Yvonne Arnaud
Born: 1890-12-19 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France
Died: 1958-09-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
Germaine Yvonne Arnaud was a French-born pianist, singer and actress, who was well known for her career in Britain, as well as her native land. After beginning a career as a concert pianist as a child, Arnaud acted in musical comedies. She switched to non-musical comedy and drama around 1920 and was one of the players in the second of the Aldwych farces, A Cuckoo in the Nest, a hit in 1925. She also had dramatic roles and made films in the 1930s and 1940s, and continued to act into the 1950s. She occasionally performed as a pianist later in her career. The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre was named in her memory in Guildford, Surrey.
Filmography
1958
- Mon Oncle as Georgette, the Housekeeper
1957
- Theatre Night as Grace Barnes
1947
- The Ghosts of Berkeley Square as Millie
- Woman to Woman as Henriette
1943
- Tomorrow We Live as Madame L. Labouche
1940
- Neutral Port as Rosa Pirenti
1936
- The Improper Duchess as Duchess of Tann
- The Gay Adventure as Julie
1935
- Stormy Weather as Louise Craggs
- Widow's Might as Princess Suzanne
1934
- Lady in Danger as Queen of Ardenberg
- Princess Charming as Countess Annette
1933
- A Cuckoo in the Nest as Marguerite Hickett
1930
- Canaries Sometimes Sing as Elma Melton
- Tons of Money as Louise Allington
- On Approval as Maria Wislak
1920
- The Temptress as Amy Howard
- Desire as Pauline