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Jeanne Sully

Jeanne Sully (15 April 1905 - 28 June 1995) (born Jeanne Régine Champs) was a French actress.

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Biography

Jeanne Marie Régine Simone Champs was born in Paris on 15 April 1905. Her parents were the actors Jeanne Rémy and Jean Mounet-Sully, and her uncle was the actor Paul Mounet. She attended the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris, where she was a pupil of Raphaël Duflos. In 1924 she obtained a second prize for comedy, and in 1925 won a first prize in tragedy. She made her debut in 1925 at the Comédie-Française in Jean Racine's play Britannicus, in the role of Junie. She played in many stage roles, and in some films.[1]

She became the 394th member of the Comédie-Française in 1934.[2] She retired in 1946, but continued to make tours or give lectures both in France and abroad.[3] She died in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, on 28 June 1995 at the home for actors at Couilly-Pont-aux-Dames, Seine-et-Marne.[1]

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Her theater roles included:

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References

  1. "Mort de la comédienne Jeanne Sully". Libération. 4 July 1995. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  2. "SULLY Marie-Simone-Régine Champs, dite Jeanne". Comédie-Française. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  3. "Jeanne Sully'". Revue mensuelle. Comédie-Française: 129–130. May–June 1984.
  4. "Une Soirée à la Comédie-Française". Frères Mounet (in French). 1934. Retrieved 8 January 2014.

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