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Gina Manès

Known for

Acting

Born

April 7, 1893

Birthplace

Paris, France

Died

September 6, 1989 (aged 96)

Biography

Gina Manès (born Blanche Moulin; 7 April 1893 – 6 September 1989) was a French film actress and a major star of French silent cinema. After an early appearance in a Louis Feuillade film, she had significant roles in films of Germaine Dulac and Jean Epstein, including Cœur fidèle.

Best known work

Napoleon

Napoleon

1927

Cœur fidèle

Cœur fidèle

1923

A Man's Head

A Man's Head

1933

Mayerling

Mayerling

1936

Coral Reefs

Coral Reefs

1939

Sinners of Paris

Sinners of Paris

1958

Fernandel the Dressmaker

Fernandel the Dressmaker

1956

Sirocco

Sirocco

1938

Hatred

Hatred

1938

Majestic Hotel Cellars

Majestic Hotel Cellars

1945

Filmography

1978
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinémaTV
as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
1972
Bonaparte and the Revolution
as Joséphine de Beauharnais (archive footage)
1966
Pas de panique
as La mère Toussaint
1961
Le bonheur est pour demain
as Thérèse
1958
Mimi Pinson
as Old lady
1958
A Certain Mr. Jo
as Lolo
1958
Premier mai
as Gossip
1958
Sinners of Paris
as La Marie, une prostituée
1956
Les Lumières du soir
as (uncredited)
1956
Pity for the Vamps
as Elderly actress (uncredited)
1956
Law of the Streets
as Tramp
1956
Fernandel the Dressmaker
1956
Sister Angele's Secret
1954
The Count of Bragelonne
as Une paysanne
1954
The Beautiful Otero
as L'habilleuse
1954
Nights of Shame
as Mathilde Grigou
1954
Palace of Shame
as Concierge
1950
La Danseuse de Marrakech
1949
Daughter of the Sands
1947
Le Bateau à soupe
as La patronne
1945
Majestic Hotel Cellars
as Ginette, la femme de service
1942
Retour au bonheur
1939
Fort Dolorès
as Lola
1939
Coral Reefs
as Maria
1938
Le Mariage de Véréna