Catherine Hessling
Known for
Acting
Born
June 22, 1900
Birthplace
Moronvilliers, Marne, France
Died
September 28, 1979 (aged 79)
Biography
Catherine Hessling, born Andrée Madeleine Heuschling, was a French stage and screen actress and the first wife of film director Jean Renoir. Hessling appeared in 15, mostly silent, films before retiring from the acting profession and withdrawing from public life in the mid-1930s.
Best known work
The Little Match Girl
1928
Nana
1926
Charleston Parade
1927
Whirlpool of Fate
1925
La P’tite Lili
1927
The Sad Sack
1928
Backbiters
1927
High and Low
1933
Sea Fever
1927
Crime and Punishment
1935Filmography
1978
1935
Crime and Punishmentas Elisabeth
1934
1933
High and Lowas Mademoiselle Paula
1930
The Pursuit of Happinessas Catherine
1930
Little Red Riding Hoodas Le petit chaperon rouge
1928
The Sad Sackas L'institutrice
1928
The Little Match Girlas Karen
1927
Yvetteas Yvette
1927
1927
Backbitersas Catherine Ferrand
1927
La P’tite Lilias Lili
1927
Charleston Paradeas Parisian savage
1926
Nanaas Nana
1925
Whirlpool of Fateas Virginia Rosaert