Catherine Hessling

Personal Info

Birthday

June 22, 1900

Day of Death

1979-09-28

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Moronvilliers, Marne, France

Also Known As

Andrée Madeleine Heuschling Hessling

Катрин Эсслинг

Catherine Hessling

Biography

Catherine Hessling, born Andrée Madeleine Heuschling, was a French stage and screen actress and the first wife of film director Jean Renoir. Hessling appeared in 15, mostly silent, films before retiring from the acting profession and withdrawing from public life in the mid-1930s.

Known For

Nana

The Sad Sack

The Little Match Girl

High and Low

Crime and Punishment

Whirlpool of Fate

Charleston Parade

Yvette

Filmography

1935
Crime and Punishment
as Elisabeth
1933
High and Low
as Mademoiselle Paula
1930
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Catherine
Little Red Riding Hood
as Le petit chaperon rouge
1928
The Sad Sack
as L'institutrice
The Little Match Girl
as Karen
1927
Yvette
as Yvette
Backbiters
as Catherine Ferrand
Charleston Parade
as Parisian savage
1926
Nana
as Nana
1925
Whirlpool of Fate
as Virginia Rosaert