This page will contain news stories about Arletty, as they become available.ArlettyArletty (born Léonie Bathiat) (15 May 1898 - 24 July 1992) was a French model, singer, and actress. ArlettyBorn in Courbevoie, France, her early career was dominated by the music hall. 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. After a moderately successful period as a stage actor in later life, an accident in 1963 left her nearly blind, forcing her to retire. Among her best-known films are:
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Born in Courbevoie, France, her early career was dominated by the music hall. She appeared in a Leave It to Beaver reunion movie and in a subsequent revival television series, Still the Beaver. Arletty (born Léonie Bathiat) (15 May 1898 - 24 July 1992) was a French model, singer, and actress. Her most famous line from the film, in which she said "Stewardess? I speak jive!" was quoted in popular culture for many years after the fact. L'Air de Paris (1954). After a long absence from the public eye, she appeared in the movie Airplane! in 1980. Huis-clos (No Exit, 1954). The show ran from 1957 to 1963 and proved to be very lucrative for Billingsley. However, when the show ended, she was typecast as saccharine sweet, and did not receive any acting jobs for years. Les Enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise, 1945). She is best known for her role as matriarch June Cleaver on the sitcom Leave It to Beaver. Les Visiteurs du soir (1942). These roles continued into the first half of the 1950s and led to lead roles on the sitcoms Professional Father and The Brothers. Le Jour se lève (1939). As an actress on the silver screen, she had usually uncredited roles in major motion picture productions in the 1940s. Hôtel du Nord (1938). She started her career in New York City, appearing in the Broadway play, Straw Hat, and then worked as a fashion model. She was sometimes credited as Barbara Billinsley. Her professional name comes from the last name of her first husband, Glenn Billingsley. Barbara Billingsley (born Barbara Lillian Combes on December 22, 1922 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. I Cheated the Law (1949). Pretty Baby (1950). Invitation (1952). Woman in the Dark (1952). The Lady Wants Mink (1953). |