Renée Carl
Born: 1875-06-10 in Fontenay-le-Comte
Died: 1954-07-31
Known For: Acting
Biography
Renée Carl (10 June 1875 – 31 July 1954) was a French actress of the silent era. She was born in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France, and died in Paris, France. Between 1907 and 1937, she appeared in 186 films. A favorite of film director Louis Feuillade, she appeared in, at least, 150 films directed by him including the short Bébé and Bout de Zan comedies. Of the many characters she played in Feuillade's films, perhaps her most famous portrayal was that of Lady Beltham, mistress of the notorious Fantômas in the serial of the same name. She makes an uncredited appearance, as "L'Andalouse," in The Vampires. In 1922, she directed and starred in the film A Shout from the Abyss, also known as Un cri dans l'abîme. In a 1924 interview for Mon Ciné magazine, she stated that she was introduced to film-making through her friend Léonie Richard. Selected filmography
Filmography
1937
- Pépé le Moko as 'La Mère Tarte'
1925
- Les Misérables as La Thénardier
1923
- The Bachelor Girl as Mme. Ambrat
1922
- L'aviateur masqué
- A Shout from the Abyss ... (Director)
1914
- At the Hour of Dawn
- Severo Torelli as Dona Pia
- The Cavalry as Mme de Moranges
- Bout-de-Zan et le crime au téléphone
- The Seneschal's Diamond
- Manon de Montmartre as Mme Bernard
- The Toledo Chest
- The Wagon Child
1913
- Fantômas as Lady Beltham
- Bout de Zan Steals an Elephant as Charitable lady
- L'Intruse as La Breschard
- The Agony of Byzantium as The Wife of Emperor Constantine
- Fantômas as Lady Beltham
- The Secret of Forçat
- Bout-de-Zan et le cheminot
- La Vengeance du sergent de la ville
- The Open Eyes
1912
- The Obsession as Mme Trévoux
- The Dwarf as La mère
- L'Accident
- Napoléon, Bébé, and the Cossacks
- Jimmy Pulls The Trigger as Bébé mother
- The Dungeon
- The Heart and the Money as Madame Mauguiot
- La Cassette de l'émigrée as Marie-Jeanne la lingère
- Le Suicide de Bébé as La mère de Bébé
- Bébé veut payer ses dettes
- La conquête d'Aurélia
- Bébé n’aime pas sa concierge as Bébé's mother
- Le Pont sur l'abîme
- In the Land of Lions as La Morena
- Les Braves Gens
- The Living Dead
- The Fate of Mothers
- A Race for Millions
- Bout-de-Zan revient du cirque
- La Maison des lions
1911
- Le Poison
- Bébé nègre
- A General Strike
- Thaïs
- Bébé Corrects His Father as Mother
- The Vipers
- The Defect as Anna Moulin, dite Nana
- Bébé a le béguin
- Bébé roi de Rome as la mère de Bébé
- Le Fils de Locuste
- Le Chef-lieu de canton
- Le Mariage de l'aînée
- Life As It Is
- Tant que vous serez heureux
- Le Bas de laine
- La Souris blanche
- The Trust, or The Battles for Money as Juliette Michaud
1910
1909
1908
- The Legend of Prometheus
- The Secret of the Glacier
- The Hotel of Silence
- A Very Fine Lady as La dame vraiment bien
- The Legend of the Spinner as La Muse