : Josiane 1908 : Cartes transparentes, (Jules Moy) 1908 : Une nuit tragique au pays du Czar, (Montéhus) : l'héroïne 1910 : Pige-moi ça !, (Cinq-Mars and Charles Pillon) : la femme au cadenas 1910 : La Conscrite, (Raoul Hugo) : la colonelle 1922 : Madame Cantharide, (Louis Lemarchand and Fernand Rouvray)

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Sarah Duhamel?

French actress (1873-1926)

When was Sarah Duhamel born?

Sarah Duhamel was born on 21 March 1873 in Rouen.

When did Sarah Duhamel die?

Sarah Duhamel died on 15 April 1926 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.

What was Sarah Duhamel's occupation?

Sarah Duhamel was an actor.

What nationality was Sarah Duhamel?

Sarah Duhamel was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Sarah Duhamel

· Wikidata: Q2224341

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