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Musidora. Jeanne Roques (23 February 1889 – 11 December 1957), known professionally as Musidora, was a French actress, film director, and writer. She is best known for her acting in silent films, and rose to public attention for roles in the Louis Feuillade serials Les Vampires as Irma Vep and in Judex as Marie Verdier.
Adriënne Solser, Musidora, Nell Shipman: Women Acting and Directing in the Silent Cinema in The Netherlands, France and North America. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Utrecht: Univ, 2005. 141-289. ------. Women in the Silent Cinema: Histories of Fame and Fate. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2017.
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Aug 24, 2021 · Musidora, who wrote those words, is remembered as one of the true icons of silent cinema in her incarnation as Irma Vep in Louis Feuillade’s 1915 serial Les Vampires. However, there was more to her talent than her photogenic features, her white face and kohl-rimmed eyes and that famous slinky figure in a black body-stocking.
The film was shot in 1920, in the Spanish Basque Country. It represents a turning point in Musidora’s career, sparking her passionate love affair with a country and a culture that welcomed her as a great star. Above all, though, she encountered Antonio Cañero, a bullfighter who acted as her technical adviser on the film.
The socialist mayor of Saint-Juire has set his heart on building a cultural and sports complex in the village meadow. He's a well liked by the local people and has managed to raise the loans needed for the complex thanks to his contacts. Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Pascal Greggory, Arielle Dombasle, Fabrice Luchini, Clémentine Amouroux
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May 1, 2024 · Musidora was a French silent-film actress most noted for her roles in Louis Feuillade’s crime serials Les Vampires (1915) and Judex (1916). She was also one of the first French women film directors. Her father was a composer and her mother a feminist literary critic. Musidora made her acting debut
Musidora's early forays into the arena of film directing involved collaborations with the legendary French writer Colette, with whom she worked on three films—Minne, La Vagabonde, and La Flamme cachée. Musidora's first directorial effort was an adaptation of Colette's Minne, based on The Innocent Libertine, in which she also starred. It was ...
