Claude Mérelle (born Lise Henriette Marie Laurent; 17 May 1888 – 16 December 1976)[1] was a French stage and film actress who appeared in numerous films during the silent film era of the early 1910s through the late 1920s.
Claude Mérelle | |
|---|---|
 Claude Mérelle in a still from the 1921 film serial Les Trois Mousquetaires. | |
| Born | Lise Henriette Marie Laurent 17 May 1888 |
| Died | 16 December 1976 (aged 88) |
| Other names | Lise Laurent |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1912–1928 |
| Spouse |
Albert Decoeur
(m. 1923; died 1942) |
Career
editClaude Mérelle was born Lise Henriette Marie Laurent in Colombes, France in 1888, she made her film debut in the 1912 short Les noces siciliennes, directed by Louis Feuillade.[2] She would go on to appear in numerous film serials throughout the 1910s under the name Lise Laurent and directed by filmmakers such as Feuillade, Henri Pouctal and Henri Diamant-Berger before using the stage name Claude Mérelle beginning in 1918.[3] Mérelle most often appeared in film serials throughout her career, such as 1924's Les aventures de Robinson Crusoé, directed by Gaston Leprieur; 1924's Les amours de Rocambole, directed by Charles Maudru; 1925's Jean Chouans, directed by Luitz-Morat; 1926's Le capitaine Rascasse, Henri Desfontaines and 1926's Le juif errant, directed by Luitz-Morat. Her final film appearance was in the 1928 drama Rapa-Nui (also known as The Golden Abyss) directed by Mario Bonnard and starring André Roanne.[4]
Personal life
editClaude Mérelle was married to stage and film actor Albert Decoeur from 1923 until his death in 1942. The two had appeared in several films together.[5] She retired from films in 1928 and died in Nice in 1976 at age 88.
Selected filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | Les Noces siciliennes | ||
| 1914 | La Bouquetière des Catalans | ||
| 1914 | La Petite Réfugiée | ||
| 1914 | Les Fiancées de 1914 | ||
| 1914 | L'Union sacrée | ||
| 1914 | Le Roman de Midinette | ||
| 1915 | Debout les morts | ||
| 1915 | Pêcheur d'Islande | ||
| 1915 | L'Angoisse au foyer | ||
| 1915 | Celui qui reste | Madame d'Arbelle | |
| 1915 | Le Collier de perles | ||
| 1915 | Le Colonel Bontemps | Madame de Lestranges | |
| 1915 | Deux françaises | ||
| 1915 | Fifi tambour | ||
| 1915' | L'Autre devoir | ||
| 1915 | Union sacrée | The Wife | |
| 1915 | L'escapade de Filoche | ||
| 1915 | Le fer à cheval | ||
| 1916 | Le Rêve d'Yvonne | ||
| 1916 | Chantecoq ou L'Espionne de Guillaume | ||
| 1916 | Debout les morts! | ||
| 1916 | La Confrontation | ||
| 1916 | Le Mirage du cœur | ||
| 1916 | Paris pendant la guerre | ||
| 1916 | Fille d'Ève | ||
| 1916 | Chantecoq | ||
| 1918 | La Femme de Claude | ||
| 1919 | La Croisade | Betty Isvalow | |
| 1919 | Au travail | Fernande Delaveau | serial |
| 1920 | Les Mystères du ciel | Cléopâtre | |
| 1921 | Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoé | Magda | |
| 1921 | Les Trois Mousquetaires | Milady de Winter | serial |
| 1922 | La Bouquetière des innocents | Léonora Caligaï / Margot, the flower seller | |
| 1922 | King of the Camargue | La Zingara | |
| 1922 | The Black Diamond | Fraülenetière | |
| 1922 | Notre Dame d'amour | Roselyne | |
| 1922 | Stella Lucente | ||
| 1923 | L'Espionne | Countess Zicka | |
| 1923 | The Little Thing | Irma Borel | |
| 1923 | Le bossu | ||
| 1923 | Les Premières Armes de Rocambole | Baccara | |
| 1924 | The Loves of Rocambole | Baccara | |
| 1924 | Jocaste | Jocaste | |
| 1924 | Le Vert galant | Duchess of Montpensier | serial |
| 1925 | Jean Chouan | Maryse Fleurus | serial |
| 1925 | Milord l'Arsouille | Lady Seymour | serial |
| 1926 | Le Juif errant | Baroness of Saint-Dizier | |
| 1926 | Captain Rascasse | Madelon, the "Queen of Whisky" | serial |
| 1927 | The Golden Abyss | Dolores Coreto | (final film role) |
References
edit- ^ Les Gens du Cinéma Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ cineartisyes.com Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ cineartisyes.com Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Les Gens du Cinéma Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Gaumont Pathé archives Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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