Francine Mussey
Francine Mussey | |
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| Born | Marcelle Fromholt 6 October 1897 |
| Died | 23 March 1933 (aged 35) Paris, Île-de-France, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1920–1932 |
Francine Mussey (6 October 1897 – 23 March 1933)[1] was a French film actress whose career began in the silent film era of the 1920s and ended in 1933 when she committed suicide by ingesting poison at age 35.[2]
Mussey was born in the 18th arrondissement of Paris as Marcelle Fromholt in 1897. She made her debut in the 1920 Lucien Lehmann-directed film L'épave, opposite actors Marcel Bonneau and Jean-François Martial. She would go on to appear in a number of films throughout the 1920s and into the sound film era of the early 1930s directed by Louis Feuillade, Gaston Ravel, Alexandre Ryder and Jean Daumery, among others.[3] She appeared in the 1927 epic Napoléon[4] which ran for five and a half hours.
Selected filmography
[edit]- The House of Mystery (1923)
- The Man in the Saddle (1925)
- Lady Harrington (1926)
- Napoleon (1927)
- The Woman Who Couldn't Say No (1927)
- Buridan's Donkey (1932)
References
[edit]- ^ Allociné Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Mussey, Francine Biography". Movies.Pics. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ cinema-francais.fr Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Francine Mussey". Unifrance.org, Retrieved 12 April 2016
External links
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