Renée Carl
from Fontenay-le-Comte
from Fontenay-le-Comte
Renée Carl (10 June 1875 – 31 July 1954) was a French actress of the silent era. She was born in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France, and died in Paris, France.
Between 1907 and 1937, she appeared in 186 films. A favorite of film director Louis Feuillade, she appeared in, at least, 150 films directed by him including the short Bébé and Bout de Zan comedies. Of the many characters she played in Feuillade's films, perhaps her most famous portrayal was that of Lady Beltham, mistress of the notorious Fantômas in the serial of the same name. She makes an uncredited appearance, as "L'Andalouse," in The Vampires.
In 1922, she directed and starred in the film A Shout from the Abyss, also known as Un cri dans l'abîme. In a 1924 interview for Mon Ciné magazine, she stated that she was introduced to film-making through her friend Léonie Richard.
Selected filmography
'La Mère Tarte'
Un monsieur qui a mangé du taureau
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Les Larmes de Colette
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La Thénardier
Mme. Ambrat
L'aviateur masqué
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A Shout from the Abyss
Director
Mme de Moranges
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Mme Bernard
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The Wagon Child
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Dona Pia
The Toledo Chest
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La Breschard
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Bout de Zan Steals an Elephant
Charitable lady
Lady Beltham
Bout-de-Zan et le cheminot
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The Wife of Emperor Constantine
Bébé mother
Bébé n’aime pas sa concierge
Bébé's mother
Les Braves Gens
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Le Pont sur l'abîme
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Bébé veut payer ses dettes
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Le Suicide de Bébé
La mère de Bébé
The Fate of Mothers
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L'Accident
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Marie-Jeanne la lingère
La conquête d'Aurélia
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La Morena
Madame Mauguiot
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La mère
The Dungeon
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Mme Trévoux
A Race for Millions
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Bout-de-Zan revient du cirque
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Life As It Is
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Le Mariage de l'aînée
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A General Strike
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Le Bas de laine
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Le Poison
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La Souris blanche
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Le Chef-lieu de canton
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Tant que vous serez heureux
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Bébé nègre
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Le Fils de Locuste
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Bébé a le béguin
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Anna Moulin, dite Nana
Bébé roi de Rome
la mère de Bébé
Juliette Michaud
Mother
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André Chénier
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Le Festin de Balthazar
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Lysistrata or The Kissing Strike
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Jephthah's Daughter
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The Exodus
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The Seven Deadly Sins
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Monsieur Wants to Get Married
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L’Aventurière
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La Trouvaille de Bébé
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Bébé apache
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Baby Fisherman
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The Blind Man of Jerusalem
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La femme jalouse
Judith and Holophernes
Judith
(Unknown)
Mother
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The Imager of Mont Saint-Michel
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The Huguenot
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The Shipwreck
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La Muse
La dame vraiment bien
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The Hotel of Silence
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The Secret of the Glacier
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