Hélène Dieudonné

Hélène Dieudonné

Born: December 24, 1884
Died: September 29, 1980
in Paris, France

Movies for Hélène Dieudonné...

Les Grands Moyens
Title: Les Grands Moyens
Character: Aunt Basilia
Released: February 6, 1976
Type: Movie
The sweet elderly aunt and her two nieces survive the vendetta killing of their whole family because they are out picking flowers at the time. Undaunted, the aunt, a tough old Corsican, tracks down and kills all but one of the men who wiped out her kinfolk.
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Title: Midi Première
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 1975
Type: TV
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.
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Title: Ardéchois, cœur fidèle
Character: Noémie Rouveyre
Released: November 21, 1974
Type: TV
In 1822, Toussaint Rouveyre, a former captain in Napoleon's army, returned to his village in the Ardèche after the defeat at Waterloo and a seven-year stay in America. There, he reunited with his family, persecuted by the Restoration regime. In order for his father to give him his share of the inheritance in advance of his permanent move to America, he needs the consent of his younger brother Antoine, a carpenter who is on the Compagnons' Tour de France. When Toussaint learns that his brother, a member of the Compagnons du Devoir (Devoirants) association, has been killed by a companion from the rival association, the Compagnons du Devoir de Liberté (Gavots), he is determined to find the murderer, a certain Tourangeau Sans-Quartier, and avenge his brother. To find this man, he joins the Compagnons du Devoir de Liberté incognito.
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OK Patron
Title: OK Patron
Released: June 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Mario, the head of the Mafia in France, has just been mortally wounded. His "companion" decides to find him a successor, before the New York "organization" appoints one. She instructs her two bodyguards to take on anyone who likes money, doesn't have any and, above all, doesn't want to work too hard - in short, "the average Frenchman"... They discover Léon Bonnet, a representative of "magic crosses". They send him gifts: champagne, weapons (a mistake...), a ring for his fiancée, and a meal worthy of the finest gourmets. In return, they take him to Mario's dying bedside, and have him sign over the estate. It's then that Leon, with his angelic good looks, restores order within the Mafia, surprising all his adversaries with his manners, and outwitting the police...
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Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
Title: Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
Character: la grand-mère
Released: October 25, 1973
Type: Movie
Annie, a 16 years old girl, loves Frédéric who is away doing his national service. During her holidays in the country, she meets Alexandre. He's older, owns a car and she experiences the "first time" with him. Back during a leave, Frédéric finds his sweetheart in the arms of this clumsy oaf and eventually hits it off with him.
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Title: Le neveu d'Amérique
Character: Louisic Le Louarn
Released: June 13, 1973
Type: TV
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Somewhere, Someone
Title: Somewhere, Someone
Character: Germaine
Released: October 18, 1972
Type: Movie
A portrait of loneliness in contemporary France.
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A Loser
Title: A Loser
Character: La tante
Released: April 18, 1972
Type: Movie
Granier, a former accountant imprisoned for financial embezzlement, is released from prison and decides to help his cellmate to escape...
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Title: Un mystère par jour
Character: Marthe
Released: October 5, 1970
Type: TV
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La Fenêtre
Title: La Fenêtre
Character: Mme Dubonnet
Released: August 2, 1970
Type: Movie
Two suicides take place in the same room of a hotel in Paris. The police investigate the reason why two previous tenants was pushed to hang themselves at that particular place.
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Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
Title: Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
Character: Aline
Released: August 14, 1969
Type: Movie
Baron Yves de Kerfunte learns of his uncle's death. Overjoyed, he is astonished to discover that seven other individuals are vying for the inheritance. Worse still, when they open the will, they learn that only the elderly Louise de Kerfunte is the heiress, and that she intends to squander the money quickly.
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The Little Bather
Title: The Little Bather
Character: La garde-barrière
Released: March 22, 1968
Type: Movie
Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer André Castagnier, not realizing that man is his only chance to land a vital contract with the Italian magnate Marcello Cacciaperotti. So he has to find him at his extremely rural birthplace in 'la France profonde', which proves a torturous odyssey for the spoiled rich man; when he does get there his torment is far from over: the country bumpkin refuses to resume his slavish position now the shoe is on the other foot, so Fourchaume is dragged along in the boorish family life, and at times unable to control his temper, which may cost him more credit then he painstakingly builds up...
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Hedda Gabler
Title: Hedda Gabler
Character: Berthe
Released: October 24, 1967
Type: Movie
Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel.
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Title: Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
Character: Lady Twingleport
Released: September 15, 1967
Type: TV
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre [French title: Le comte Yoster a bien l'honneur] is a TV series which followed the adventures of the title’s amateur gentleman detective. It was a success in particular in Germany and in France. Originally the show was a German production in black-and-white but it evolved into a European co-production in colour.
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All Mad About Him
Title: All Mad About Him
Character: La marquise
Released: May 24, 1967
Type: Movie
Mathieu is a mild-mannered man engaged to a woman whose father is involved in running a house of prostitution. When the father dies, Mathieu inherits the bordello and is unprepared for his new position. He overcomes his shyness and becomes a sexual dynamo when his workers feed him some powerful amphetamines.
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Les portes claquent
Title: Les portes claquent
Character: La grand-mère, croqueuse de chocolats
Released: November 24, 1966
Type: Movie
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The Saint Lies in Wait
Title: The Saint Lies in Wait
Character: Herminie (uncredited)
Released: October 26, 1966
Type: Movie
Oscar Chartier plays a dangerous double game by selling secret plans to the German and American secret services, to ensure a comfortable future for his daughter, Sophie. But the plans are fake and Chartier decides to get help from his good friend Simon Templar.
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Soldier Martin
Title: Soldier Martin
Character: Marie-Marguerite
Released: September 28, 1966
Type: Movie
A troupe of French actors on tour in Normandy become involved in the events of WWII.
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Title: At Theatre Tonight
Character: La grand-mère, croqueuse de chocolats
Released: July 21, 1966
Type: TV
At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.
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The Game Is Over
Title: The Game Is Over
Character: La bonne (uncredited)
Released: June 22, 1966
Type: Movie
Renee Saccard is a pampered, selfish young wife of a middle-aged Parisian businessman who falls in love with her stepson but is driven to the point of madness when her husband tricks the stepson into betraying her.
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The Moment of Peace
Title: The Moment of Peace
Released: November 25, 1965
Type: Movie
The movie "L'instant de la paix" consists of three segments: 1. "Les rideaux blancs" (France) 2. "Berlin N 65" (West Germany) 3. "Matura" (Poland)
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Thomas the Impostor
Title: Thomas the Impostor
Character: la tante de Thomas
Released: June 1, 1965
Type: Movie
In the First World War, when Paris is expected to fall to the Germans, the attractive widow, Princesse de Bormes, organises a convoy of cars to evacuate the wounded from the front, and bring them back to her villa in Paris to recuperate. The authorities will not give them passes until an innocent 16-year-old boy, Guillaume Thomas de Fontenoy, joins them and is mistaken as the nephew of the popular General de Fontenoy. The Princess is enraptured by Thomas and her daughter, Henriette, falls in love with him. However Thomas feels impelled to see more of the action of the war.
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Relax Yourself Darling
Title: Relax Yourself Darling
Character: Antonia
Released: August 19, 1964
Type: Movie
Hélène and François are a perfect couple happily married for twelve years. But Hélène discovers psychoanalysis via a very handsome Dr. Kougloff, and he convinces her that the apparent well-balanced nature of her husband is in fact a cover for horrible tragedies.
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Agent 38-24-36
Title: Agent 38-24-36
Character: Mamie
Released: March 12, 1964
Type: Movie
A Russian spy is sent out to steal sensitive information from NATO about military mobilization. Without much intelligence of his own, the distrusted agent of Soviet intelligence needs all the help he can get from his "talented" partner Penelope Lightfeather as they scatter around the French countryside for secret rendez-vous' while trying to avoid being caught by counter intelligence agents and distrustful communist operatives.
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Chicken Soup
Title: Chicken Soup
Released: June 12, 1963
Type: Movie
The fiancée of a gangster who has been shot by the police takes an entire police station hostage, armed with a revolver and a bottle of nitroglycerine...
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Les Choses voient
Title: Les Choses voient
Character: Nanette
Released: May 28, 1963
Type: Movie
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Title: Janique Aimée
Character: Angèle, Gauthiers’ servant
Released: February 4, 1963
Type: TV
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Therese
Title: Therese
Character: Tante Clara
Released: September 21, 1962
Type: Movie
Thérèse is living in a provincial town, unhappily married to Bernard, a dull, pompous man whose only interest is preserving his family name and property. They live in an isolated country mansion surrounded by servants. Early in her marriage her only comforts are her fondness for Bernard's pine-tree forest, which was her primary reason for marrying him, and her love for her sister-in-law and Bernard's half-sister, Anne. The movie recounts in flashback the circumstances that led to her being charged with poisoning her husband.
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Love on a Pillow
Title: Love on a Pillow
Character: Madame Pia - la concierge
Released: September 5, 1962
Type: Movie
A young girl rescues a man from a suicide attempt. He turns out to be a sociopath, who begins to take over her life, abusing her both verbally and emotionally, yet she can't seem to tear herself away from him.
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A Monkey in Winter
Title: A Monkey in Winter
Character: Joséphine
Released: May 11, 1962
Type: Movie
The story of a man who has stopped drinking- and then dreaming- and who thanks to a young man who tries to forget a lost love in alcohol will turn drunk again during an exciting night.
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The Dance
Title: The Dance
Character: la grand-mère de Françoise
Released: February 21, 1962
Type: Movie
The Dance is a 1962 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux and starring Jean-Pierre Cassel, Françoise Dorléac and Arletty. The film is based on the French comic strip 13 rue de l'Espoir.
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The American Beauty
Title: The American Beauty
Character: La mémée
Released: September 29, 1961
Type: Movie
Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lover. Once in pocession of the car, Marcel only encounters one bad luck episode after another with the excessive gasoline consumtion, his wife trying to sell it to make ammends meet, getting into traffic jams, accidently riding into a car wash with the top down, and more.
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The Counterfeiters of Paris
Title: The Counterfeiters of Paris
Character: Mrs Mattia, concierge
Released: September 27, 1961
Type: Movie
"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from Paris to organize a new job. He says no. But when he finds out the the currency that should be counterfeited is the Dutch florin, he accepts immediately. He retired after having counterfeited 100 florin notes just before the Queen Wilhelmina retired them from circulation. He flies to Paris. But the gang is not to be trusted, at least not all of them.
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Paris Blues
Title: Paris Blues
Character: The Pusher (uncredited)
Released: September 27, 1961
Type: Movie
During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and love.
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Three Faces of Sin
Title: Three Faces of Sin
Character: La vieille dame à la recette
Released: September 12, 1961
Type: Movie
Laurent is an artist and sometimes con-man. He wanders into the life of Renee one day in her antique shop and tries to seduce her. Before they can leave town on a weekend getaway together, Renee's teenage daughter Daniele quits school and unexpectedly shows up. Laurent and Daniele fall for each other immediately and end up getting married. The film follows the disastrous situation created by the jealous mother and her daughter's immature husband.
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The President
Title: The President
Character: Gabrielle, la cuisinière de Beaufort
Released: March 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Aged 73, the former President of the French Council Émile Beaufort still plays a central role in the political life of the country. Writing his memoirs allows him to look back on his career and discuss his relationships with Philippe Chamalont, about to become President of the Council.
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The Door Slams
Title: The Door Slams
Character: la grande-mère
Released: December 21, 1960
Type: Movie
Between a whimsical wife, two insolent girls, a son who is engaged in strange chemical experiments and a mother-in-law who is being courted by a rich English lord, André Costais, an intractable industrialist, is struggling to impose his authority on his family.
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The Old Guard
Title: The Old Guard
Character: La supérieure de l'hospice de Guyette
Released: September 2, 1960
Type: Movie
Three friends leave their village for a retirement home travelling the countryside
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The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Title: The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Released: June 1, 1960
Type: Movie
This drama about the Carmelite order of nuns is set during the French Revolution. A young woman seeks refuge with the Carmelites because she is terrified of dying during the upheaval. The longer she associates with the nuns the more she is transformed by their faith and devotion. 
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Recourse in Grace
Title: Recourse in Grace
Character: Madame Forbier, the neighbor
Released: May 19, 1960
Type: Movie
Mario di Donati, a deserter from the Italian army, lives in Paris under a false name with Germaine, his French lover. When the latter learns about his hidden past, she feels hurt by Mario's lack of trust in her and she distances herself from him. In despair, Mario surrenders to the law but, at the time of trial, he runs away to join the woman he loves.
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The Itchy Palm
Title: The Itchy Palm
Released: February 3, 1960
Type: Movie
A widow in her fifties,Madame Lacoste ,meets Jean when they both come to put their pussy in a cattery.The man borrows a hefty sum from her ,to send his sick young son to breathe the fresh air of the country ,or so he said;in fact there's no son at all.He gives the money to his mistress who claims she's pregnant by him and who wants to have an abortion.She lies too ,for she does not expect any child and she intends to help the young man she's in love with to buy a scooter.But the latter does not care about her either and intends to marry a "rich " girl ....who's actually the concierge's daughter.
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Work and Freedom
Title: Work and Freedom
Released: December 23, 1959
Type: Movie
Due to a garbage strike, inmates are called in to take care of the garbage collection. Taking advantage of this unexpected situation, three of them manage to elude their guards.
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Night Dance Hall
Title: Night Dance Hall
Released: July 24, 1959
Type: Movie
Martine is a young woman plagued both by poverty and by uncaring, problem parents who in no way can provide the kind of nurturing that Martine needs during her adolescent years. As a result of her family situation, Martine runs away from home and gets involved with a group of teens and young adults from the wrong side of the moral tracks.