Claude France (March 9, 1893 – January 3, 1928) born in Emden, Germany; was a German-born French actress. She was born Jane Joséphine Anna Françoise Wittig. She was discovered by Leon Gaumont who was impressed with her beauty. She had worked as a French spy, and was connected with the denunciation of Mati Hari, with whom she had a friendly relationship. For reasons not clear she committed suicide by gas poisoning at her home in Paris.
Selected filmography Le Carnaval des vérités (1920) L'autre aile (1924) Modern Marriages (1924) Imperial Violets (1924) Prince Charming (1925) Boarding House Groonen (1925) Le Bossu (1925) The Abbot Constantine (1925) Fan Fan the Tulip (1925) Le berceau de dieu (1926) Simone (1926) Lady Harrington (1927) André Cornélis (1927) Madonna of the Sleeping Cars (1928) Island of Love (1929)
Bibliography Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.
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