Acting

Mistinguett

Born April 4, 1875 · Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise, France

Died January 5, 1956 · aged 80

Mistinguett (born Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois; 5 April 1873 – 5 January 1956) was a French actress and singer. She was at one time the highest-paid female entertainer in the world. The daughter of Antoine Bourgeois, a 31-year-old day-labourer, and Jeannette Debrée, a 21-year-old seamstress, Jeanne Bourgeois was born at 5 Rue du Chemin-de-Fer (today Rue Gaston-Israël), in Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'…

Known For

Une soirée mondaine

Une soirée mondaine · 1917

Une soirée mondaine

A man and a woman crash a party

The Terror

The Terror · 1911

MovieCrimeDrama

An actress returns from the theatre and discovers her apartment has been burglarized; she lights a cigarette and the room catches fire; the burglar saves her life, and she, in return, saves his, and he returns her jewels.

The Red Hand

The Red Hand · 1908

Who killed this man to rob him of his money in this notorious neighborhood of Paris? The usual local scoundrel such as the one that has almost been lynched by the mob and arrested by the police? Not at all. In fact the poor man is innocent, even though appearances are deceiving. The real culprit is a respectably-looking man who, to divert suspicion, has put some blood of his victim on his fingers and some of the stolen money in his pockets while he was asleep.

Flower of Paris

Flower of Paris · 1916

Flower of Paris

Fleur de Paris has Mistinguett playing herself in a double role as two very different characters. One role has her performing as a music hall star, whose popularity leads an American impresario to lure her with a lucrative offer to tour the United States. The other role turns her into Margot Panard, a young working-class dressmaker lured to the theater by posters of Mistinguett.

The Gold Chignon

The Gold Chignon · 1916

The Gold Chignon

Variety carousel

Variety carousel · 1955

Variety carousel

A painter gives his daughter a television set for her 18th birthday. On the evening of the party, the family sits in the living room and watches a series of variety shows taken from the sets of theatrical performances and various films recited by the famous Totò,

Miss Plumcake’s Ruse

Miss Plumcake’s Ruse · 1911

Miss Plumcake’s Ruse

French comedy short.

Filmography

Sort

Une soirée mondaine

Une soirée mondaine · 1917

Une soirée mondaine

A man and a woman crash a party

Miss

The Terror

The Terror · 1911

MovieCrimeDrama

An actress returns from the theatre and discovers her apartment has been burglarized; she lights a cigarette and the room catches fire; the burglar saves her life, and she, in return, saves his, and he returns her jewels.

The Red Hand

The Red Hand · 1908

Who killed this man to rob him of his money in this notorious neighborhood of Paris? The usual local scoundrel such as the one that has almost been lynched by the mob and arrested by the police? Not at all. In fact the poor man is innocent, even though appearances are deceiving. The real culprit is a respectably-looking man who, to divert suspicion, has put some blood of his victim on his fingers and some of the stolen money in his pockets while he was asleep.

Flower of Paris

Flower of Paris · 1916

Flower of Paris

Fleur de Paris has Mistinguett playing herself in a double role as two very different characters. One role has her performing as a music hall star, whose popularity leads an American impresario to lure her with a lucrative offer to tour the United States. The other role turns her into Margot Panard, a young working-class dressmaker lured to the theater by posters of Mistinguett.

Mistinguett / Margot Panard

The Gold Chignon

The Gold Chignon · 1916

The Gold Chignon

Variety carousel

Variety carousel · 1955

Variety carousel

A painter gives his daughter a television set for her 18th birthday. On the evening of the party, the family sits in the living room and watches a series of variety shows taken from the sets of theatrical performances and various films recited by the famous Totò,

Miss Plumcake’s Ruse

Miss Plumcake’s Ruse · 1911

Miss Plumcake’s Ruse

French comedy short.

Miss Plumcake