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
- The Wagon Child
- The Toledo Chest
- At the Hour of Dawn
- Severo Torelli as Dona Pia
- Manon de Montmartre as Mme Bernard
- The Seneschal's Diamond
- The Cavalry as Mme de Moranges
- Bout-de-Zan et le crime au téléphone
1913
- Fantômas as Lady Beltham
- L'Intruse as La Breschard
- La Vengeance du sergent de la ville
- The Agony of Byzantium as The Wife of Emperor Constantine
- The Secret of Forçat
- Bout-de-Zan et le cheminot
- Bout de Zan Steals an Elephant as Charitable lady
- The Open Eyes
1912
- La Maison des lions
- A Race for Millions
- La Cassette de l'émigrée as Marie-Jeanne la lingère
- The Obsession as Mme Trévoux
- In the Land of Lions as La Morena
- The Living Dead
- L'Accident
- Bébé veut payer ses dettes
- Le Suicide de Bébé as La mère de Bébé
- Les Braves Gens
- The Dungeon
- The Heart and the Money as Madame Mauguiot
- The Fate of Mothers
- La conquête d'Aurélia
- Bébé n’aime pas sa concierge as Bébé's mother
- The Dwarf as La mère
- Bout-de-Zan revient du cirque
- Napoléon, Bébé, and the Cossacks
- Jimmy Pulls The Trigger as Bébé mother
- Le Pont sur l'abîme
1911
- Le Fils de Locuste
- A General Strike
- Bébé nègre
- Bébé a le béguin
- Le Poison
- Bébé Corrects His Father as Mother
- Le Chef-lieu de canton
- The Defect as Anna Moulin, dite Nana
- Le Mariage de l'aînée
- La Souris blanche
- Le Bas de laine
- Life As It Is
- Tant que vous serez heureux
- The Trust, or The Battles for Money as Juliette Michaud
- Bébé roi de Rome as la mère de Bébé
- The Vipers
- Thaïs
1910
1909
1908
- The Hotel of Silence
- The Legend of the Spinner as La Muse
- The Legend of Prometheus
- A Very Fine Lady as La dame vraiment bien