Arletty

. Adapted from the article Suzanne Bianchetti (http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.phtml?title=Suzanne_Bianchetti), from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.. Among her best-known films are:. Partial Filmography:. After a moderately successful period as a stage actor in later life, an accident in 1963 left her nearly blind, forcing her to retire. Since its inception, the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti has been awarded to many of the greatest names in French cinema who went on to national and international stardom such as Micheline Presle, Simone Signoret, Annie Girardot, Geneviève Bujold, Audrey Tautou and Isabelle Adjani. In the 1930s she became associated with the growing French film industry, but was imprisoned in 1945 for having had a wartime liaison with a German officer during the occupation of France. It was given for the first time in 1937 to actress Junie Astor (1912-1967) for her performance in the film, "Club de femmes." The award comes in the form of a medallion engraved with Suzanne Bianchetti's image.

Born in Courbevoie, France, her early career was dominated by the music hall. When she died at the age of 47, the following year her husband created an award in her memory to be given annually to the most promising young actress. Arletty (born Léonie Bathiat) (15 May 1898 - 24 July 1992) was a French model, singer, and actress. She was married to writer/actor René Jeanne (1887-1969) who served as the director of L'Etablissement Cinématographique des Armées. L'Air de Paris (1954). She worked with many of the early notables of the silent screen era such as Antonin Artaud and the singer, Damia. Huis-clos (No Exit, 1954). Suzanne Bianchetti appeared in her first film in the early 1900s and quickly became one of France's most loved and respected actresses.

Les Enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise, 1945). Suzanne Bianchetti, born February 24, 1889 in Paris, France - died October 17, 1936 in Paris, was an pioneer film actress. Les Visiteurs du soir (1942). L'Appel du silence (1936). Le Jour se lève (1939). Aux portes de Paris (1934). Hôtel du Nord (1938). Princes de la cravache (1930).

Le Roi de Paris (1930). Cagliostro (1929). Les Mufles (1929). Verdun, visions d'histoire (1928).

Casanova de Alexandre Volkoff (1927). Napoléon (1927). Les Aventures de Robert Macaire (1925). Le Nègre blanc (1925).

Madame Sans-Gêne (1925). Violettes impériales (1924). L'Affaire du courrier de Lyon (1923). Les Mystères de Paris (1922).

Jocelyn (1922). Le père Goriot (1921). Le rêve (1921). Flipotte (1920).

Trois familles (1917).