Andrée Clément

Andrée Clément

ACTRESS

Andrée Clément (b. 1918) lived like a shooting star .Her dark,mysterious cold beauty was unique ;her face epitomized either sweet innocence and/or malign evil .An exceptionally talented actress,her career was cut short when she died of tuberculosis at the early age of 36 .A student of Charles Dullin, she made her debut on stage in 1941 :she was to play in Molière's « Don Juan » and in Anouilh's « Adèle Ou la Marguerite » (1948).After minor roles ,notably in Bresson's « Les Anges Du Péché « and in Daquin's « Premier De Cordée » ,she got her breakout part in Decoin's « La Fille Du Diable «(1945) in which she outshone such seasoned actors as Pierre Fresnay and Fernand Ledoux.Serge Reggiani was extremely impressed by his co-star's performance in « coincidences « (1946).In both movies, she was ideally cast as the outcast ,the ill-fated girl who had a chip on her shoulder .Prestigious Michèle Morgan once said that « la Symphonie Pastorale » was Clément 's film,not hers.Other movies include «
  • Where was
    Andrée Clément born?

    Andrée Clément was born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


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