Arletty
Birthday:
15 May 1898, Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Birth Name:
Léonie Marie Julie Bathiat
Before Arlette-Leonie Bathiat went to the movies she was a secretary and had posed several times as a model for different painters and photographers. In 1920 she debuted on stage at a theatre. She only began to work in movies after 1930. After World War II she was condemned to prison for having been the lover of a German official during the ocupati...
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Before Arlette-Leonie Bathiat went to the movies she was a secretary and had posed several times as a model for different painters and photographers. In 1920 she debuted on stage at a theatre. She only began to work in movies after 1930. After World War II she was condemned to prison for having been the lover of a German official during the ocupation of France. In 1963 she had an accident which left her almost blind. Her most important movies were filmed and directed by Marcel Carné ("Hotel du Nord (1938)" or "Enfants du Paradis, Les (1945)"). Show less «
"My heart is French but my arse is international!" (when she was accused of having had a relationship with a German soldier during World War...Show more »
"My heart is French but my arse is international!" (when she was accused of having had a relationship with a German soldier during World War II) Show less «
[observation on her prosecution as a collaborator in wartime France] One rarely says it: condemned to life. It's often more harsh than a dea...Show more »
[observation on her prosecution as a collaborator in wartime France] One rarely says it: condemned to life. It's often more harsh than a death sentence. Show less «
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Madame Barrault
