Viviane Romance
Born: 1912-07-04 in Roubaix, Nord, France
Died: 1991-09-25
Known For: Acting
Biography
Viviane Romance (July 4, 1912 – September 25, 1991) was a French actress. Born Pauline Ronacher Ortmanns in Roubaix, France, Romance began her career as a dancer at the Moulin Rouge in Paris and was elected Miss Paris of 1930 before she made her film debut in 1931 with a cameo role in La Chienne. Romance caused a small scandal winning Miss Paris because she had a child. She appeared in several films over the next few years before making a strong impression in La belle équipe (1936). From this time to the late 1950s she was regarded as one of France's leading cinematic actresses and played dozens of femme fatales, fallen women (with hearts of gold) and vamps. Her acting roles after 1956 were few, and she retired in 1974.
Filmography
1974
- The Nada Gang as Madame Gabrielle
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
1971
- Samedi soir as Self
1963
- Any Number Can Win as Ginette, Charles's Wife
1956
- Cinépanorama as Self
- Pity for the Vamps as Flora Davis
- L'inspecteur connaît la musique as Muriel Vincent
1955
- Pleasures and Vices as Loïna Gauthier
- The Affair of the Poisons as Catherine Deshayes, dite La Voisin
1954
- Dangerous Turning as Lucienne Courtois
- Flesh and Desire as Mylène Valdès
1953
- Man, Beast and Virtue as Assunta Perella
- Trouble for the Legion as Cherie
1952
- The Seven Deadly Sins as Mrs. Blanc (segment "La Luxure")
- Heart of the Casbah as Maria Pilar
- Woman Are Angels as Edmée Clotier
1951
- Passion as Marie Charbonnier
1949
- Maya as Bella dite Maya
1948
- Crossroads of Passion as Irène Dumesnil
- Le Plus Bel Homme du monde as Self
1947
- Panic as Alice
- The House Under the Sea as Flore
- Anger of the Gods as Rita / Maria
1946
- Queen's Necklace as Countess Jeanne de la Motte-Valois
1945
- Box of Dreams as Nicole Payen-Laurel
- La Route du bagne as Manon
1944
- Carmen as Carmen
1943
- A Woman in the Night as Denise Lorin
1942
- Sacred Fire as Paulette Vernier
- Cartacalha, reine des gitans as Cartacalha
1941
- Blind Venus as Clarisse
1939
- Blood Red Rose as Angélica
- La Tradition de minuit as Clara Véry
- Pasha's Wives as Mireille, the French wife
1938
- Le Joueur as Blanche du Placet
- The Strange Monsieur Victor as Adrienne Robineau
- Sirocco as Safia
- The Puritan as Molly
- Gibraltar as Mercedes Garcia
- Marked Girls as Régine
1937
- L'Ange du foyer as Chouquette
- Naples Under the Kiss of Fire as Lolita
- Street of Shadows as Gaby, la chanteuse de cabaret
- A Man to Kill as Hilda
- Le Club des Aristocrates as Gloriane
1936
- Une gueule en or
- La Belle Équipe as Gina
1935
- Second Bureau
- Princess Tam Tam as Lucie's Friend
- Flight Into Darkness as Une girl
- La Bandera as la fille de Barcelone
- Dark Eyes as Countess
- Return to Paradise as Suzanne
- Justin de Marseille as Une pensionnaire de Madame Olympe
1934
- Liliom as La marchande de cigarettes - Cigarette Girl
- N'aimer que toi
- Mam'zelle Spahi
1933
- Ciboulette as A mistress
- The Hawk
1932
- He Is Charming as Uncredited
1931
- La Chienne as (uncredited)
- Mam'zelle Nitouche as (uncredited)