Marie Bell

Marie Bell

Marie Bell (23 December 1900 – 14 August 1985), born Marie-Jeanne Bellon-Downey, was a French tragedian, comic actor and stage director. She was the director of the Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris from 1962 onwards, and this theatre now bears her name. Marie Bell was born on 23 December 1900 in Bègles near Bordeaux (France). With her Irish father, she spent her childhood between Bordeaux and England. Bell was a classical actress. She also appeared in avant-garde theatre, Jean Genet in particular. Her interpretation of the role of Phèdre is highly noted : "Voir Marie Bell dans Phèdre est une chance unique pour quiconque veut savoir ce qu'est le génie français." André Malraux During the German Occupation of France (1940–1944), she participated in the French resistance as one of nine directors of the Front national du théâtre. She was awarded the decoration of the Légion d'honneur by President Charles de Gaulle. Bell married Jean Chevrier, who was also an actor. Bell died on 14 August 1985 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She was buried alongside her husband Jean Chevrier at the Monaco Cemetery not far from Josephine Baker. Source: Article "Marie Bell" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title : Marie Bell
  • Popularity : 1.418
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1900-12-23
  • Place of Birth : Bordeaux, Gironde, France
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  • Also Known As : Marie-Jeanne Bellon-Downey
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Marie Bell Movies

  • 1939
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    Cocoanut

    Cocoanut

    6.5 1939 HD

    A small town gentleman learns that his prim and proper wife was once a showgirl, and that, even worse, he had enjoyed a one night stand with her in...

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  • 1939
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    The Phantom Wagon

    The Phantom Wagon

    7.2 1939 HD

    French version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a poor sinner who only realizes what misery he's...

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  • 1924
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    Paris

    Paris

    1 1924 HD

    Jean Fleury, a young engineer who has designed a revolutionary engine for the Revoil motor company, is engaged to Aimée Valois, a seamstress,...

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  • 1968
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    Phèdre

    Phèdre

    2.5 1968 HD

    In the absence of her royal husband Theseus, thought to be dead, Phaedra declares her love to Hippolyte, Theseus's son from a previous marriage.

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  • 1930
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    The Joker

    The Joker

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1934
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    Fedora

    Fedora

    5 1934 HD

    Fedora swears to avenge the death of her fiancé, Prince Yarischkine, killed by Ipanoff who fled to Paris. She finds Ipanoff whom she falls in...

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  • 1934
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    Poliche

    Poliche

    1 1934 HD

    Didier Méreuil, affectionately called Poliche, is in love with Rosine, a beautiful girl, so he does everything to please her. She does not...

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  • 1936
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    Sous la Terreur

    Sous la Terreur

    1 1936 HD

    During the French Revolution in 1793, a member of the Convention, seduced by the Comtesse de Beaulieu, helps her to discover the truth about the...

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  • 1936
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    Les Demi-Vierges

    Les Demi-Vierges

    1 1936 HD

    Maxime, heir to an old provincial family, is deeply in love with Maud whom he makes his fiancée. But learning that the young girl's life has...

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  • 1936
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    Temptation

    Temptation

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1937
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    Blanchette

    Blanchette

    1 1937 HD

    Blanchette, unable to find a job, prostitutes herself in Paris. She then finds the man she loves when her morale is at its lowest.

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  • 1937
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    Pantins d'amour

    Pantins d'amour

    1 1937 HD

    A rich, idle young man falls in love with a cabaret singer. Very skilful, she pretends to remain insensitive to this love, thus hoping to better...

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  • 1938
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    Legions of Honor

    Legions of Honor

    1 1938 HD

    An officer is tried for self-inflicted injury.He is thrown out of the Foreign Legion .

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  • 1938
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    La Glu

    La Glu

    1 1938 HD

    A young Breton sailor falls in love with a visiting stranger called 'La Glu'. He drops his betrothed, mother and friends so that he can live with...

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  • 1941
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    Those of the Sky

    Those of the Sky

    1 1941 HD

    An airplane manufacturer asks his son-in-law to try out the prototypes he builds. This one ends up having an accident because of fatigue, and pushes...

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  • 1942
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    Vie privée

    Vie privée

    1 1942 HD

    Beautiful and adored by the public, the great actress Florence once faulted with Remi, a disreputable individual. A little girl was born who lives in...

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  • 1937
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    Life Dances On

    Life Dances On

    7 1937 HD

    After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth,...

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  • 1965
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    Sandra

    Sandra

    6.9 1965 HD

    Sandra returns to her childhood village to take care of family business, but childhood memories and secrets soon overcome her.

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  • 1928
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    La valse de l'adieu

    La valse de l'adieu

    1 1928 HD

    The life of composer Frédéric Chopin through his youthful love for Maria Wodzińska, a young Polish aristocrat he was unable to marry...

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  • 1966
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    Hotel Paradiso

    Hotel Paradiso

    5.4 1966 HD

    Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block, and he needs a new play. But he takes an opportunity to observe the upper class of 1900 Paris - Monsieur...

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  • 1936
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    The Tomboy

    The Tomboy

    3.6 1936 HD

    The eponymous garçonne or flapper is Monique Lerbier, an emancipated French woman who leaves home to escape a marriage of convenience to a man...

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  • 1928
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    Madame Récamier

    Madame Récamier

    1 1928 HD

    The film displays Madame Récamier 's conflict with Napoleon. Twice she was pressed to become one of the Empress's ladies. In revenge for her...

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  • 1931
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    The crazy adventure

    The crazy adventure

    1 1931 HD

    Fred, a journalist, faces an international intrigue to protect the mysterious Nelly.

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  • 1931
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    The Man Who Killed

    The Man Who Killed

    1 1931 HD

    The new French military attaché at the Constantinople embassy helps a young woman being blackmailed by her own husband.

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  • 1934
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    The Great Game

    The Great Game

    7.1 1934 HD

    Pierre , a young lawyer, has enormous debts due to his mistress Florence and her whims of luxury life. Pierre has gone too far and put the family...

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  • 1943
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    Colonel Chabert

    Colonel Chabert

    6.9 1943 HD

    The story of a French officer who is assumed dead during the Napoleonic Wars, but returns ten years later to a very different France, both on a...

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  • 1933
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    The Man with the Hispano

    The Man with the Hispano

    1 1933 HD

    The almost financially ruined French gentleman Gaston Dewalter spends several days in Biarritz before going off in the Hispano-Suiza, a luxe car...

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  • 1963
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    The Leopard

    The Leopard

    7.729 1963 HD

    As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes...

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  • 1936
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    Quand minuit sonnera

    Quand minuit sonnera

    1 1936 HD

    A criminal is being blackmailed by his former accomplices. He does everything in his power to gain time because the statutory limitation for the...

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  • 1973
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    Closed Shutters

    Closed Shutters

    3.5 1973 HD

    1930. Adelaide is fed up with Paris and founds a 'retreat' for her women friends in a Breton port. They live well and take their pleasure seriously,...

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  • 1935
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    Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre

    Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre

    6.6 1935 HD

    Maxime de Champcey, a bankrupt marquis, is hired by the wealthy Laroque and falls for his daughter Marguerite. She loves him too but rejects him...

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  • 1964
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    How to Make a French Dish

    How to Make a French Dish

    4.5 1964 HD

    In this romantic drama, a middle-aged gambler tells a casino croupier her life story. The story is told in flashback and chronicles the woman's...

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  • 1929
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    Figaro

    Figaro

    4 1929 HD

    A silent adaptation of the 1778 Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro, with material also used from its two sequels.

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  • 1933
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    Caprice de princesse

    Caprice de princesse

    1 1933 HD

    Princess Isabelle is in love with the young man in charge of her library. But André is looking for a simple woman without money. He falls in...

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  • 1930
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    La nuit est à nous

    La nuit est à nous

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1931
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    Luck

    Luck

    1 1931 HD

    A beautiful widow gambles away her fortune at baccarat and is forced her to sell her jewels and ask Victor for hospitality. Victor tries to seduce...

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1959
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    Discorama

    Discorama

    1 1959 HD

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