Gina Manès
Date of birth: 1893-04-07
Place of birth: Paris, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Blanche Moulin
Biography
Gina Manès (born Blanche Moulin; 7 April 1893 – 6 September 1989) was a French film actress and a major star of French silent cinema. After an early appearance in a Louis Feuillade film, she had significant roles in films of Germaine Dulac and Jean Epstein, including Cœur fidèle.
Movie Credits
A Man's Neck
1933-02-18
Willy Ferrière is a gambler living beyond his means, and his mistress is as greedy as he's dead brok
Le sept de trèfle
1921-09-16
Napoleon
1927-01-10
A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball
Die kleine Sklavin
1928-09-19
Lili, an unfortunate foster child, has a series of near misses and falls in love.
Cœur fidèle
1923-11-23
The good guys win out in this sweet tale about a young orphan who is abused for much of her life but
Under the Leather Helmet
1932-04-27
Set in Rumania, the film focuses on a female secret agent who intends to use an airplane to fly behi
Pax
1933-06-23
The Shark
1930-03-14
The Pont-Biquet Family
1935-09-20
The family Pont-Biquet is composed as follows: father, the judge, afflicted by deafness; authoritari
La brigade en jupons
1936-07-09
Two female police officers dismantle a network of drug traffickers.
Wolves Between Them
1936-09-03
A Nazi spy has stolen a gas mask filter of formidable efficiency in Paris. Two agents from the 2nd o
Maria de la nuit
1936-07-29
A cabaret singer in Barcelona sacrifices her feelings for an exiled young Frenchman who had been fal
Temptation
1936-07-26
La Mystérieuse Lady
1936-07-08
In India, a British detachment finds itself surrounded in a village by invisible enemies. An officer
Les Réprouvés
1937-02-19
At the borders of the Saharan desert, the dramatic situation of a battalion of light infantry attack
Gosse de riche
1938-06-07
The daughter of an industrialist takes an interest in the workers and tries to improve their lot. Sh
Sirocco
1938-09-22
Town trollop Safia, much against her better judgment, falls in love with Matteo, a beggar and mystic
Fort Dolorès
1939-03-01
Several men of different nationalities have decided to free themselves from the clutches of women an
Hatred
1938-01-26
Captain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. After an eventful
Majestic Hotel Cellars
1945-08-11
Maigret is called to the high-class Hotel Majestic to investigate a body. The wife of a wealthy Amer
Le Bateau à soupe
1947-02-19
Hervé is a tough sea captain in command of the "Duchesse Anne", a rum-trading ship. But the sea dog
Daughter of the Sands
1949-01-11
This Moroccan romance is a kind of Arab Tristan and Isolde: the heroine kills herself when she is co
S.O.S. Sahara
1938-08-17
At a North Africa desert outpost threatened by Arabs, the French commander has added trouble when hi
La Danseuse de Marrakech
1950-04-19
A little Métis girl, Kalina is saved from a massacre by Taraor, a black man from Sudan. Having becom
Coral Reefs
1939-03-01
The adventures of a sailor from Mexico to a lagoon in the Pacific ocean, and the meeting with a lone
Thérèse Raquin
1928-11-04
Thérèse Raquin, an unhappily married woman, aided by her lover Laurent, drowns her husband Michaud,
The Beautiful Otero
1954-11-04
An Italo-French biopic about one of the most famous women of Belle Époque, Spanish-born dancer and a
The Count of Bragelonne
1954-12-09
Raoul de Bragelonne must uphold his musketeer father's legacy in the face of court intrigues from Ca
Palace of Shame
1954-07-18
Tongues start to wag after a famous Parisian music hall dancer is rushed to hospital after being fou
Sin
1928-09-16
A married writer's luck turns when he gets a play produced at Théâtre de Paris. He meets the femme f
Divine
1935-11-21
A country girl finds work as a chorus girl in Paris, gets embroiled with a bad egg, and then finds t
Les Lumières du soir
1956-11-07
A young opera dancer tries to help her mother financially by performing in a dubious cabaret.
S.O.S. Schiff in Not
1929-02-28
La voie sans disque
1933-05-31
Toward the close of World War I, European railroads in Djibouti are under siege by bands of indigeno
Princely Nights
1929-10-07
The Man Without a Face
1919-09-01
Without a job and no money to spend, Blanche Mery (Gina Manès) has to accept a job offered by Gunter
Nights of Shame
1954-08-04
Marie-Thérèse is firmly involved in a charity dedicated to the rehabilitation of prostitutes. She ap
Pity for the Vamps
1956-10-19
Paris, 1956. Three sisters, three actresses willing to do almost anything to make it big. Their live
Sister Angele's Secret
1956-03-21
A young novitiate witnesses a murder. Later, she recognizes the culprit, who admits to the killing;
Law of the Streets
1956-04-25
Yves Tréguier, a young orphan, escapes from a reform school in Brittany to join "Dédé la Glace" in P
Sinners of Paris
1958-01-15
Michel Piccoli plays a police inspector whose best friend is murdered on the orders of gang boss Cha
Premier mai
1958-03-25
On this beautiful May 1st, Thérèse is about to give birth. Their presence at home is undesirable, so
Bonaparte et la révolution
1972-11-24
Abel Gance's 1971 sound edition of his epic 1927 'Napoleon', which contains much of the silent origi
The Red Inn
1923-09-27
Two young doctors, surprised by the storm, take refuge in an inn. A diamond broker joins them and, f
Mayerling
1936-01-31
Rudolf, the only heir to Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, is trapped in a loveless marriage t
Barcarolle
1935-03-26
A Beautiful Woman
1930-12-19
Father-and-son lion tamers, Rabbas and Léo share a mistress - Rosita, the " lovely bitch " of the fi
Le bonheur est pour demain
1961-06-03
Alain is a young man who has just left his parents and finds himself lost in Saint-Nazaire, a French
The Postmaster's Daughter
1938-03-03
A small town postal official allows a military officer to sweep his lovely daughter away to St. Pete
La dame de Monsoreau
1923-04-26
The film based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Duma, is concerned with fraternal royal st
Mädchenschicksale
1928-08-08
About exciting and everyday stories and dreams in the life of young and inexperienced girls.
Heart of an Actress
1924-10-07
Desire brings out the worst in an actress' suitors-- One a well-to-do patron of London's theatre set
The Saint and Her Fool
1928-10-03
Agnes Günther’s heart-rending fairy tale dazzled turn-of-the-century German audiences and sold hundr
Naples au baiser de feu
1925-11-13
A beggar and a singer are in love with the same woman.
Mimi Pinson
1958-07-22
Dany Robin plays the title character in the French comedy Mimi Pinson. The plot is strictly formula
Love's Springtime
1927-11-24
Clothilde, taken out of her convent to marry the Marquis, refuses to recognize her new husband.
Retour au bonheur
1942-04-09
Wanting to complete the research of her doctor husband, a former actress returns to the stage and th
Le mariage de Véréna
1938-10-19
Verena, a farm servant, gives birth to a little girl and for the happiness of her child, tries for n
Latin Quarter
1929-05-10
A wealthy man pretends to be a starving artist to gain the affections of a young painter.
Un soir au cocktail's bar
1929-05-10
From 6 P.M. to 8 P.M., in a documentary fashion, the film shows different character types sitting, m
Mam'zelle Spahi
1934-11-09
Two mistresses snubbed by their respective lovers crash a military ball and their lovers then resort
Train Without Eyes
1929-02-01
Napoléon Bonaparte
1935-11-05
A second version of Gance's Napoléon, with sound.
The Man with Three Masks
1921-04-22
The Hand That Has Killed
1924-10-23
Somersault
1931-05-29
The bewitchment of Seville
1931-10-26
The Devil in the Bottle
1935-04-05
If a sailor uses a magic bottle he found that grants whatever he desires, will his soul be lost to t
Looping the Loop
1928-09-15
Botto the Clown is in love with the much younger Blanche but she is in love with the handsome darede
Sables
1928-06-03
A Certain Mr. Jo
1958-04-16
Jo Guardini, now the peaceful owner of a charming inn by the banks of the River Marne, once was a dr
L'amour qu'il faut aux femmes
1934-03-02
The Red Night
1924-04-25
The red night was set within the space of a few hours and in two locations - the rich madam Lesparre
Fernandel the Dressmaker
1956-04-13
A modest taylor the women found irresistible inherit a Maison de couture in financial difficulty. De
Pas de panique
1966-08-10
A robbery of 10 billion is successfully carried out by a Corsican gang led by a man called Toussaint