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Héléna Manson(1898-1994)

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Héléna Manson in Who Killed Santa Claus? (1941)
The new 4K restoration of Henri-Georges Clouzot's LE CORBEAU opens April 20 at New York's Film Forum and May 4 at Laemmle's Royal in Los Angeles. rialtopictures.com
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Born in Caracas, young Elena (later to become Héléna) miraculously survived an earthquake there. She found a new home at an uncle's in New York City first, and later at another relative's in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland. A very early theater enthusiast, Manson trained as an actress at the Conservatoire de Genève. She was soon hired by the prestigious Pitoëff company and appeared as the ingénue in the famous French-speaking production of Pirandello's "Six Personnages en Quête d'Auteur". Among her numerous plays, let's quote "La Tournée des Aveux" (as the 23-year-old spinster) by the side of Louis Jouvet, "Romeo et Juliette (playing Lady Capulet) in 1937 and, more recently, "L'infâme" with Roger Planchon (in which she was the mother of the monstrous curé d'Uruffe). On the other hand she gave a poetry recital in several Swiss towns titled "De Villon à nos Jours". On the screen, big or small, she appeared more than a hundred times and performed dubbing in hosts of French versions of foreign movies. Little known by the public she was very much in demand as an always dependable supporting actress. Her portrayal of Marie Corbin, the wrongly accused nurse in Clouzot's "Le Corbeau" will be forever remembered.
BornAugust 18, 1898
DiedSeptember 15, 1994(96)
BornAugust 18, 1898
DiedSeptember 15, 1994(96)
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Known for

Roman Polanski in The Tenant (1976)
The Tenant
7.5
  • Head Nurse
  • 1976
Les frères Karamazoff (1931)
Les frères Karamazoff
6.4
  • Fénia
  • 1931
Grock in Farewell Mister Grock (1950)
Farewell Mister Grock
6.3
  • Tante Pauline
  • 1950
Pierre Fresnay in Le Corbeau (1943)
Le Corbeau
7.8
  • Marie Corbin - l'infirmière
  • 1943

Credits

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  • Les maris, les femmes, les amants (1989)
    Les maris, les femmes, les amants
    6.0
    • La mère du dentiste
    • 1989
  • Agent trouble (1987)
    Agent trouble
    6.2
    • Madame Sackman, la directrice du musée
    • 1987
  • Les misérables
    TV Mini Series
    • La logeuse maison Corbeau
    • 1985
  • La femme ivoire (1984)
    La femme ivoire
    3.0
    • Mlle Berthe
    • 1984
  • La dictée
    TV Mini Series
    • Caria
    • 1984
  • Les Misérables (1982)
    Les Misérables
    7.3
    • La logeuse de la maison Corbeau
    • 1982
  • Non-Lieu
    TV Movie
    • Mme Dereine
    • 1981
  • Un petit paradis
    TV Movie
    • Mme Serraut
    • 1981
  • Jacques Balutin, Darry Cowl, Jean Lefebvre, Jacqueline Maillan, Maria Pacôme, Fernand Raynaud, and Michel Roux in Au théâtre ce soir (1966)
    Au théâtre ce soir
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Ellen
    • 1981
  • My American Uncle (1980)
    My American Uncle
    7.6
    • La logeuse de René à Cholet
    • 1980
  • La vigne à Saint-Roman (1978)
    La vigne à Saint-Roman
    TV Movie
    • 1978
  • La lettre écarlate (1977)
    La lettre écarlate
    TV Movie
    • Une commère
    • 1977
  • Anne-Marie Besse in Un amour de jeunesse (1977)
    Un amour de jeunesse
    TV Movie
    • La Prieure
    • 1977
  • La lune papa (1977)
    La lune papa
    5.6
    TV Series
    • La mère de Clairette
    • 1977
  • Roman Polanski in The Tenant (1976)
    The Tenant
    7.5
    • Head Nurse
    • 1976

Additional Crew



  • Amarcord (1973)
    Amarcord
    7.8
    • french voice dubbing: Fides Stagni (uncredited)
    • 1973
  • 7 Women (1965)
    7 Women
    6.7
    • french voice dubbing: Mildred Dunnock (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Steve Reeves in The Trojan Horse (1961)
    The Trojan Horse
    5.9
    • french voice dubbing: Bianca Doria (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • Lex Barker and Jocelyn Lane in Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960)
    Robin Hood and the Pirates
    3.8
    • french voice dubbing: Edda Soligo (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield in The Loves of Hercules (1960)
    The Loves of Hercules
    3.2
    • french voice dubbing: Olga Solbelli (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • The Nun's Story (1959)
    The Nun's Story
    7.5
    • french voice dubbing: Ruth White (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Jack Lemmon, Judy Holliday, and Peter Lawford in It Should Happen to You (1954)
    It Should Happen to You
    7.2
    • french voice dubbing: Cora Witherspoon (uncredited)
    • 1954
  • Gregory Peck, Ethel Barrymore, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Ann Todd, Louis Jourdan, and Alida Valli in The Paradine Case (1947)
    The Paradine Case
    6.5
    • french voice dubbing: Phyllis Morris (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten, and Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946)
    Duel in the Sun
    6.7
    • french voice dubbing: Lillian Gish (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, and Claude Rains in Notorious (1946)
    Notorious
    7.9
    • french voice dubbing: Leopoldine Konstantin (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Ingrid Bergman and Bing Crosby in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
    The Bells of St. Mary's
    7.2
    • french voice dubbing: Una O'Connor (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Veronica Lake and Fredric March in I Married a Witch (1942)
    I Married a Witch
    7.1
    • french voice dubbing: Mary Field (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Bette Davis, Richard Carlson, and Teresa Wright in The Little Foxes (1941)
    The Little Foxes
    7.9
    • french voice dubbing: Virginia Brissac (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)
    Gone with the Wind
    8.2
    • french voice dubbing: Lillian Kemble-Cooper (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, and Frank Morgan in The Wizard of Oz (1939)
    The Wizard of Oz
    8.1
    • french voice dubbing: Margaret Hamilton (uncredited)
    • 1939

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  • Alternative names
    • Helena Manson
  • Born
    • August 18, 1898
    • Caracas, Venezuela
  • Died
    • September 15, 1994
    • Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • René Montis
  • Other works
    Dubbing voice in the French post-synchronized version of Walt Disney's "Cinderella" (Cendrillon).
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    • 1 Print Biography
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    Manson lived the last six decades of her long life - and died - in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

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