Francine Mussey
| Francine Mussey | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
Marcelle Fromholt 6 October 1897 Paris, Île-de-France, France, |
| Died |
23 March 1933 (aged 35) Paris, Île-de-France, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1920–1932 |
Francine Mussey (6 October 1897 - 23 March 1933)[1] was a French film actress whose career began in the silent film era of the 1920s and ended in 1933 when she committed suicide by ingesting poison at age 35.[2]
Mussey was born in the 18th arrondissement of Paris as Marcelle Fromholt in 1897. Her first film role was in the 1920 Lucien Lehmann-directed L'épave, opposite actors Marcel Bonneau and Jean-François Martial. She would go on to appear in a number of films throughout the 1920s and into the sound film era of the early 1930s directed by Louis Feuillade, Gaston Ravel, Alexandre Ryder and Jean Daumery, among others.[3] She appeared in the 1927 epic Napoléon [4] which ran for five and a half hours.
Selected filmography
- The House of Mystery (1923)
- The Man in the Saddle (1925)
- Lady Harrington (1926)
- Napoleon (1927)
- Buridan's Donkey (1932)
References
- ↑ Allociné Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ moviespictures.org Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ cinema-francais.fr Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ Francine Mussey, Unifrance.org, Retrieved 12 April 2016
External links
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