Marguerite Deval

Marguerite Deval

Born: September 19, 1866
Died: December 18, 1955
in Strasbourg, France

Movies for Marguerite Deval...

Paris Still Sings!
Title: Paris Still Sings!
Released: November 28, 1951
Type: Movie
A famous comedian decrees that his fortune will go to whoever collects as many pop star autographs as quickly as possible. When he dies, two cousins ​​embark on the race for signatures.
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The Ferret
Title: The Ferret
Character: Mme Chapuis
Released: February 10, 1950
Type: Movie
A mysterious figure signing himself "The Ferret" keeps sending letters to the police, tipping them off about murders that are to be committed around Paris. Among those caught up in the police manhunt is a fraudulent clairvoyant.
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Ève et le serpent
Title: Ève et le serpent
Character: Madame Béchut
Released: December 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Georges, a medical student, falls in love with Louisette, his pretty neighbor, and gets engaged to her. They are as happy as Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. One small hitch is that Georges' father has serious money troubles and cannot support his son anymore. But what does it matter? Georges and Louisette just have to find work. The latter is hired by a rich tenant of the apartment building she lives in with her fiancé. Another hitch lies in the fact that Monsieur Grompat, her employer is a bit like the serpent in the Book of Genesis : he only aims to tempt her and to seduce her out of the arms of Georges. But Louisette is not Eve and she manages to emerge unscathed from the adventure. She will live happily with the man of her heart for the rest of her days.
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The Spice of Life
Title: The Spice of Life
Character: La dame obligeante
Released: November 26, 1948
Type: Movie
A series of vignettes, in which Noel-Noel appears as the moderator, lecturer, commentator and leading actor, that examine the bores and pests of everyday life much like Pete Smith and Robert Benchley had done for years in American short subjects. Among those are the Practical Joker who will do anything for a laugh; the Party Entertainer who never stops singing; the Talkative Neigbor who forgets the time; the noisy neighbors who dance the tango all night; and women drivers, people who telephone at meal time, the friend you never saw before and amatuer medical experts. Much use of trick photography, montages, puppets and animation along with some adult Gallic wit and gentle satire.
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Monsieur chasse
Title: Monsieur chasse
Character: La comtesse
Released: June 1, 1947
Type: Movie
A husband covers his weekly infidelities with the pretext of hunting. His best friend intends to take advantage of the situation and makes an appointment with the outraged wife in a bachelor flat where the situation is resolved, not without morality being undermined.
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Gringalet
Title: Gringalet
Released: November 20, 1946
Type: Movie
A wealthy man has two sons,one of them is legitimate,the other is not.The first offspring has had a life of luxury and he has become a lazy good for nothing whereas the youthful indiscretion has turned into an artist.He is nicknamed "Gringalet" .Now his father wants him to meet his half-brother ,his mother-in-law and the rest of the family. Gringalet will turn this bourgeois family upside down:they become nice,the big brother becoming a perfect businessman who stops scouring nightclubs to spend most of his time with his fiancee Josette.There's the rub,cause Gringalet is also in love with her.
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We Request a Household
Title: We Request a Household
Character: Catherine
Released: October 16, 1946
Type: Movie
Pierre and Jacques, one of them being disguised as a woman, work for a wacky scientist to find a treasure hidden in his property by Pierre's uncle.
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The J3
Title: The J3
Character: The director of the girls' boarding school
Released: April 17, 1946
Type: Movie
During the Second World War, in occupied Paris, a group of high school students is more active at selling cigarettes and silk stockings than at studying. But the day a new philosophy teacher takes charge of their class, things begin to change. It must be said that Mademoiselle Bravard is not only a gifted educator but a charming young woman as well. Thanks to her, all the students end up passing their finals.
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As Long As I Live
Title: As Long As I Live
Character: The marquise
Released: January 21, 1946
Type: Movie
Following a trivial road accident, Ariane, an international adventuress, falls in love with Bernard Fleuret, a young artist-painter with diseased lungs. Being pursued by the police, she chooses to hide in the sanatorium where the young man is treated. Ariane proves so smitten by love that she finally changes her ways: she decides to let herself be arrested, sure as she is she will be reunited with her loved one later on.
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La Grande Marnière
Title: La Grande Marnière
Character: Mademoiselle de Saint-Maurice
Released: March 23, 1945
Type: Movie
A rich peasant, Carvajan, seeks revenge on the castellan, Clairefont, with whom he had a serious conflict. Their respective children, Antoinette and Pascal, meet and fall in love with each other. Robert de Clairefont, Antoinette's brother, unjustly accused of murder, is defended and saved by Pascal. Finally, love, by uniting the son of one to the daughter of the other, will appease souls and reconcile families.
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The Ménard Collection
Title: The Ménard Collection
Character: Madame widow Ménard
Released: April 12, 1944
Type: Movie
Renée Ménard, a young mixed-race Indochinese, arrives in France to find her French father, whom she only knows is called Paul Ménard. In the hope of identifying her father, she meets a series of men with that name.
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The Traveler Without Luggage
Title: The Traveler Without Luggage
Character: La duchesse Dupont-Dufort
Released: February 23, 1944
Type: Movie
Having lost his memory due to serving in World War I, Gaston has spent the past 15 years in a psychiatric hospital. Due to his large disability pension fund, several families claim him as their missing son. Gaston is introduced to the Renaud family by the Duchess Dupont-Dufort and her lawyer. The Renaud family attempt to revive Gaston's memory with stories of his past, but he is apalled by some of the things he hears and dislikes the man he is supposed to be.
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Mademoiselle Béatrice
Title: Mademoiselle Béatrice
Character: Old lady on the bench
Released: May 19, 1943
Type: Movie
A law student passed his exam in his first B.A. year in Paris ;he is in love with a girl who is not from the bourgeoisie and the boy is afraid his father might not approve of their union.
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Marie-Martine
Title: Marie-Martine
Character: Melle Aimée
Released: May 11, 1943
Type: Movie
The novelist Loïc Limousin knew the turbulent past of Marie-Martine and he extracted the material for a novel from which the young girl risks paying the price. After the drama that had thrown her in prison, she met a brave boy ready to make his life with her. Will the scandal separate them?
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The Law of Spring
Title: The Law of Spring
Character: Aunt Léonie
Released: May 20, 1942
Type: Movie
The children born from a first marriage of a widower and a widower who have remarried do not get along. Frequent quarrels break out in the household which finally finds calm thanks to the presence of a new little girl.
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The House of the Seven Maidens
Title: The House of the Seven Maidens
Character: Madame de Boëldieu
Released: February 6, 1942
Type: Movie
A widower is in trouble with money, and has seven daughters to marry. A creditor, a timid suitor, is unable to make up his mind.
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Le valet maître
Title: Le valet maître
Released: October 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Some, like Ravier de l'Orne are born... masters, but ,like him, do not live up to their rank. Others, like Gustave Morillon, are... born masters, even if, like him, they are valets. Morillon will indeed prove better at bridge than his master and will eventually win the affection of Antonia, a lively foreigner Ravier also coveted.
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Bécassine
Title: Bécassine
Character: Madame Tampico
Released: September 3, 1940
Type: Movie
A little Breton tries to save her boss's daughter an unhappy marriage.
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President Haudecoeur
Title: President Haudecoeur
Character: Mme Bergas-Larue
Released: April 11, 1940
Type: Movie
A public prosecutor wants his son to marry an ugly girl(who has a squint) because her mom is very rich.But it's too late for the boy has already fallen in love with another girl who is pregnant by him.Angry dad is to stop his shameless son's allowance .Enter exuberant Betty Brown ,with a delightful slight English accent and lots of joy of life .The old man realizes then that life is passing him by .Is it too late for him to find happiness?
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The Duraton Family
Title: The Duraton Family
Character: la grand-mère
Released: March 6, 1940
Type: Movie
Unbeknownst to the members of a French family, a radio announcer makes them the subject of a broadcast.
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The Duraton Family
Title: The Duraton Family
Released: March 6, 1940
Type: Movie
Unbeknownst to the members of a French family, a radio announcer makes them the subject of a broadcast.
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Nine Bachelors
Title: Nine Bachelors
Character: Mme Picaillon de Chéniset
Released: September 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Nine Bachelors is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Sacha Guitry and starring Guitry, Max Dearly and Elvire Popesco.[1] An opportunist dreams up a new scheme to make money when the French government passes a law forbidding foreigners from living in France. It's French title is Ils étaient neuf célibataires.
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Marked Girls
Title: Marked Girls
Character: Madame Gaby
Released: October 12, 1938
Type: Movie
Juliette, an innocent woman, is wrongly sentenced to prison for attempted murder. After her release, she married an industrialist to whom she did not speak of her tumultuous past. But, victim of a rampant blackmail, she cannot continue to hide her prison past and the scandal breaks out.
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Street Without Joy
Title: Street Without Joy
Character: Marthe Geffier
Released: April 13, 1938
Type: Movie
Jeanne supports supports his family on his modest salary. Her boss is arrested for fraud. Jeanne is forced, out of poverty, in the street.
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Lady Killer
Title: Lady Killer
Character: Madame Courtois, mère de Madeleine
Released: September 15, 1937
Type: Movie
Lucien Bourrache, a good looking non-commissioned officer at the Spahis, is used to charm many women. He met Madeleine Courtois at Cannes. She is beautiful and lives in luxury. He lends her a large amount of money, which she loses gambling. Then she drops him. But Lucien is now in love, and once demobilized, he goes to Paris to find her again. But he's not so sexy without his uniform, and Madeleine and him do not belong to the same milieu.
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The Man of the Day
Title: The Man of the Day
Character: Mme Christoforo
Released: January 2, 1937
Type: Movie
Alfred Boulard, a good-natured electrician, gives his blood to save Mona Thalia, a great theater actress. Mona Thalia survives and Boulard becomes the man of the hour. Grateful to him, Mona helps Alfred to become a singing star. But his fame will be short-lived.
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Bichon
Title: Bichon
Released: March 13, 1936
Type: Movie
Around a baby whose paternity is disputed, the members of a bourgeois family are agitated: the irascible father, the whining mother, the modern young girl, the good-for-nothing son, a secretary in love with the young girl, an associate and the importunate old aunt who smooths things over.
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Tovaritch
Title: Tovaritch
Released: May 3, 1935
Type: Movie
Playwright Jacques Deval directed this 1935 adaptation of his own stage comedy Tovaritch. Set in Paris, the story revolves around Princess Tatiana (Irene de Zilaby) and General Mikail (Andre Lefaur), two members of the Russian nobility who'd been forced to relocate to France after the Revolution. Though the regal couple has been entrusted with the Imperial crown jewels, they'd sooner starve to death than betray the late Czar by selling the gems. As a result, they're reduced to taking jobs as servants in the home of a wealthy but somewhat zany family. Robert E. Sherwood's Americanized version of Deval's Tovaritch was filmed by Warner Bros. in 1937, with Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer.
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Cent mille francs pour un baiser
Title: Cent mille francs pour un baiser
Released: July 21, 1933
Type: Movie
On the occasion of an auction organized for a charity party, a penniless man buys a kiss for a hundred thousand francs.
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The Mad Night
Title: The Mad Night
Released: April 19, 1932
Type: Movie
Antoine, is the brother of Clothilde, lady-in-waiting to gorgeous duchess Silvéri. Parzy falls in love with the duchess, but can't get anywhere near her thanks to the vigilance of the girl's duenna. In desperation, Parzy disguises himself in his sister's clothes and poses as a girl. This gains him entrance to the duchess' boudoir -- but now what does he do?