Mireille Balin

1909-1968

Biography: life and films

Mireille Balin was a French actress whose birth name was Blanche Mireille Césarine Balin. She was born in Monte-Carlo, Monaco on 20th July 1909 and died in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France on 9th November 1968, aged 59.

Her best films as an actor include Robert Siodmak's comedy Le Sexe faible (1933), Jean Grémillon's Gueule d'amour (1937), Jean Delannoy's Macao, l'enfer du jeu (1939), Augusto Genina's L'assedio dell'Alcazar (1940) and Jacques Becker's Dernier atout (1942).

Mireille Balin appeared in 28 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Léon Mathot (3 films), Jean Delannoy (3), Michel Bernheim (2) and Augusto Genina (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (17 films), comedy (7), romance (3) and comedy-drama (3).

Our average rating for Mireille Balin over all films is: 2.7

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Vive la classe (1932) [a]

Adieu les beaux jours (1933) [a]

Don Quichotte (1933) [a]

Le Sexe faible (1933) [a]

On a trouvé une femme nue (1934) [a]

Si j'étais le patron (1934) [a]

Vive la compagnie (1934) [a]

Marie des angoisses (1935) [a]

Jeunes filles de Paris (1936) [a]

Le Roman d'un spahi (1936) [a]

Gueule d'amour (1937) [a]

La Vénus de l'or (1937) [a]

Pépé le Moko (1937) [a]

Le Capitaine Benoît (1938) [a]

Naples au baiser de feu (1938) [a]

Cas de conscience (1939) [a]

Coups de feu (1939) [a]

Macao, l'enfer du jeu (1939) [a]

Rappel immédiat (1939) [a]

Terra di fuoco (1939) [a]

L'Assedio dell'Alcazar (1940) [a]

Menaces (1940) [a]

Fromont jeune et Risler aîné (1941) [a]

Dernier atout (1942) [a]

Haut le vent (1942) [a]

L'Assassin a peur la nuit (1942) [a]

La Femme que j'ai le plus aimée (1942) [a]

Malaria (1943) [a]

La Dernière chevauchée (1948) [a]



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