Acting
Jenny Hélia
Born May 8, 1906 · Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Died March 24, 1992 · aged 85
No biography available.
Known For
The Rules of the Game · 1939The Rules of the Game
★ 7.51939
MovieDramaComedy
The Marquis de la Chesnaye and his wife host a weekend gala where a variety of complicated romantic and social entanglements between guests and servants lead to tragedy, all against the backdrop of a looming war.
Le Gardian · 1946Le Gardian
★ 10.01946
MovieDramaMusic
The guardian is engaged to a girl from a good family, but the intervention of a gypsy will make his heart lean. This one comes in fact to take revenge and will try to kill him.
La Bête Humaine · 1938La Bête Humaine
★ 7.11938
MovieDramaRomance
Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.
The Wild Oat · 1953The Wild Oat
★ 6.91953
MovieComedy
A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.
La Marseillaise · 1938La Marseillaise
★ 6.81938
MovieHistoryDrama
The early days of the French Revolution, as seen through the eyes of the ordinary citizens in Marseille and the royal court, including King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Here Is the Beauty · 1950Here Is the Beauty
★ 7.01950
MovieDrama
Melodrama of two struggling artists whose love for each other is thwarted.She has some success as a ballerina despite being wounded by him in a fit of jealousy. His career as a sculptor is stymied when he is arrested.
Manon of the Spring · 1953Manon of the Spring
★ 6.61953
MovieDramaComedy
Marcel Pagnol's adaptation of his own novel Manon des sources, the story of a shepherdess who exacts her revenge on the townsfolk she blames for killing her father, in two parts: Manon des sources and Ugolin.
Savage Triangle · 1951Savage Triangle
★ 6.51951
MovieCrimeDrama
Based on the novel of the same name by writer Edouard Peisson, this Jean Delannoy film display one boy’s unconditional love for his mother, despite her tragic mistreatment of him. After being raised by a shepherd for the past 12 years, Simon (Pierre-Michel Beck) is reunited with his mother Marie (Madeleine Robinson). Marie is a prostitute in Marseilles and is now stable enough to welcome Simon back into her life. Unaware of her profession at first, Simon is happy to have his mom back, but in time he learns how she makes her living. This troubles Simon but he continues to love her, despite not loving her chosen profession. His anger toward this issue gets directed toward Marie’s louse of a boyfriend, Paul (Frank Villard), and the result is a heartfelt tale about love and family.
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La Marseillaise · 1938La Marseillaise
★ 6.81938
MovieHistoryDrama
The early days of the French Revolution, as seen through the eyes of the ordinary citizens in Marseille and the royal court, including King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Louise Vauclair, l'interpellatrice
Ugolin · 1953Ugolin
★ 7.31953
MovieComedyDrama
Manon has blocked the spring that feeds the village, whose inhabitants she hates. They gradually become aware of the evil they have done to her and try to obtain her forgiveness…
Aricie, femme de Cabridan














