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
- L'inspecteur connaît la musique as Muriel Vincent
- Pity for the Vamps as Flora Davis
1955
- The Affair of the Poisons as Catherine Deshayes, dite La Voisin
- Pleasures and Vices as Loïna Gauthier
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")
- Woman Are Angels as Edmée Clotier
- Heart of the Casbah as Maria Pilar
1951
- Passion as Marie Charbonnier
1949
- Maya as Bella dite Maya
1948
- Le Plus Bel Homme du monde as Self
- Crossroads of Passion as Irène Dumesnil
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
- La Route du bagne as Manon
- Box of Dreams as Nicole Payen-Laurel
1944
- Carmen as Carmen
1943
- A Woman in the Night as Denise Lorin
1942
- Cartacalha, reine des gitans as Cartacalha
- Sacred Fire as Paulette Vernier
1941
- Blind Venus as Clarisse
1939
- La Tradition de minuit as Clara Véry
- Pasha's Wives as Mireille, the French wife
- Blood Red Rose as Angélica
1938
- The Strange Monsieur Victor as Adrienne Robineau
- Marked Girls as Régine
- Gibraltar as Mercedes Garcia
- The Puritan as Molly
- Le Joueur as Blanche du Placet
- Sirocco as Safia
1937
- Street of Shadows as Gaby, la chanteuse de cabaret
- A Man to Kill as Hilda
- L'Ange du foyer as Chouquette
- Naples Under the Kiss of Fire as Lolita
- Le Club des Aristocrates as Gloriane
1936
- La Belle Équipe as Gina
- Une gueule en or
1935
- La Bandera as la fille de Barcelone
- Flight Into Darkness as Une girl
- Return to Paradise as Suzanne
- Princess Tam Tam as Lucie's Friend
- Justin de Marseille as Une pensionnaire de Madame Olympe
- Second Bureau
- Dark Eyes as Countess
1934
- Liliom as La marchande de cigarettes - Cigarette Girl
- Mam'zelle Spahi
- N'aimer que toi
1933
- The Hawk
- Ciboulette as A mistress
1932
- He Is Charming as Uncredited
1931
- La Chienne as (uncredited)
- Mam'zelle Nitouche as (uncredited)