Musidora

1889-1957

Biography: life and films

Musidora was a French actress and film director whose birth name was Jeanne Roques. She was born in Paris, France on 23rd February 1889 and died in Paris, France on 7th December 1957, aged 68.

Her best films as an actor include Louis Feuillade's crime-thriller Les Vampires (1915), C'est pour les orphelins (1916), Judex (1916) and Jaime De Lasuen's Sol y sombra (1922), and whose best work as a film director include Sol y sombra (1922).

Musidora appeared in 43 films, directed 4 films and scripted 3 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Louis Feuillade (26 films), Gaston Ravel (6) and André Hugon (4).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (23 films), crime-thriller (2) and Thriller (2).

Our average rating for Musidora over all films is: 2.2

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

Les Fiancés de 1914 (1914) [a]

Severo Torelli (1914) [a]

Fifi tambour (1915) [a]

L'Escapade de Filoche (1915) [a]

Le Fer à cheval (1915) [a]

Le Furoncle (1915) [a]

Le Roman de la midinette (1915) [a]

Le Sosie (1915) [a]

Les Noces d'argent (1915) [a]

Les Vampires (1915) [a]

Minne (1915) [a]

Triple entente (1915) [a]

Union sacrée (1915) [a]

C'est le printemps (1916) [a]

Judex (1916) [a]

Le Colonel Bontemps (1916) [a]

Les Chacals (1917) [a]

Johannes, fils de Johannes (1918) [a]

La Vagabonda (1918) [a,d]

Mademoiselle Chiffon (1919) [a]

Pour don Carlos (1920) [d,w]

Le Berceau de dieu (1926) [a]



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