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Mary Marquet‌

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Mary Marquet

Leningrad, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]

Mary Marquet

Leningrad, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1895-04-14

Popularity

star1.0

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Par ici la monnaie

Par ici la monnaie‌
star2.0
calendar 1974

Le Malin Plaisir

Le Malin Plaisir‌
star1.0
calendar 1975

A Matter of Resistance

A Matter of Resistance‌
star6.8
calendar 1966

Bluebeard

Bluebeard‌
star6.4
calendar 1963

The Gardener of Argenteuil

The Gardener of Argenteuil‌
star6.2
calendar 1966

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!‌
star7.9
calendar 1966

The Marvelous Visit

The Marvelous Visit‌
star5.1
calendar 1974

Phèdre

Phèdre‌
star2.5
calendar 1968

Love at the Top

Love at the Top‌
star6.3
calendar 1974

Sapho

Sapho‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

The Clairvoyant

The Clairvoyant‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Le 84 prend des vacances

Le 84 prend des vacances‌
star1.0
calendar 1950

Forbidden to the Public

Forbidden to the Public‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Un jour avec vous

Un jour avec vous‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Foyer perdu

Foyer perdu‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Drôle de noce

Drôle de noce‌
star4.5
calendar 1952

Piédalu fait des miracles

Piédalu fait des miracles‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Lettre ouverte

Lettre ouverte‌
star2.0
calendar 1953

Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin

Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin‌
star6.0
calendar 1962

Sister Angele's Secret

Sister Angele's Secret‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

De Medeminaars

De Medeminaars‌
star3.7
calendar 1913

Une fille cousue de fil blanc

Une fille cousue de fil blanc‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

The Nabob Affair

The Nabob Affair‌
star3.0
calendar 1960

Les combinards

Les combinards‌
star4.7
calendar 1966

Royal Affairs in Versailles

Royal Affairs in Versailles‌
star6.8
calendar 1954

Midnight... Quai de Bercy

Midnight... Quai de Bercy‌
star6.5
calendar 1953

The Marriage Came Tumbling Down

The Marriage Came Tumbling Down‌
star5.9
calendar 1968

Law of the Streets

Law of the Streets‌
star7.0
calendar 1956

Boys and Girls

Boys and Girls‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

Quelle sacrée soirée

Quelle sacrée soirée‌
star1.0
calendar 1957

Drôles de phénomènes

Drôles de phénomènes‌
star6.0
calendar 1959

We Will Go to Deauville

We Will Go to Deauville‌
star5.7
calendar 1962

Bruno: Sunday's Child

Bruno: Sunday's Child‌
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calendar 1969

La visite de la vieille dame

La visite de la vieille dame‌
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calendar 1971

Les hommes en blanc

Les hommes en blanc‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

Maid in Paris

Maid in Paris‌
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calendar 1956

Fellini's Casanova

Fellini's Casanova‌
star7.0
calendar 1976

Tv Credits

Les Dossiers de l'Agence O

Les Dossiers de l'Agence O‌
star10.0
calendar 1968

Un curé de choc

Un curé de choc‌
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calendar 1974

Samedi soir

Samedi soir‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

Numéro un

Numéro un‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

Midi trente

Midi trente‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Lucien Leuwen

Lucien Leuwen‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

Apostrophes

Apostrophes‌
star8.5
calendar 1975

Paul et Virginie

Paul et Virginie‌
star1.0
calendar 1974