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:
PlayAuthorRole
BritannicusJean RacineJunie
Le CidPierre CorneilleChimène
AndromaqueRacineHermione
PhèdreJean RacineAricie
BéréniceJean RacineBérénice
Ruy BlasVictor Hugola Reine
On ne badine pas avec l'amourAlfred de MussetCamille
Le Malade imaginaireMolièreAngélique
L'École des marisMolièreLéonor
Cyrano de BergeracEdmond RostandRoxanne
Le Gendre de M. PoirierÉmile Augier and Jules SandeauAntoinette
The [Marriage of Figaro (play)|Le Mariage de Figaro]Pierre BeaumarchaisChérubin
Twelfth NightWilliam ShakespeareViola
Le Soulier de satinPaul Claudeldoña Isabel
La Reine morteHenry de MontherlantInès de Castro

Filmography

yearFilmDirectorRole
1912Oedipe-roi (La Légende d'Œdipe)Gaston RoudèsAntigone
1934Une [soirée à la Comédie-Française]Léonce PerretAlmanzor
1937Sisters in ArmsLéon PoirierLouise de Bettignies