Michèle Morgan
Michèle Morgan | |
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Île-de-France, France | |
Died | 20 December 2016 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France | (aged 96)
Resting place | Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1935–1999 |
Spouses | |
Children | Mike Marshall |
Relatives | Sarah Marshall (granddaughter) |
Michèle Morgan (French:
Early life
Morgan was born Simone Renée Roussel[2] in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, a wealthy suburb of Paris.[3][4] She grew up in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France.[3][4]
Career
Morgan left home at the age of 15 for Paris determined to become an actress.[3][5] She took acting lessons from René Simon while serving as an extra in several films to pay for her drama classes.[3] It was then that she took the stage name "Michèle Morgan".[3] She argued that she did not have the body type of a Simone, and "Morgan" sounded more Hollywood-friendly.[3]
Morgan was first noticed by director
Upon the
After the war, Morgan returned to France and quickly resumed her career with the film
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Morgan has a star on the
Morgan took up painting in the 1960s.[4] She had a solo exhibition, "Artistes En Lumière à Paris", from 2 March to 30 April 2009, at the Espace Cardin in Paris.[7] In 1977 she released her memoir, titled With Those Eyes (Avec ces yeux-là).[3]
Personal life and death
While in Hollywood, Morgan married William Marshall (1917–1994), in 1942, with whom she had a son, Mike Marshall (1944–2005).[4] Morgan had built and owned a house at 10050 Cielo Drive. Morgan and Marshall divorced in 1948. She married French actor Henri Vidal (1919–1959) in 1950. She remained with him until his death in 1959. She then lived with film director and actor/writer Gérard Oury until his death in 2006.[4]
Morgan died on 20 December 2016, aged 96, in Meudon, France of natural causes.[3][4] Her funeral was held at the Église Saint-Pierre in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 23 December 2016, and she was buried at the Montparnasse Cemetery.[1][8]
Despite living to the age of 96, she technically only had 24 birthdays due to being born on February 29.
Filmography
Trivia
The former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet was named after Michèle Morgan.[54]
She almost played Ilsa Lund in Casablanca.[55]
References
- ^ a b "Décès de la comédienne Michèle Morgan". Le Figaro. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Michèle Morgan". Cinémathèque française. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Blumenfeld, Samuel (20 December 2016). "Mort de Michèle Morgan, légendaire actrice du " Quai des brumes "". Le Monde. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Bernstein, Adam (20 December 2016). "Michèle Morgan, lustrous French actress of 'Port of Shadows,' dies at 96". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Cheng, Cheryl (20 December 2016). "Michele Morgan, French Actress in 'The Fallen Idol,' Dies at 96". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ Lanzoni, Rémi Fournier (2004). French Cinema: From its Beginnings to the Present. Continium International Publishing Group. p. 107.
- ^ Pouly-Seguin, Sophie (26 February 2010). "Michèle Morgan : » Je touche encore le sol avec mes mains ! »". France Dimanche. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Michele Morgan: French actress and glamour icon dies at 96". BBC News. 21 December 2016.
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She made her screen debut at 15 in "Mademoiselle Mozart" in France.
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- ^ a b c Lanzoni, Rémi Fournier (2004). French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present. A & C Black.
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- ^ "Les MUSICIENS DU CIEL (1939)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "UNTEL PÈRE ET FILS (1943)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "MICHELE MORGAN". Canal+. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "La LOI DU NORD (1939)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ a b c Reid, John Howard (2005). Hollywood Gold: Films of the Forties and Fifties. Lulu.
- ^ "AUX YEUX DU SOUVENIR (1948)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ Smith, Gary Allen (2004). Epic Films: Casts, Credits and Commentary on More Than 350 Historical Spectacle Movies. North Carolina, U.S.: MacFarland.
- ^ "La BELLE QUE VOILÀ (1950)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "L' ÉTRANGE MME X (1951)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Les 7 PÉCHÉS CAPITAUX (1952)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
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- ^ "OBSESSION (1954)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "MARGUERITE DE LA NUIT (1956)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "SI PARIS NOUS ÉTAIT CONTÉ (1956)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "L' OASE (1955)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "The Vintage (1957)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "RETOUR DE MANIVELLE (1957)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Le MIROIR À DEUX FACES (1958)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
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- ^ "Le PUITS AUX TROIS VERITES (1961)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Les LIONS SONT LÂCHÉS (1961)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "LANDRU (1962)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "RENCONTRES (1962)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Le CRIME NE PAIE PAS (1962)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
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- ^ "MÉFIEZ VOUS, MESDAMES! (1963)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "CONSTANCE AUX ENFERS (1963)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Les YEUX CERNES (1964)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Les PAS PERDUS (1964)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Il FORNARETTO DI VENEZIA (1963)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "DIS MOI QUI TUER (1965)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "La BIEN-AIMÉE (1967)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Le TIROIR SECRET (1986)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ Wilmington, Michael (7 June 1991). "MOVIE REVIEW : Tornatore's 'Everybody's Fine' a Mixed Achievement". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- CBC/Radio-Canada. 3 March 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Vincent's CASABLANCA HomePage -- The Alternate Cast". www.vincasa.com. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
Further reading
- Lloyd, Ann (1987). The Illustrated Who's Who of the cinema. Gramercy. ISBN 0-517-64419-3.
- Morgan, Michèle (1977). Avec ces yeux-là. Robert Laffont. ISBN 978-2-221-00222-3.
- Morgan, Michèle (1978). With Those Eyes. W.H. Allen. ISBN 978-0-491-02185-2.
- Cousins, R. F. "Michèle Morgan". Film Reference. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
External links
- Michèle Morgan at IMDb
- Michèle Morgan at AllMovie
- Michèle Morgan at filmsdefrance.com
- Michèle Morgan at AlloCiné (in French)
- Photographs of Michèle Morgan