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Catherine Hessling (born Andrée Madeleine Heuschling; 22 June 1900 – 28 September 1979) was a French actress and the first wife of film director Jean Renoir. Hessling appeared in 15, mostly silent, films before retiring from the acting profession and withdrawing from public life in the mid-1930s.
Mar 28, 2013 · But there was little notice seven months later when Renoir’s first wife, Andree Heuschling, who acted in his silent films as Catherine Hessling, died in France at the age of 79. After...
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In 1924, Renoir directed Une Vie Sans Joie or Catherine, the first of his nine silent films, most of which starred his first wife, Catherine Hessling, who was also his father's last model. At this stage, his films did not produce a return.
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May 30, 2018 · Under the stage name Catherine Hessling, she starred in the ethereal “Whirlpool of Fate” (1924) and then in “Nana” (1926), an adaptation of Émile Zola’s novel, in which she plays a ...
May 14, 2018 · His first work, a 1924 silent film, is called Catherine or A Life Without Joy. In a memoir, Jean wrote: "I have spent my life trying to determine the extent of the influence of my father upon...
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Catherine Hessling. Actress: Nana. Catherine Hessling was born on 22 June 1900 in Moronvilliers, Marne, France. She was an actress, known for Nana (1926), Little Red Riding Hood (1930) and Whirlpool of Fate (1925). She was married to Jean Renoir. She died on 28 September 1979 in La-Celle-Saint-Cloud, Yvelines, France.
Feb 18, 2021 · The Woman Who Wasn’t There: Catherine Hessling. Colin Davis. Chapter. First Online: 18 February 2021. 82 Accesses. Abstract. It was not Renoir’s plan to become a film director. His sole aim in getting involved in the world of cinema was to use his inherited fortune to make a star out of his wife.
