French silent film actresses

Simone Mareuil (French pronunciation: [simɔn maʁøj]; 25 August 1903 – 24 October 1954) was a French actress best known for appearing in the surrealist film Un Chien Andalou.Born Marie Louise Simone Vacher in Périgueux, Dordogne, she appeared in a number of films, most notably director Luis Buñuel's Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog, 1929). She was the second wife of actor Philippe Hersent.After World War II, she returned to Périgueux, where she fell into a deep depression. She committed suicide by self-immolation — dousing herself in gasoline and burning herself to death in a public square.

Arlette Marchal (29 January 1902 – 11 February 1984) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1922 and 1951. She was born and died in Paris.

Anna Lefeuvrier (1888–1954) was a French film actress.

Andrée Rose Godard (19 May 1903 – 3 October 1989), known by her stage-name as Andrée Lafayette, also known by her self-invented title as Countess Andrée de la Bigne, was a French stage and film actress, and granddaughter of the infamous demi-mondaine (prostitute) Émilie Louise Delabigne who was known by her self-invented title as Countess Valtesse de La Bigne.

Renée Héribel (9 February 1903 – 25 July 1952) was a French film actress.

Jeanne Helbling (July 26, 1903 – August 6, 1985) was a French film actress and a prominent member of the French Resistance during World War II.

Madeleine Guitty (5 June 1870 – 12 April 1936) was a French stage and film actress.

Marie Odette Goimbault (10 August 1901 – 26 March 1987), known professionally as Mary Odette, was a French-born film actress.Odette starred in a number of films made by Astra Films. After the slump of 1924 dramatically reduced the number of British films being made, she appeared in several continental European productions. She retired from films in 1928, shortly before the arrival of sound films in Britain.

Simone Genevois (13 February 1912 – 16 December 1995) was a French film actress. She began her career as a child actor. Her best-known role was in the 1929 epic Saint Joan the Maid in which she played the title part of Joan of Arc.

Catherine Fonteney (23 June 1879– 29 April 1966) was a French film actress.Catherine Fonteney was born Marie Alexandrine Catherine Fontaine in Paris and died in Dijon.