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La Peau d'un autre (1937)
Character: Armande Granet
The very chic Parisian couturier Jean Granet has trouble with the police, and will find himself imprisoned for two weeks, in the provinces, for speeding. He manages to get himself replaced by his friend Lambelin who, for a fee, will serve the sentence in his place. This is the beginning of a series of misunderstandings.
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Bach détective (1936)
Character: Olga Worskaïa
Narcisse is a doorman for a jeweler but dreams of becoming a private detective. The Criminas agency hires him and he comes to the aid of his former boss's nephew, accused of stealing jewelry. He first passes for the accomplice of the young man but soon discovers the culprit.
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Nu comme un ver (1933)
Character: N/A
A very rich businessman, knight of the Legion of Honor, bets that he can start his career from scratch. After all kinds of adventures, he climbs the ladder of society and, having become rich again, finds love and a new fortune.
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Dernière heure (1934)
Character: N/A
A young woman flees with her lover, after having killed her brutal husband; hoping to live a few hours of happiness, before his arrest...
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Romance à l'inconnue (1931)
Character: N/A
An idealistic youth finds sincere love after having been toyed with by several frivolous women who were not serious.
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Le Chant du marin (1932)
Character: Maxe
Georget is a happy-go-luck seafarer who'd rather sing than work -- or be faithful to his wife. Together with his sailor pal Marius, they decide to cheat on their spouses by frequenting the dives and joints in every town where their ship drops anchor. The boys are certain, however, that their wives would never behave in a similar fashion. Upon returning home, of course, they discover that their better halves are just as sexually irresponsible as their hubbies.
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L'amour et la veine (1932)
Character: N/A
A gambler has the same name as a billionaire. Suddenly he gets lucky, finds love and wins 24 million.
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La rose effeuillée (1937)
Character: N/A
A washerwoman works so long for the same bosses that she gets to like their young son very much. One day she is unjustly accused of robbery, and dismissed. She suffers in her loneliness, until the day she hears that the boy is terminally ill, and there's no medical hope for him. She comes back and sits by him, praying to Saint Thérèse de Lisieux - and the miracle happens.
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L'escadrille de la chance (1938)
Character: Hélène
Edwige, a rich American divorcee, goes to Morocco to look up an amazing pilot she once knew. The young woman's secretary, also an aviator, won't fly a plane because he was in a terrible accident. As he is in love with Edwige, the secretary does everything in his power to thwart her romance with the other pilot. He finally supplants his rival and wins the heart of his boss.
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Le malade imaginaire (1934)
Character: Angélique
Argan, the imaginary patient, allows himself to be led by his wife and his doctors who take advantage of his weakness. Only his daughter has sincere love for him. He ends up accepting that she should marry the one she loves and not the benet, son of an apothecary, whom he intended for her.
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Nos maîtres les domestiques (1930)
Character: Hélène Grandcourt
After squandering his family's fortune, Richard d'Argental, a young marquis, is forced to sell his manor to a young widow, Sylvie. Things get worse for Richard when he finds himself accused of a crime he did not commit. But posing as a butler, Richard manages to be hired by Sylvie so he can hide out in his former property. Soon, love is born between the mistress and her servant.
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Chansons de Paris (1934)
Character: Liane d'Arbel
A street singer becomes the star of the circus but his pal Armand shows him who his real friends are.
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La Tragédie impériale (1938)
Character: Princess Dolgoroukin
Story of the Siberian monk Gregory Rasputin and the hold he exerted over the court of the last Russian czar, Nicholas.
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Entente cordiale (1939)
Character: Jeanne Granier
The film depicts events between the Fashoda crisis in 1898 and the 1904 signing of the Entente Cordiale creating an alliance between Britain and France and ending their historic rivalry. It was based on the book King Edward VII and His Times by André Maurois. It was made with an eye to its propaganda value, following the Munich Agreement of September 1938 and in anticipation of the outbreak of a Second World War which would test the bonds between Britain and France in a conflict with Nazi Germany.
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Monsieur Sans-Gêne (1935)
Character: Juliette Durand
A man creates a national scandal after he mistakenly kisses the wrong woman in a darkened cinema. The following year it was remade as an American comedy One Rainy Afternoon, released by United Artists.
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Le Coq du régiment (1933)
Character: N/A
The story is about a lieutenant, nicknamed "the Rooster of the Regiment", a married man, who just can't help running after any woman passing around, and one of his friend, who always has "good ideas" to give him a hand to come out of "ubuesque" situations.
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Le défenseur (1930)
Character: Stenographer
A wealthy financier fatally wounds himself while handling a dagger. Before dying, he leaves a private letter to his lawyer accusing his wife. It is the financier's son who becomes the suspect. In love with the young woman, the lawyer is torn between duty and love.
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La Kermesse héroïque (1935)
Character: The Innkeeper
Flanders, Hispanic Monarchy, 1616. The inhabitants of the small town of Boom are busy organizing the annual local festivities when the arrival of the Duke of Olivares, who rules the country on behalf of the King Philip III of Spain, is announced. While the male citizens cowardly surrender to panic like rats on a sinking ship, the brave female citizens, led by the bold wife of the burgomaster, decide to become the best hosts the Spaniards can ever meet.
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Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Character: Une des dames bienfaitrices (uncredited)
The life of Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century author and priest who founded two religious orders.
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