Jeanne Sully
Jeanne Sully was a French actress.
Biography
Jeanne Marie Régine Simone Champs was born in Paris on 15 April 1905.Her parents were the actors Jeanne Rémy and Jean Mounet-Sully, and her uncle was the actor Paul Mounet.
She attended the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris, where she was a pupil of Raphaël Duflos.
In 1924 she obtained a second prize for comedy, and in 1925 won a first prize in tragedy.
She made her debut in 1925 at the Comédie-Française in Jean Racine's play Britannicus, in the role of Junie.
She played in many stage roles, and in some films.
She became the 394th member of the Comédie-Française in 1934.
She retired in 1946, but continued to make tours or give lectures both in France and abroad.
She died in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, on 28 June 1995 at the home for actors at Couilly-Pont-aux-Dames, Seine-et-Marne.
Theater
Her theater roles included:Play | Author | Role |
Britannicus | Jean Racine | Junie |
Le Cid | Pierre Corneille | Chimène |
Andromaque | Racine | Hermione |
Phèdre | Jean Racine | Aricie |
Bérénice | Jean Racine | Bérénice |
Ruy Blas | Victor Hugo | la Reine |
On ne badine pas avec l'amour | Alfred de Musset | Camille |
Le Malade imaginaire | Molière | Angélique |
L'École des maris | Molière | Léonor |
Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | Roxanne |
Le Gendre de M. Poirier | Émile Augier and Jules Sandeau | Antoinette |
Le Mariage de Figaro | Pierre Beaumarchais | Chérubin |
Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | Viola |
Le Soulier de satin | Paul Claudel | doña Isabel |
La Reine morte | Henry de Montherlant | Inès de Castro |
Filmography
year | Film | Director | Role |
1912 | Oedipe-roi | Gaston Roudès | Antigone |
1934 | Une soirée à la Comédie-Française | Léonce Perret | Almanzor |
1937 | Sœurs d'armes | Léon Poirier | Louise de Bettignies |