Nell Reymond


Nell Reymond was a French theatre, cinema and television actress and singer.

Life

Nell Raymond studied acting at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique de Paris with Pierre Bertin. She made her debut at the Théâtre Moderne as Éléna in Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov.
Reymond has appeared in theatre under the direction of Claude Chabrol, Sacha Pitoeff, Nicolas Bataille, Jean-Pierre Miquel, Jean Rougerie, Pierre Lamy, Pierre Bertin, Roger Mollien, Gérard Vergès, Marcel Cuvelier, Mario Franceschi and with Guy Moign. In television, Reymond worked with directors Roger Kahane, Pierre Gautherin, René Lucot, Jean Caseneuve, Colette Thiriet, Henri Polage, Paul Siegrist, Philippe Ducrest and Jean Henin, among others.
Reymond belonged to the ensemble of the Théâtre de la Huchette from 1982, which was considered her favourite stage. She worked there with Nicolas Bataille and performed in La Cantatrice Chauve and La Leçon by Eugène Ionesco, among others, as well as under the direction of Guy Moign.
Reymond was married to Guy Moign. She founded two theatre companies with him, La Compagnie du Solilesse and the Union des Villes de Bretagne pour la Création Artistique.
Reymond also performed as a singer, for example at the Théâtre de la Huchette in Les Atours de Nell. She also regularly gave song and chanson recitals.
She died in Paris on 20 December 2015. The funeral service took place on 28 December 2015 in the crematorium of the Père-Lachaise cemetery.

Theatre roles

Filmography

  • 1967: Les habits noirs
  • 2012–2013: La Minute Vieille, TV series, 61 episodes)
  • 2016: Solange et les vivants, Direction: Ina Mihalache