Odette Talazac
Acting
Biography
Odette Talazac was the daughter of tenor Jean-Alexandre Talazac and his wife, the soprano Hélène Fauvelle. She began her career singing in music halls before turning to the theater and cinema. She was married in 1900 in Chatou to jeweler Georges Aucoc. She died on March 29, 1948 in Paris.
Born: May 6, 1883
Place of Birth: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Known For
L'Argent
Ruined by his competitor, the banker Saccard decides to set up a new business.
The Curtain Rises
1938, France, Paris, at the Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art ("Conservatoire Supérieur d'Art Dramatique"). The first-year entrance exams are in full swing. Many applicants, few accepted. Isabelle (Janine Darcey) is one of the few chosen. She joins former students from the second and third years, including François (Claude Dauphin) and Cécilia (Odette Joyeux). They attend the drama class run by Professor Lambertin (Louis Jouvet). The young people, passionate and eager to become comedians, clash in tumultuous love affairs, because by dint of acting, they imagine that life is a farce. François, for example, is in love with Isabelle, who also loves him, but is pursued by Cecilia, his former mistress... "Put art in your life and life in your art!"
The Rules of the Game
A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
Paris, France. Commissaire Wens follows the lead of a ruthless murderer to an unexpected place.
The Congress Dances
Vienna glove-sales-lady Christel falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander. Austrian Prince Metternich tries to use this and other pleasant diversions to keep him out of the negotiation conferences of the 1815 Vienna Congress.
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police's description: his name is Amedee Lange, and he murdered somebody in Paris. Lange was an employee in a printing works. His boss was a real bastard, swindling every one, seducing female workers... One day he fled to avoid facing his creditors, and the workers set up a cooperative to go on working. What then made Lange a killer?
The Blood of a Poet
In a poet’s room, an armless statue abruptly comes to life. It invites the poet to step through a mirror and to discover another world. Strange places and characters present themselves to him. The poet tears himself away from these twisted fascinations and returns, with some difficulty, to his room.
The Traveler Without Luggage
Having lost his memory due to serving in World War I, Gaston has spent the past 15 years in a psychiatric hospital. Due to his large disability pension fund, several families claim him as their missing son. Gaston is introduced to the Renaud family by the Duchess Dupont-Dufort and her lawyer. The Renaud family attempt to revive Gaston's memory with stories of his past, but he is apalled by some of the things he hears and dislikes the man he is supposed to be.
Pasha's Wives
Mireille, a Frenchwoman, marries a westernized Turkish diplomat and, thinking that she will live a dream life in an Arabian Nights setting, follows him back to his native country, only to discover that, in a staunchly traditional society, she will not be a free woman there any longer.
Le Million
Debt-ridden painter Michel is overcome with joy at discovering that he has just won 1 million florins in the Dutch lottery, but almost immediately, he discovers that his softhearted girlfriend, Béatrice, has given away his jacket containing the winning ticket to an elderly petty thief. Soon Michel, Beatrice and Michel's artistic rival, Prosper, are hurtling through the streets of Paris on the trail of the missing jacket.
Filmography
as Madame Girodot
as Une cliente
as Mrs. Gomez
as La mère Vignoboul
as la seconde bonne
as Madame Dubois
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as The childminder
as Cook
as Concierge
as Fanny Barbizonde
as Madame Point
as Nanette (uncredited)
as Owner
as Madame de la Plante
as Singer
as Soliman’s mother
as Une sociétaire (uncredited)
as Angelina / Dresser
as Innkeeper
as L'aubergiste
as The Baroness
as The Duchess
as Madame Tuche, inventor's maid (uncredited)
as Marie's Nanny
as Concierge's Wife
as Cydalise
as Marcza
as Countess, client of the fashion house
as Rose Bienfait
as Mme Béchue
as Mrs. Molleton
as Woman kissed on forehead by false Tsar (uncredited)
as Une cliente
as Woman kissed on forehead by false Tsar (uncredited)
as La cantatrice
as Une invitée
as Madame de Misezy
as Marceline