Catherine Hessling

Acting

Catherine Hessling

Born June 22, 1900 · Moronvilliers, Marne, France

Died September 28, 1979 · aged 79

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

NanaNana · 1926
Nana
6.71926
MovieDramaRomance
Count Moffat becomes infatuated with Nana, a presumptuous stage actress, vulgar, hypocritical and promiscuous, willing to do anything to succeed.
Crime and PunishmentCrime and Punishment · 1935
Crime and Punishment
7.01935
MovieCrimeDrama
Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.
BackbitersBackbiters · 1927
Backbiters
6.81927
MovieDrama
About the conflict between social classes through the life of the unhappy Catherine Ferrand, an orphan girl, who is a victim of the jealousy of women and the greed of men.
Little Red Riding HoodLittle Red Riding Hood · 1930
Little Red Riding Hood
7.01930
MovieDrama
This is 1929: the little red riding hood is still with us and her life is more complicated than ever. She still has to go through the forest and she once again comes up against a wolf. This time around the big bad wolf has become a lecherous tramp who keeps stalking the girl trying to wolf her down ... in his own way of course.
High and LowHigh and Low · 1933
High and Low
5.71933
MovieComedy
The intersecting lives of neighbors in a courtyard apartment building in Vienna,including a football player related to the concierge,a new blonde maid hired by the wife of a baron,whom both the athlete and a baron flirt with,and a deadbeat tenant who fakes his suicide.
Whirlpool of FateWhirlpool of Fate · 1925
Whirlpool of Fate
6.61925
MovieRomanceDrama
Orphan Virginia is left destitute following her father's death and her uncle's alcoholism; she finds refuge with bohemians but is forced to flee, eventually finding romance and a life-altering experience that triggers surreal dreams.
The Little Match GirlThe Little Match Girl · 1928
The Little Match Girl
6.91928
MovieDramaFantasy
An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on New Year's Eve. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match to keep warm, the flame shows her what's beyond.
La P’tite LiliLa P’tite Lili · 1927
La P’tite Lili
5.11927
MovieDrama
La P’tite Lili is a silent short drama depicting the fate of a young orphaned girl in the working-class districts of Paris. The film follows Lili, a teenage girl marked by innocence and vulnerability, as she is drawn into the city’s underworld after encountering a man who exploits her circumstances. Told through impressionistic visual style rather than dialogue, the film presents a tragic portrait of social marginalization and moral collapse within an urban environment.

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