Annabella

Actor

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Also Known As

Suzanne Georgette Charpentier

Birth Place

France

Born

July 14, 1909

Died

September 18, 1996

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

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This petite leading French female star of the 1930s came to prominence with two delightful Rene Clair films, "Le Million" (1931) and "Quatorze Juillet" (1933). After three British productions, including the Technicolor "Wings of the Morning" (1937), Annabella went to Hollywood, where she appeared in mostly undistinguished 20th Century-Fox films for a decade....

Filmography

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13 Rue Madeleine (1947)

Suzanne de Beaumont

Bomber's Moon (1943)

Lt. Alexandra Zoreisch, also known as Alec

Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)

Bridal Suite (1939)

Luise Anzengruber

The Baroness and the Butler (1938)

Baroness Katrina [Marissey]

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Baroness And The Butler, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) The Results From Budapest

Baroness And The Butler, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Please Put Me Down!

Family & Companions

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Jean Murat

Husband

Actor. Divorced in 1938; died on January 5, 1968.

Tyrone Power

Husband

Actor. Married in 1939; divorced in 1948.

Biography

This petite leading French female star of the 1930s came to prominence with two delightful Rene Clair films, "Le Million" (1931) and "Quatorze Juillet" (1933). After three British productions, including the Technicolor "Wings of the Morning" (1937), Annabella went to Hollywood, where she appeared in mostly undistinguished 20th Century-Fox films for a decade.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

13 Rue Madeleine (1947)

Suzanne de Beaumont

Bomber's Moon (1943)

Lt. Alexandra Zoreisch, also known as Alec

Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)

Bridal Suite (1939)

Luise Anzengruber

The Baroness and the Butler (1938)

Baroness Katrina [Marissey]

Hotel du Nord (1938)

Wings of the Morning (1937)

Under the Red Robe (1937)

Lady Marguerite

Wings of the Morning (1937)

Dinner at the Ritz (1937)

Anne-Marie (1936)

Veille d'armes (1935)

Caravane (1934)

La princesse Wilma

Les Nuits Moscovites (1934)

July 14th (1933)

Le Million (1931)

Napoleon (1929)

Life Events

1926

Father sent photograph to producer friend, who arranged her first screen role, in Abel Gance's "Napolean"

1931

First film under direction of Rene Clair, "Le Million"

1933

Acted in "Quatorze juillet/July 14" also directed by Clair

1936

Went to England to star in three films, including the first color production, "Wings of the Morning", Under the Red Robe" and "Dinner at the Ritz"

1938

Performed in "The Baroness and the Butler", "Hotel du Nord" directed by Marcel Carne, and "Suez" opposite Tyrone Power

1940

Worked on "Seventh Heaven", a Screen Guild radio production, with then-husband Tyrone Power

1941

Starred in summer stock revival of Ferenc Molnar's "Liliom", opposite Power

1946

Acted in "No Exit", a Jean-Paul Sartre play

1948

Returned to France after marriage to Tyrone Power ended

1949

Starred in "Dernier amour"

1952

Final film "Le plus bel amour de Don Juan/The Most Beautiful Love of Don Juan"

Videos

Baroness And The Butler, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) The Results From Budapest As Hungary's Prime Minister (Henry Stephenson) dines with his wife (Helen Westley), son-in-law (Joseph Schildkraut) and daughter (Annabella), butler Johann (William Powell) has a secret revealed, in The Baroness And The Butler, 1938.

Baroness And The Butler, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Please Put Me Down! Butler Johann (William Powell), new star of the Hungarian parliament, serves Baroness Katrina (Annabella) and her flirty friend (Margaret Irving) at their charity party, in The Baroness And The Butler, 1938.

Baroness And The Butler, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) All The Peasants William Powell (as "Johann") butles for the Hungarian Prime Minister (Henry Stephenson) and his daughter Baroness Katrina (Annabella), early in 20th Century Fox's The Baroness And The Butler, 1938.

Wings Of The Morning (1937) -- (Movie Clip) My Friend The Duke With cousin and Irish host Sir Valentine (Stewart Rome), Canadian Kerry (Henry Fonda) is fuming over Spanish duchess Maria (Annabella) who, until now, has been dressed as a boy, in Wings Of The Morning, 1937.

Wings Of The Morning (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Haven For All Gypsies Opening the first British film in 3-strip Technicolor, Lord Clontarf (Leslie Banks) intervenes as police on his land assail Gypsy Mairik (D.J. Williams) and daughter Marie (Annabella), in Wings Of The Morning, 1937.

Bridal Suite (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Opposite Of Amnesia American playboy Neil (Robert Young), in Switzerland aiming to be diagnosed with amnesia, gets grabby with innkeeper Luise (Annabella), a musical interlude in MGM's Bridal Suite, 1939.

Bridal Suite (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Probably The Altitude Arriving in Switzerland intending to have him diagnosed as an amnesiac, playboy Neil (Robert Young) and mother (Billie Burke) are greeted by innkeeper Luise (Annabella), in MGM's Bridal Suite, 1939.

Le Million (1931) -- (Movie Clip) The One Who Never Pays! Creditors of Michel (Rene Lefebvre) seem satisfied that he has indeed won the lottery, director Rene Clair embellishing the notion, as his ballerina girlfriend Beatrice (Annabella) is summoned, in Le Million, 1931.

Le Million (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Penny Pinching Manners Shiftless artist Michel (Rene Lefebvre), ambushed by creditors at his apartment, takes refuge with irked girlfriend Beatrice (Annabella), when the cops arrive chasing Grandpa Tulip (Paul Olivier), in Rene Clair's Le Million, 1931.

Le Million (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Back To Early Today Following the credits, rooftops of Paris in the improbable opening of director Rene Clair's Le Million, 1931, in which the ensemble (Rene Lefebvre, Vanda Greville, Annabella, Louis Allibert, Paul Olivier et al) introduces a flashback.

Wings Of The Morning (1937) -- (Movie Clip) I Am Not A Shrimp! Introduction of Canadian horse trainer Kerry (Henry Fonda), whereupon Gypsy-descended Spanish duchess Maria (Annabella), disguised as a boy, rides up and makes a trade, in 20th Century Fox's 3-strip Technicolor experiment Wings Of The Morning, 1937.

13 Rue Madeleine - (Original Trailer) Tragedy occurs when a spy chief finds out one of his agents-in-training is actually a Nazi double agent in 13 Rue Madeleine (1947).

Bridal Suite - (Original Trailer) A playboy's fiancee sets out to reform her future husband and his flighty mother in Bridal Suite (1939) starring Robert Young.

Napoleon (1927) -- (Trailer) San Francisco Silent Film Festival The trailer promoting the exclusive screening of Abel Gance's Napoleon, 1927, at the 2012 San Francisco Silent Film Festival.

Family

Anna Murat

Daughter

Father, Jean Murat; adopted by Tyrone Power when Annabella was married to him; wife of Oskar Werner for 12 years until divorce in 1971.

Companions

Jean Murat

Husband

Actor. Divorced in 1938; died on January 5, 1968.

Tyrone Power

Husband

Actor. Married in 1939; divorced in 1948.

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