Blanchette Brunoy
{{Short description|French actress (1915–2005)}}
{{Infobox person
|image=Brunoy blanchette.jpg
|birthname=Blanche Bilhaud
|birth_date={{birth date|1915|10|5|df=y}}
|birth_place=Paris, Ile-de-France
|death_date={{death date and age|2005|4|4|1915|10|5|df=y}}
|death_place=Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
|spouse= Robert Hommet (?–1958)
Maurice Maillot (1961–1968)
|yearsactive=1936–1998
}}
Blanchette Brunoy (5 October 1915 – 4 April 2005){{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Blanchette Brunoy |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/sCk7chIJ1U9c |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=20 July 2024 |language=fr |date=}} was a French actress. She was born Blanche Bilhaud in Paris as the daughter of a physician, and died in Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence of old age.{{Cite web|url= http://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/25708/blanchette-brunoy|title= Blanchette Brunoy|publisher=unifrance.org|accessdate=2015-07-19}}
Career
Blanchette Brunoy appeared in over 90 film and television productions between 1936 and 1998. She is possibly best-remembered for her roles in such films as Jean Renoir's La Bête Humaine (1938) and Marcel Carné's La Marie du port (1950).
Private life
She was the goddaughter of writer Georges Duhamel. As a young girl she studied acting at the Conservatoire de Paris.{{cite web |url=http://dvdtoile.com/Filmographie.php?id=9340 |title=Blanchette Brunoy |work=DvdToile |first=Christian |last=Grenier |accessdate=2009-06-22}} Blanchette Brunoy was married twice to both actors Robert Hommet (?–1958) and Maurice Maillot (1961–1968) until their deaths.{{cite web |url=http://cinememorial.com/Acteur_detail.php?id=447 |title=Blanchette Brunoy |work=CineMemorial |accessdate=2009-06-22}}
Selected filmography
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! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Director |
1936
|uncredited |
1938
|Flore |
1939
| Michèle |
1939
|Léonie de Maupré |
1939
|Lisette Martin |
1941
| Marie-Jo |
rowspan=2|1942
|Jeanne Aubrin |
Private Life
|Sylvie |
1944
|Valentine |
1946
|Marie |
rowspan=3|1947
|Louise Couturier |
The Crowned Fish Tavern
| Maria |
The Other
|Vera de Santis |
rowspan=2|1948
| Laure |
Memories Are Not for Sale
|Jeanne |
1949
|Jacqueline Fournier |
1950
|Odile Le Flem |
1954
|Anne-Marie Duffot |
1963
|Madame Beaurepaire |
rowspan=3|1964
|Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise |rowspan=2|Suzanne Aubry |rowspan=2|André Cayatte |
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc |
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
|Clotilde |
1982
|Francine |
1998
|Madeleine |
Notes
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0116558}}
- [http://dvdtoile.com/Filmographie.php?id=9340 Blanchette Brunoy] at DvdToile
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Category:French film actresses
Category:French television actresses
Category:20th-century French actresses
Category:Conservatoire de Paris alumni
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