Mary Marquet

Mary Marquet (born Micheline Marguerite Delphine Marquet; 14 April 1895 – 29 August 1979) was a French stage and film actress. Marquet came from a family of artists: her parents were actors, an aunt was a star dancer at the Paris Opera, and another was an official at the Comédie-Française. She entered the National Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art in 1913 and studied under Paul Mounet. She failed her final exams, but was immediately engaged in the company of Sarah Bernhardt, who was a great friend of the family. She went on play alongside her in The Eugene Morand cathedral. She became established with her role in L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand, whose mistress she became from 1915 to his death in 1918. She made her film debut in 1914 in a silent film, Les Frères ennemis, which was never finished. Her first major film role was in Sappho, produced by Léonce Perret in 1932. After World War I, she joined the Comédie-Française in 1923 where she stayed for over twenty years, before moving to the boulevard Theatre. During the World War II, throughout the occupation, she sought the protection of German officers to protect her son who had told her of his intention to join the Resistance. The response was his arrest and deportation to Buchenwald concentration camp where he died aged 21. This was possibly the cause of her problems at the time of the Liberation when, due to her alleged relations with the enemy, Marquet was arrested and sent to Drancy and then to Fresnes. She was later released for lack of evidence. In the 1950s, she turned to poetry recital, while continuing her career in theater on the boulevards. She worked for ORTF in the Maigret episodes of Les Cinq Dernières Minutes and Les Saintes Chéries and in the television adaptation of Lucien Leuwen, the novel by Stendhal. Parallel to her acting career, as an antiquarian she ran a stand for many years at the Swiss Village, an important antique market in Paris where she demonstrated her skills as a saleswoman, mixing theatrical memorabilia with commercial interests. Among her most successful parts in over forty films, were her roles in, Landru in 1962, Claude Chabrol, La Grande Vadrouille in 1966 by Gérard Oury, and Casanova in 1975 by Federico Fellini. After these three minor parts she played important roles in La vie de château (1966) the mother of Philippe Noiret and the stepmother of Catherine Deneuve and the Le malin plaisir (1975) with Claude Jade and Anny Duperey. Mary Marquet and Victor Francen on their wedding day in 1934. Her first lover was Edmond Rostand around 1915, living together for three years. In 1920 she married Maurice Escande, the future director of the house of Molière, ending in divorce in 1921, before meeting Firmin Gémier, the director of the new Théâtre National Populaire, who was still married but whose wife was barren. In 1922, Marquet gave birth to their son. Before the death of Gémier in 1933, Marquet became the mistress of the president of the then Council, André Tardieu, in a semi-official liaison. Having broken up with Tardieu, she married Victor Francen. The couple separated after seven years together. Marquet died of heart attack at the age of 84 in her apartment in the Rue Carpeaux, She is buried in Montmartre Cemetery. Source: Article "Mary Marquet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For: Acting

Born: Leningrad, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia], 1895-04-14

Died: 1979-08-29

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1913	De Medeminaars	Kaatje	37
2	1924	The Clairvoyant	Madame Detaille	0
3	1934	Sapho	Fanny Legrand	0
4	1949	Forbidden to the Public	Gabrielle Tristan	0
5	1950	Le 84 prend des vacances	Madame de la Chambrière	10
6	1952	Un jour avec vous	Estelle de Marsans	0
7	1952	Foyer perdu	Madame Barbentin mother	0
8	1952	Drôle de noce	Madame Aglaé	45
9	1952	Piédalu fait des miracles		0
10	1953	Lettre ouverte	Laurence, the mother-in-law	20
11	1953	Midnight... Quai de Bercy	La vieille Madame Vignot	65
12	1954	Royal Affairs in Versailles	Mrs. de Maintenon	68
13	1955	Les Hommes en blanc	Mme. Ledragon	0
14	1956	Maid in Paris	Mme. Bernemal	0
15	1956	Sister Angele's Secret	Superior of Marseille	0
16	1956	Law of the Streets	Madame Blain	70
17	1957	Quelle sacrée soirée	Colonelle Dupont	10
18	1959	Drôles de phénomènes	The Flying Grandmother	60
19	1960	The Nabob Affair	Hotelier	30
20	1962	Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin	Elizabeth de Poldavie	60
21	1962	We Will Go to Deauville	La propriétaire - Gertrude Couffinous	57
22	1963	Bluebeard	Old Lady	64
23	1966	A Matter of Resistance	Charlotte	67
24	1966	Les Combinards	Mme Florenne, la marieuse	47
25	1966	The Gardener of Argenteuil	Dora, l'épouse d'Albert	62
26	1966	Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!	Mother Superior of the Hospices de Beaune	79
27	1967	Boys and Girls	Tante Berthe	0
28	1968	The Marriage Came Tumbling Down	La Duchesse	59
29	1968	Phèdre	Oenone	25
30	1969	Bruno: Sunday's Child	Michel's mother	0
31	1971	La visite de la vieille dame	Clara	0
32	1974	Love at the Top	Mrs. Hermens	61
33	1974	Par ici la monnaie	Owner	20
34	1974	Le polygame	La concierge	0
35	1974	The Marvelous Visit	Duchess	51
36	1975	Evil Pleasure	Madame Mère	10
37	1976	Fellini's Casanova	Casanova's Mother	70
38	1977	Une fille cousue de fil blanc	The grandmother	63

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	Les Dossiers de l'Agence O	Grandmère	100
2	1971	Samedi soir	Self	60
3	1972	Midi trente	Self	60
4	1973	Lucien Leuwen	Mme de Marcilly	0
5	1974	Un curé de choc	La baronne	50
6	1974	Paul et Virginie	la tante Vauté	10
7	1975	Apostrophes	Self	85
8	1975	Numéro un	Self	60

Mary Marquet

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