Renée Carl
Known for Acting · 88 credits
- Born
- 1875-06-10
- Died
- 1954-07-31
- Place of birth
- Fontenay-le-Comte
Biography
Renée Carl (10 June 1875 – 31 July 1954) was a French actress of the silent era. She was born in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France, and died in Paris, France.
Between 1907 and 1937, she appeared in 186 films. A favorite of film director Louis Feuillade, she appeared in, at least, 150 films directed by him including the short Bébé and Bout de Zan comedies. Of the many characters she played in Feuillade's films, perhaps her most famous portrayal was that of Lady Beltham, mistress of the notorious Fantômas in the serial of the same name. She makes an uncredited appearance, as "L'Andalouse," in The Vampires.
In 1922, she directed and starred in the film A Shout from the Abyss, also known as Un cri dans l'abîme. In a 1924 interview for Mon Ciné magazine, she stated that she was introduced to film-making through her friend Léonie Richard.
Selected filmography
Known For
Movies (88)
Les Misérables
1925
as La Thénardier
Bébé Corrects His Father
1911
as Mother
The Dwarf
1912
as La mère
Bébé apache
1910
Napoléon, Bébé, and the Cossacks
1912
Bout de Zan Steals an Elephant
1913
as Charitable lady
Un monsieur qui a mangé du taureau
1935
Jimmy Pulls The Trigger
1912
as Bébé mother
Baby Fisherman
1910
Thaïs
1911
The Exodus
1910
The Defect
1911
as Anna Moulin, dite Nana
Esther
1910
Le Poison
1911
Pépé le Moko
1937
as 'La Mère Tarte'
Jephté's Daughter
1910
Bébé nègre
1911
The Nativity
1910
The Vipers
1911
The Hotel of Silence
1908
L'Accident
1912
The Fault of Another
1910
Bébé veut payer ses dettes
1912
Severo Torelli
1914
as Dona Pia
The Shipwreck
1909
The Heart and the Money
1912
as Madame Mauguiot
L'Intruse
1913
as La Breschard
Crowns, I: The Crown of Roses
1909
The Dungeon
1912
André Chénier
1910
Bébé a le béguin
1911
The Cavalry
1914
as Mme de Moranges
The Huguenot
1909
L’Aventurière
1910
At the Hour of Dawn
1914
Le Fils de Locuste
1911
The Seven Deadly Sins
1910
In the Land of Lions
1912
as La Morena
Cursed Be the War
1910
The Bachelor Girl
1923
as Mme. Ambrat
The Guardian of Camargue
1910
The Agony of Byzantium
1913
as The Wife of Emperor Constantine
The Obsession
1912
as Mme Trévoux
Bout-de-Zan et le cheminot
1913
Un monsieur qui a mangé du taureau
1909
The Living Dead
1912
Les Larmes de Colette
1926
The Toledo Chest
1914
La Cassette de l'émigrée
1912
as Marie-Jeanne la lingère
Bout-de-Zan revient du cirque
1912
Bébé roi de Rome
1911
as la mère de Bébé
Judith and Holophernes
1909
as Judith
The Blind Man of Jerusalem
1909
The Colonel's Account
1907
The Open Eyes
1913
Le Festin de Balthazar
1910
Bout-de-Zan et le crime au téléphone
1914
Le Suicide de Bébé
1912
as La mère de Bébé
L'aviateur masqué
1922
Le Mariage de l'aînée
1911
A General Strike
1911
La conquête d'Aurélia
1912
Custody of the Child
1909
as Mother
The Imager of Mont Saint-Michel
1909
Life As It Is
1911
La Trouvaille de Bébé
1910
A Very Fine Lady
1908
as La dame vraiment bien
Bébé n’aime pas sa concierge
1912
as Bébé's mother
Le Pont sur l'abîme
1912
The Fate of Mothers
1912
The Seneschal's Diamond
1914
The Legend of Prometheus
1908
Tant que vous serez heureux
1911
Le Chef-lieu de canton
1911
La Souris blanche
1911
Manon de Montmartre
1914
as Mme Bernard
Les Braves Gens
1912
Le Bas de laine
1911
The Legend of the Spinner
1908
as La Muse
The Secret of Forçat
1913
Fantômas
1913
as Lady Beltham
The Trust, or The Battles for Money
1911
as Juliette Michaud
The Wagon Child
1914
La Bous Bous Mée
1909
as La femme jalouse
La Maison des lions
1912
La Vengeance du sergent de la ville
1913
Lysistrata or The Kissing Strike
1910
A Race for Millions
1912
About Renée Carl
Renée Carl (10 June 1875 – 31 July 1954) was a French actress of the silent era. She was born in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France, and died in Paris, France. Between 1907 and 1937, she appeared in 186 films. A favorite of film director Louis Feuillade, she appeared in, at least, 150 films directed by him including the short Bébé and Bout de Zan comedies. Of the many characters she played in Feuillade's films, perhaps her most famous portrayal was that of Lady Beltham, mistress of the notorious Fantômas in the serial of the same name. She make… With 88 credits spanning from 1907 to 1937, Renée Carl has appeared in 88 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Les Misérables (1925) — as La Thénardier
- Bébé Corrects His Father (1911) — as Mother
- The Dwarf (1912) — as La mère
- Bébé apache (1910)
- Napoléon, Bébé, and the Cossacks (1912)
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