Acting

Mila Parély

Born October 7, 1917 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Died January 14, 2012 · aged 94

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mila Parély is a French actress best known for the roles of Belle's sister in Jean Cocteau's La Belle et la Bête and as Geneviève in La Règle du jeu. She gave up acting in the late 1950s in order to take care of her race-car driving husband, who had been injured in an accident. She also worked with such notable directors as Max Ophüls, Robert Bresson, Fritz…

Known For

The Rules of the Game

The Rules of the Game · 1939

The Rules of the Game

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.

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast · 1946

Beauty and the Beast

MovieDramaFantasy

The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. She is unable to return the key on time, but it is revealed that the Beast is the genuinely handsome one. A simple tale of tragic love that turns into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty.

Le Plaisir

Le Plaisir · 1952

MovieDramaComedy

Three stories about pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Madame Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion - pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falls in love with his model - pleasure and death.

Tornavara

Tornavara · 1943

In a lost village in Lapland, Gérard comes to the aid of his friend Anders, in conflict with his father, a rich owner of gold mines.

Angels of Sin

Angels of Sin · 1943

A well-off young woman decides to become a nun, joining a convent that rehabilitates female prisoners. Through their program, she meets a woman named Thérèse who refuses any help because she says she was innocent of the crime she was convicted for. After being released from prison, Thérèse murders the actual perpetrator of the crime and comes to seek sanctuary in the convent.

They Were Twelve Women

They Were Twelve Women · 1940

They Were Twelve Women

Early in the war, a group of women decide to help the soldiers in the war front. They enlist the help of the wealthy Madame Marion.

My Last Mistress

My Last Mistress · 1943

My Last Mistress

A renowned sculptor aged about fifty years, François Bressolles falls for the young Catherine Collet whom he convinces without difficulty to pose for him. Complications ensue when he starts to go blind.

Last Refuge

Last Refuge · 1947

MovieDramaComedy

Philippe and Sylvie have to do with Alvarez, a dangerous gang leader. They break up with him and commit robbery and murder. Sylvie suggests that Philippe take refuge in his quiet family. His younger sister Antoinette attracts and charms Philippe and excites the jealousy of Sylvie who informs Alvarez. The police get involved and Philippe is killed during a merciless fight.

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The Rules of the Game

The Rules of the Game · 1939

The Rules of the Game

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.

Geneviève de Marras

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast · 1946

Beauty and the Beast

MovieDramaFantasy

The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. She is unable to return the key on time, but it is revealed that the Beast is the genuinely handsome one. A simple tale of tragic love that turns into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty.

Félicie

Le Plaisir

Le Plaisir · 1952

MovieDramaComedy

Three stories about pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Madame Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion - pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falls in love with his model - pleasure and death.

Madame Raphaële

Tornavara

Tornavara · 1943

In a lost village in Lapland, Gérard comes to the aid of his friend Anders, in conflict with his father, a rich owner of gold mines.

Florence

Angels of Sin

Angels of Sin · 1943

A well-off young woman decides to become a nun, joining a convent that rehabilitates female prisoners. Through their program, she meets a woman named Thérèse who refuses any help because she says she was innocent of the crime she was convicted for. After being released from prison, Thérèse murders the actual perpetrator of the crime and comes to seek sanctuary in the convent.

Madeleine

They Were Twelve Women

They Were Twelve Women · 1940

They Were Twelve Women

Early in the war, a group of women decide to help the soldiers in the war front. They enlist the help of the wealthy Madame Marion.

My Last Mistress

My Last Mistress · 1943

My Last Mistress

A renowned sculptor aged about fifty years, François Bressolles falls for the young Catherine Collet whom he convinces without difficulty to pose for him. Complications ensue when he starts to go blind.

Floriane, le modèle

Last Refuge

Last Refuge · 1947

MovieDramaComedy

Philippe and Sylvie have to do with Alvarez, a dangerous gang leader. They break up with him and commit robbery and murder. Sylvie suggests that Philippe take refuge in his quiet family. His younger sister Antoinette attracts and charms Philippe and excites the jealousy of Sylvie who informs Alvarez. The police get involved and Philippe is killed during a merciless fight.

Sylvie

The Black Rider

The Black Rider · 1945

The Black Rider

MovieHistoryAdventure

In Flanders in the eighteenth century, Ramon de Ortila, a young lord who has been dispossessed of property has turned into a gentleman brigand. His main target is Monsieur de Saint-Brissac, the salt tax farmer. But Solange, his daughter, sets a trap and lures the young man to her father's manor. Little does she know that love is at the rendezvous.

Lola

Snowbound

Snowbound · 1948

MovieThrillerDrama

Good and bad characters are stuck in a ski chalet near buried Nazi gold in the Alps.

Carla Rometta, alias Comtessa Forelli

Mission in Tangier

Mission in Tangier · 1949

Mission in Tangier

MovieAdventureDrama

During the Second World War, Georges Masse undergoes a dangerous mission by taking secret documents from Tangiers to London.

Barbara, boss of the cabaret "El Morocco"

We Found a Naked Woman

We Found a Naked Woman · 1934

We Found a Naked Woman

A young aristocrat whose ruined father decided to marry her spends one last night as a bachelor at the boarding school ball. But there, cheerful students strip her of her clothes and she finds refuge precisely with her future husband whom she did not know. Of course, the marriage that was so repugnant to them fills them with joy.

Extenuating Circumstances

Extenuating Circumstances · 1939

Extenuating Circumstances

Harsh Parisian judge Gaetan (known as Monsieur Maximum), chafing in the idleness of retirement, leaves for a seaside holiday. But Gabriel the chauffeur has his mind on his girl, not the car; Gaetan and wife Nathalie are stranded in the country, where they find shelter in a low class bistro patronized by cheerful jail birds. Once the ice is broken, they have a wonderful time, but as the judge tries to trick his new friends into reforming, inevitable exposure approaches...

'La Panthère'

Blood Orange

Blood Orange · 1953

MovieCrimeDrama

Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is murdered.

Helen Pascall

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées · 1938

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées

MovieComedyDrama

The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself.

La Servante de Marat et la Fille de Marat

Rasputin

Rasputin · 1938

MovieHistoryDrama

Story of the Siberian monk Gregory Rasputin and the hold he exerted over the court of the last Russian czar, Nicholas.

The Shanghai Drama

The Shanghai Drama · 1938

The Shanghai Drama

A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. All she dreams of is a peaceful life with her daughter Vera. But this is only a pipe dream as she has been forced by her former lover Ivan to work for a secret criminal organization, "The Black Dragon". Vera, who studies in a Hong Kong boarding-school, knows nothing about her mother's past. When Ivan, who is also Vera's father, resurfaces and blackmails Kay, the young woman is determined to fight back...

Captain of the girls

The Phantom Wagon

The Phantom Wagon · 1939

The Phantom Wagon

MovieFantasyDrama

French version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a poor sinner who only realizes what misery he's wrought when he dies on New Year's Eve and is collected by Death in his carriage.

Anna

They Met on Skis

They Met on Skis · 1940

They Met on Skis

MovieComedyDrama

The owner of the place of Chamonix covets the inn, run by the Michel's uncle, whose business goes bad. Michel decides to participate in a ski competition to help uncle.

Nicole

Star Without Light

Star Without Light · 1946

Star Without Light

An aspiring singer tries to break into films during the early talkie era. She is hired to dub the singing and speaking voice of a silent-movie favorite. Sworn to secrecy, the fill-in must stand by in silence as the star receives all the praises and plaudits.

Stella Dora

Le Monsieur de 5 heures

Le Monsieur de 5 heures · 1938

Le Monsieur de 5 heures

A wealthy banker who takes his accountant's name after multiple incidents is forced to pass off his girlfriend as his daughter. But the truth is coming out. The banker's wife then favors the marriage of the young girl, which creates a new intimacy in her household.

Olga

Street Without Joy

Street Without Joy · 1938

Street Without Joy

Jeanne supports supports his family on his modest salary. Her boss is arrested for fraud. Jeanne is forced, out of poverty, in the street.

Léa Level

Destiny

Destiny · 1946

This is the story of two brothers: the good one, the virtuous gent, an acclaimed singer, and the bad one who leads a wild life.

Clara Cartier

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