Germaine Dermoz
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Germaine Dermoz.
Born: July 30, 1888
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Known For
The Bread Peddler
A brave woman is sentenced to prison on false testimony. She escapes twenty years later and takes refuge in Paris where she carries bread while looking for her children Georges and Lucie who will find her and exonerate her.
Monsieur Vincent
The life of Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century author and priest who founded two religious orders.
Caroline and the Rebels
A swashbuckling heritage reveals itself as the adopted son of 19th-century Spaniards develops into a suave lady-killer.
The Prize
Madame Husson and her circle of holier-than-thou ladies (including an old maid Madame Cadenas)are looking for a chaste and pure girl who will win a hefty sum.
Heroes of the Marne
Bernard Lefrancois is a prosperous farmer on the River Marne, while his neighbor is impoverished. Lefrancois objects strongly to the romance between his son and the neighbor's daughter, but it continues in secret. WWI begins and the son becomes an aviator with the French army, and the unwed girl presents Lefrancois with an unexpected grandchild. The German army occupies the area, and the girl is serving France as a spy and securing information needed by the French to drive out the Germans. While his son is engaged in air-combat against the Germans, and the unwed mother of his grandchild is serving as a spy against their country's enemy, Lefrancois also joins the battle as a soldier.
Children of Love
In a maternity hospital, young single mothers are accompanied by social worker Hélène Lambert, who tries to make them aware of their new responsibilities, while Dr. Baurain stresses the importance of their moral and sexual education. They come to the aid of several young women: one who would like to give up her child to a couple applying for adoption, another who, after the death of her first baby in dramatic circumstances, is expecting a second, and many others.
The Prom
Two middle-class notions dealers live happily with their girl, but an inheritance turns these nice people into snob Nouveaux Riches. Although the aristocracy invites them, the 'Tout-Paris' laughs behind their back. When they invite their would be new friends for a ball in their desirable new mansion, their daughter, sick and tired of being abandoned by her once loving parents, throws the invitations into the Seine.
The Smiling Madame Beudet
An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.
If Paris Were Told to Us
Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's history.
Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées
The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself.
Filmography
as Catherine de Médicis
as Comtesse d'Aranda
as Nicole's mother
as Mrs. Lepic
as Mme Husson
as Irma
as La reine Anne d'Autriche
as Madame des Lourdines
as Maria Xiriball
as Marie de Médicis
as Suzanne Lefrançois
as Mathilde Desbat
as Jeanne Fortier
as Henriette Versanges
as Madame Kampf
as Hubertine
as Rose Mamaï
as Madame Beudet
as Mme. de Chambry
as Minna Petrus
as Madame de Langeais