Marie Bell

Personal Info

Birthday

December 23, 1900

Day of Death

1985-08-14

(84 years old)

Place of Birth

Bordeaux, Gironde, France

Also Known As

Marie-Jeanne Bellon-Downey

Marie Bell

Biography

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.

Known For

The Leopard

Life Dances On

The Great Game

Sandra

Hotel Paradiso

The Man with the Hispano

The Tomboy

Fedora

Filmography

1973
Closed Shutters
as Aurore
1968
Phèdre
as Phèdre
1966
Hotel Paradiso
as La Grande Antoinette
1965
Sandra
as Corinna Gilardini
1964
How to Make a French Dish
as Elderly Marie-Paule
1963
The Leopard
as (uncredited)
1943
Colonel Chabert
as Countess Rosine Ferraud
1942
Vie privée
as Florence
1941
Those of the Sky
as Hélène
1939
The Phantom Wagon
as sœur Maria
Cocoanut
as Caroline
1938
La Glu
as Fernande dite La Glu
Legions of Honor
as Simone Dabrau
1937
Life Dances On
as Christine Surgère
Pantins d'amour
as Renée Morhange
Blanchette
as Blanchette Rousset
1936
Les Demi-Vierges
as Maud de Rouvre
Quand minuit sonnera
as Mattia
The Tomboy
as Monique Lerbier, la garçonne
Fiordalisi d'oro
as Anna Maria di Beaulieu
1935
Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre
as Marguerite
1934
The Great Game
as Florence / Irma
Fedora
as Fédora
1933
The Man with the Hispano
as Stéphane Oswill
Caprice de princesse
as Isabelle
1931
Luck
as Tania Balieff
The crazy adventure
as Nelly Irwin
1930
La nuit est à nous
as Bettine Barsac
1929
Figaro
as Suzanne
1928
Madame Récamier
as Juliette Récamier