Mary Marquet
Date of birth: 1895-04-14
Place of birth: Leningrad, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Mary Marquet (born Micheline Marguerite Delphine Marquet; 14 April 1895 – 29 August 1979) was a French stage and film actress. Marquet came from a family of artists: her parents were actors, an aunt was a star dancer at the Paris Opera, and another was an official at the Comédie-Française. She entered the National Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art in 1913 and studied under Paul Mounet. She failed her final exams, but was immediately engaged in the company of Sarah Bernhardt, who was a great friend of the family. She went on play alongside her in The Eugene Morand cathedral. She became established with her role in L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand, whose mistress she became from 1915 to his death in 1918. She made her film debut in 1914 in a silent film, Les Frères ennemis, which was never finished. Her first major film role was in Sappho, produced by Léonce Perret in 1932. After World War I, she joined the Comédie-Française in 1923 where she stayed for over twenty years, before moving to the boulevard Theatre. During the World War II, throughout the occupation, she sought the protection of German officers to protect her son who had told her of his intention to join the Resistance. The response was his arrest and deportation to Buchenwald concentration camp where he died aged 21. This was possibly the cause of her problems at the time of the Liberation when, due to her alleged relations with the enemy, Marquet was arrested and sent to Drancy and then to Fresnes. She was later released for lack of evidence. In the 1950s, she turned to poetry recital, while continuing her career in theater on the boulevards. She worked for ORTF in the Maigret episodes of Les Cinq Dernières Minutes and Les Saintes Chéries and in the television adaptation of Lucien Leuwen, the novel by Stendhal. Parallel to her acting career, as an antiquarian she ran a stand for many years at the Swiss Village, an important antique market in Paris where she demonstrated her skills as a saleswoman, mixing theatrical memorabilia with commercial interests. Among her most successful parts in over forty films, were her roles in, Landru in 1962, Claude Chabrol, La Grande Vadrouille in 1966 by Gérard Oury, and Casanova in 1975 by Federico Fellini. After these three minor parts she played important roles in La vie de château (1966) the mother of Philippe Noiret and the stepmother of Catherine Deneuve and the Le malin plaisir (1975) with Claude Jade and Anny Duperey. Mary Marquet and Victor Francen on their wedding day in 1934. Her first lover was Edmond Rostand around 1915, living together for three years. In 1920 she married Maurice Escande, the future director of the house of Molière, ending in divorce in 1921, before meeting Firmin Gémier, the director of the new Théâtre National Populaire, who was still married but whose wife was barren. In 1922, Marquet gave birth to their son. Before the death of Gémier in 1933, Marquet became the mistress of the president of the then Council, André Tardieu, in a semi-official liaison. Having broken up with Tardieu, she married Victor Francen. The couple separated after seven years together. Marquet died of heart attack at the age of 84 in her apartment in the Rue Carpeaux, She is buried in Montmartre Cemetery. Source: Article "Mary Marquet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Movie Credits
Par ici la monnaie
1974-04-03
All the inhabitants of an old house are swindlers, dreaming only of the big score that will enable t
Evil Pleasure
1975-01-01
Philippe Malaiseau, writer and historian, died before completing his study of Charles le Témeraire,
A Matter of Resistance
1966-01-25
In the countryside near Normandy's beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It's 1945, she's married to Jérôme,
Bluebeard
1963-01-25
Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefi
The Gardener of Argenteuil
1966-10-07
Tulipe, is an old man who lives alone in an old railway carriage in the Argentueil region of Paris.
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966-12-08
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cro
The Marvelous Visit
1974-11-27
In a small French village, an angel appears disguised as a beautiful young blond.
Phèdre
1968-10-16
In the absence of her royal husband Theseus, thought to be dead, Phaedra declares her love to Hippol
Love at the Top
1974-03-13
A shy bank employee unexpectedly invites a young woman to a café, leading to a one-night stand. When
Sapho
1934-04-07
During a transvestite ball, a young provincial meets Fanny Legrand. A great love is born between the
The Clairvoyant
1924-10-31
Jean is thrown out of the house by his father, a remarried politician, out of jealousy for his frien
Le 84 prend des vacances
1950-02-22
Gaston Bernod is a Parisian bus driver. Honest, upright and hard-working, he is held in high esteem
Forbidden to the Public
1949-12-02
Hervé Montagne, a famous but awfully self-satisfied playwright, is furious when he learns that the a
Un jour avec vous
1952-03-14
The young Mathilde de Marsan, believes she is in love with a singer, Philippe Mazières, and steals h
Foyer perdu
1952-06-13
A brave and talkative wine merchant, Eugène Barbentin drives his son Pierrot out of the family home,
Drôle de noce
1952-09-10
Mr and Mrs Barbezat,Concierges are to marry their only daughter to a butcher's boy. Both the in-laws
Piédalu fait des miracles
1952-10-10
The inhabitants of Marboue-Chambourcy want a swimming pool, and the difficulties in realizing this e
Lettre ouverte
1953-03-11
Martial, Colette 's husband, is madly jealous. One day, he catches his wife writing a letter and he
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
1962-08-29
André Laroche, an industrialist, has just passed away. Face to his grave, as he is being buried, Ann
Sister Angele's Secret
1956-03-21
A young novitiate witnesses a murder. Later, she recognizes the culprit, who admits to the killing;
De Medeminaars
1913-06-19
Two brothers - fishermen - fall for the same girl. So one decides to kill the other. But the attempt
Une fille cousue de fil blanc
1977-01-26
A young girl dies in an accident just before her wedding. But when her sister starts to look into it
The Nabob Affair
1960-11-16
Serge, alias Count Fornari, is hired by a mysterious employer to try to steal the Nabob, an exceptio
Les Combinards
1966-02-02
Léo and Claude, two penniless friends turned con artists, answer matrimonial classified ads to trap
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1954-02-10
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocra
Midnight... Quai de Bercy
1953-05-21
Having recently moved into her new apartment, Irène Cazenave, the widow of a well-known police offic
The Marriage Came Tumbling Down
1968-06-07
Jacques spends his summer vacation with his grandfather, Jericho, in the company of his wife Marie.
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
Boys and Girls
1967-09-21
Ten young people (six boys and four girls), most of whom students, rent a house in bad repair and se
Drôles de phénomènes
1959-03-04
Since the day their mother Aline remarried, Patrice and Eric, a joyful pair of twins, have been very
Quelle sacrée soirée
1957-09-04
Jean Duclos has extraordinary adventures after taking the train and mistakenly taking the luggage of
We Will Go to Deauville
1962-12-24
Comical adventures of two pairs of friends during their stay in Deauville, Normandy.
Bruno: Sunday's Child
1969-06-06
The weekend of August 15th gives the opportunity to Michel Fauvet, a recently divorced father, to sp
La visite de la vieille dame
1971-01-05
Adaptation for TV of the play by Friedrich Durrenmatt. A very rich old lady arrives in her nearly ba
Les Hommes en blanc
1955-05-09
Jean Nerac completes his medical studies, sure of a successful career, but less sure of his attempts
Maid in Paris
1956-01-20
Penelope Benson, known as Penny, is both romantic and determined. Put in a select boarding school by
Fellini's Casanova
1976-12-10
Imprisoned for practicing black magic, writer and adventurer Giacomo Casanova escapes and wanders Eu
Le polygame
1974-07-31
Operation Lady Marlene
1974-09-01
Robert Lamoureux plays a General in the Resistance. With an unlikely team of French patriots, he eas