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Catherine Hessling

Actress / Model (art) / Model (person) / Film Actress | * 06/22/1900 († 79, 09/28/1979) | Moronvilliers, Marne (France)
Catherine Hessling (born Andrée Madeleine Heuschling; 22 June 1900 – 28 September 1979) was a French actress and the first wife of film director Jean Renoir. Hessling appeared in 15, mostly silent, films before retiring from the acting profession and withdrawing from public life in the mid-1930s. ()

Catherine Hessling, born Andrée Madeleine Heuschling, was a French stage and screen actress and the first wife of film director Jean Renoir. Hessling appeared in 15, mostly silent, films before retiring from the acting profession and withdrawing from public life in the mid-1930s.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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About the conflict between social classes through the life of the unhappy Catherine Ferrand, an orphan girl, who is a victim of the jealousy of women and the greed of men. ...

Backbiters

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1927 | 3.3/5 | 1h 24min
Drama
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A government official, Count Muffat, falls under the spell of Nana, a young actress. She becomes his mistress, living in the sumptuous apartment which he provides for her. Instead of elevating herself ...

Nana

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1926 | 3.4/5 | 2h 30min
Romance / Love, Drama
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Jean Renoir's directional debut and first silent film stars his wife, Catherine Hessling, as a young girl who manages to turn her tragic family life into one of joy and happiness. ...

Whirlpool of Fate

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1925 | 3.2/5 | 1h 12min
Romance / Love, Drama
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This is 1929: the little red riding hood is still with us and her life is more complicated than ever. She still has to go through the forest and she once again comes up against a wolf. This time aroun ...

Little Red Riding Hood

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1930 | 1h
Drama
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Movies with Catherine Hessling as Actress(14)

as Elisabeth1935 Crime and Punishment
1934 Coralie and Company
as Mademoiselle Paula1933 High and Low
as Catherine1930 The Pursuit of Happiness
as Le petit chaperon rouge1930 Little Red Riding Hood
as Karen1928 The Little Match Girl
as L'institutrice1928 The Sad Sack
1927 La P’tite Lili
as Yvette1927 Yvette
as Catherine Ferrand1927 Backbiters
as Parisian savage1927 Charleston Parade
1927 Sea Fever
as Nana1926 Nana
as Virginia Rosaert1925 Whirlpool of Fate

TV Shows/Series with Catherine Hessling as Actress(1)

as Self (archive footage)1978 Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

Full Name: Catherine Hessling
Citizenship: France
Born: Friday, 06/22 1900 (June) in Moronvilliers, Marne (France)
Died: Friday, 09/28 1979 (September) in La Celle-Saint-Cloud (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: French (FR, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Jean Renoir
Children: Alain Renoir
Other names for Catherine Hessling (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Andrée Madeleine Heuschling Hessling"
"Катрин Эсслинг"
"Andrée Madeleine Heuschling"
Catherine Hessling frequently works together with these people:
Jean Renoir (21x, Crew)
Alberto Cavalcanti (9x, Crew)
Pierre Lestringuez (7x, Crew)
Jean Bachelet (6x, Crew)
André Cerf (6x, Crew)
Erik Aaes (4x, Crew)
Claude Heymann (4x, Crew)
Pierre Braunberger (3x, Crew)
Claude Autant-Lara (3x, Crew)
Pierre Champagne (3x, Cast)
Marcel L'Herbier (2x, Crew)
Pauline Carton (2x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:78504, Added: 05/24/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024