Portrait of Madeleine Robinson

Madeleine Robinson

Acting

Biography

Madeleine Robinson (born Madeleine Svoboda; 5 November 1917 – 1 August 2004) was a French actress. She was born to a French mother and Czech father near Paris. She was orphaned at the age of 14, and worked to support herself and her two younger brothers, but enjoyed watching plays. She then studied under Charles Dullin. Her first lead role was in Forty Little Mothers (1936). During the Occupation of France, she had a prominent role in Love Story and Summer Light (both 1943), and The Bellman (1945). Because she had acted during the Occupation, Robinson found it difficult to get work afterwards, but again came to prominence in Une si jolie petite plage (1949). Madeleine Robinson won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress in 1959 for her role in À double tour. In 2001, she was awarded a Molière d'honneur for her contribution to the field. Source: Article "Madeleine Robinson" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Born: November 5, 1917

Place of Birth: Paris, France

Filmography

1995
La rage au cœur

as Madame Lignel

1994
The Teddy Bear

as Mother of Jean

1993
L'Affaire Seznec

as Madame Seznec

1988
Camille Claudel

as Louise-Athanaise Claudel

1988
1984
Dialogues des Carmélites

as Mme Lidoine (la nouvelle prieure)

1983
La Métamorphose

as Mrs. Samsa

1983
I Married a Shadow

as Mme Meyrand

1982
Mozart

as Mme Weber

1981
Cinq-Mars

as Marie de Médicis

1980
La Fortune des Rougon

as Adélaïde Rougon

1979
1979
1978
A Simple Story

as La mère

1978
Lover Boy

as Madame Josée

1975
Numéro un

as self

1975
1972
Noix de coco

as Caroline

1971
As Far as Love Can Go

as La femme du bar

1971
1970
The Mad Heart

as Clara Noël

1966
Father's Trip

as Manager of the “Salon Trianon”

1966
1966
A Young World

as Margot

1965
A Trap for Cinderella

as Jeanne Mureau

1964
1964
Mission to Venice

as Marie Trégard

1962
La salamandre d'or

as Louise de Savoie

1962
1962
The Trial

as Mrs. Grubach

1962
Cross of the Living

as Mrs. Van Dorneck

1962
Dark Journey

as Augusta Londe

1960
The Opportunists

as Flore Brazier

1959
À double tour

as Thérèse Marcoux

1958
Sins of Youth

as Mathilde Belin

1958
No Escape

as (uncredited)

1958
1957
Demoniac

as Julia Pradal

1956
Mannequins of Paris

as Véronique Lanier

1956
Passionate Summer

as Agatha Manosque

1955
The Ragpickers of Emmaus

as Madame Vatier

1954
On Trial

as Elisabeth Maurizius

1953
Their Last Night

as Madeleine Marsan

1953
Midnight... Quai de Bercy

as Irène Cazenave

1952
Alone in the World

as Geneviève

1952
The Man in My Life

as Madeleine Dubreuil

1951
1950
God Needs Men

as Jeanne Gourvennec

1950
Tuesday's Guest

as Fernande Josse, la femme de Charles

1949
The Story of Dr. Louise

as La doctoresse Louise Montivier

1949
Between Eleven and Midnight

as Lucienne Lusigny

1948
Le Cavalier de Croix-Mort

as Élisabeth d'Anthar

1948
The Bouquinquant Brothers

as Julie Bouquinquant born Moret

1947
La Grande Maguet

as Catherine Maguet

1947
The Royalists

as Madame Du Gua

1947
The Fugitive

as Simone

1945
The Bellman

as Marthe

1943
Douce

as Irène Comtat

1943
Summer Light

as Michèle

1942
La Croisée des chemins

as Henriette Rouvray

1942
Promise to the Unknown One

as Françoise Parker

1940
The Wonderful Night

as La réfugiée

1938
Captain Benoit

as Denise Benoît

1938
La Cité des lumières

as Madeleine Pascard

1938
Gosse de riche

as Simone Maravon

1938
Grisou

as La loute

1938
1937
A Man to Kill

as Andrée Ruval

1936
Assault

as Georgette Mérital

1936
Forty Little Mothers

as Denise Mériel, the mother