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Margo Lion

Film Actress | * 02/28/1899 († 89, 02/25/1989) | Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]
Marguerite Hélène Barbe Elisabeth Constantine Lion (28 February 1899 – 24 February 1989), known as Margo Lion, was a Jewish singer and actress. She was born in Constantinople during Ottoman rule. She moved to Berlin after World War I with her father to join the school of Russian ballet. When the Nazi Party rose to power in 1933 she moved to France to flee antisemitic persecution. She was a successful chanteuse, parodist, cabaret singer, and actress, best known for her role as Pirate Jenny in director G. W. Pabst's 1931 French language adaptation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper). She appeared in several French films until the early 1970s, including Docteur Françoise Gailland, L'Humeur Vagabonde, La Faute De L'Abbe Mouret, Le Petit Matin, Le Fou Du Labo, Julie La Rousse, and the French romantic melodrama Martin Roumagnac, which starred Marlene Dietrich. Lion and Dietrich sang a famous duet, "Wenn die beste Freundin mit der besten Freundin", a song which allegedly had lesbian overtones. It became a hit in Weimar Berlin prior to Dietrich's departure for Hollywood. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Movies with Margo Lion as Actress(55)

as 'Mammy', Françoise's mother1976 Doctor Francoise Gailland
as Governess1973 The Shadow Line
as Mrs. Chantereille1973 La vie facile
as Mme Humbert1970 The Breach
as la Mère Ballanchon1967 The Madman of Lab Four
as Marie-Jeanne1964 License to Kill
as Mme Slasinska1964 Coplan prend des risques
as Mlle Dozier1962 Jusqu'à plus soif
as Jeanne, la mère de Michel1961 Lola
as Institut Supervisor1959 Katia
as Camille1959 The Tiger Attacks
as Madame Gimelet1956 Guilty?
as Sister Leontine - tourist sister1954 Mademoiselle Nitouche
as La Reine1954 La Belle au bois dormant
as Mrs. Platz, the patroness of the cafe1953 Fatal Affair
as Madame Michaut1951 The Lovers of Bras-Mort
as Fanni Langkofler1951 Dreaming Days
as Mme Chotard1950 The Strollers
as Olympe de Stadler1950 The Ferret
as Miss Marcelle, the head nurse of the psychiatric clinic1948 Femme sans passé
as Mathilde - la servante1948 La Danse de mort
as Pépita1947 Woman of Evil
as Marie Girard1947 One Night at the Tabarin
as The nurse1946 As Long As I Live
as Jeanne Roumagnac1946 The Room Upstairs
as Marie-Louise1946 Devil and the Angel
as La mère de Thérèse1939 Girls in Distress
as Mathilde1938 I Sing
as Aména Lafarge1938 The Lafarge Case
as mademoiselle Sergent1937 Claudine at School
as Dédée, inmate1937 La danseuse rouge
1937 L'Alibi
as Mlle Caporale1937 The Man from Nowhere
as Madame Vrack1936 Jenny
as Amie d'Alcmène1935 Les dieux s'amusent
as Planche-à-Pain1935 La Bandera
as Liliane Binder1933 High and Low
as Die lange Lotte1933 Hände aus dem Dunkel
as Der Star des Lustspielhauses1933 ...und wer küßt mich?
as Olga1932 The Lucky Top Hat
as Manager of Ferraro1932 The Song of Night
as Frau Köhler1931 24 hours of a woman's life
as Juana1931 The Big Attraction
as Eine Stimmungssängerin1931 No More Love

Full Name: Margo Lion
Citizenship: France
Born: Tuesday, 02/28 1899 (February) in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]
Died: Saturday, 02/25 1989 (February) in Annecy-le-Vieux (aged: 89)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: French (FR, native language)
Other names for Margo Lion (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Margot Lion"
"Margo Lyon"
"Marguerite Hélène Constantine Barbe Élisabeth Lion"
"Margo Lion (cabaret singer)"
Margo Lion frequently works together with these people:
René Génin (5x, Actor)
Pierre Chenal (5x, Crew)
Erich von Stroheim (4x, Actor)
Georges Franju (4x, Crew)
Paul Faivre (4x, Actor)
Emil E. Reinert (4x, Crew)
Robert le Béal (4x, Actor)
Génia Vaury (4x, Actress)
Georges Paulais (4x, Actor)
Jean Tissier (3x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:371706, Added: 08/16/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024