Claude Mérelle (born Lise Henriette Marie Laurent; 17 May 1888 – 16 December 1976)Les Gens du Cinéma Retrieved 10 August 2016. was a French stage and film actress who appeared in numerous films during the silent film era of the early 1910s through the late 1920s.
Career Claude Mérelle was born Lise Henriette Marie Laurent in Colombes, France in 1888, she made her film debut in the 1912 short Les noces siciliennes, directed by Louis Feuillade.cineartisyes.com Retrieved 10 August 2016. She would go on to appear in numerous film serials throughout the 1910s under the name Lise Laurent and directed by filmmakers such as Feuillade, Henri Pouctal and Henri Diamant-Berger before using the stage name Claude Mérelle beginning in 1918.cineartisyes.com Retrieved 10 August 2016. Mérelle most often appeared in film serials throughout her career, such as 1924's Les aventures de Robinson Crusoé, directed by Gaston Leprieur; 1924's Les amours de Rocambole, directed by Charles Maudru; 1925's Jean Chouans, directed by Luitz-Morat; 1926's Le capitaine Rascasse, Henri Desfontaines and 1926's Le juif errant, directed by Luitz-Morat. Her final film appearance was in the 1928 drama Rapa-Nui (also known as The Golden Abyss) directed by Mario Bonnard and starring André Roanne.Les Gens du Cinéma Retrieved 10 August 2016.
Personal life Claude Mérelle was married to stage and film actor Albert Decoeur from 1923 until his death in 1942. The two had appeared in several films together.Gaumont Pathé archives Retrieved 10 August 2016. She retired from films in 1928 and died in Nice in 1976 at age 88.
Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes1912 Les Noces siciliennes 1914 La Bouquetière des Catalans 1914 La Petite Réfugiée 1914 Les Fiancées de 1914 1914 L'Union sacrée 1914 Le Roman de Midinette 1915 Debout les morts 1915 Pêcheur d'Islande 1915 L'Angoisse au foyer 1915 Celui qui reste Madame d'Arbelle 1915 Le Collier de perles 1915 Le Colonel Bontemps Madame de Lestranges 1915 Deux françaises 1915 Fifi tambour 1915' L'Autre devoir 1915 Union sacrée The Wife 1915 L'escapade de Filoche 1915 Le fer à cheval 1916 Le Rêve d'Yvonne 1916 Chantecoq ou L'Espionne de Guillaume 1916 Debout les morts! 1916 La Confrontation 1916 Le Mirage du cœur 1916 Paris pendant la guerre 1916 Fille d'Ève 1916 Chantecoq 1918 La Femme de Claude 1919 La Croisade Betty Isvalow 1919 Au travail Fernande Delaveau serial 1920 Les Mystères du ciel Cléopâtre 1921 Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoé Magda 1921 Les Trois Mousquetaires Milady de Winter serial1922 La Bouquetière des innocents Léonora Caligaï / Margot, the flower seller 1922 King of the Camargue La Zingara 1922 The Black Diamond Fraülenetière 1922 Notre Dame d'amour Roselyne 1922 Stella Lucente 1923 L'Espionne Countess Zicka 1923 The Little Thing Irma Borel 1923 Le bossu 1923 Les Premières Armes de Rocambole Baccara 1924 The Loves of Rocambole Baccara 1924 Jocaste Jocaste 1924 Le Vert galant Duchess of Montpensier serial1925 Jean Chouan Maryse Fleurus serial1925 Milord l'Arsouille Lady Seymour serial1926 Le Juif errant Baroness of Saint-Dizier 1926 Captain Rascasse Madelon, the "Queen of Whisky" serial1927 The Golden Abyss Dolores Coreto (final film role)
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