She was a huge song and film star in the 1950s and 1960s. Actress, singer and dancer Suzy Delair, star of L'Assassin lives at 21 Henri-Georges Clouzot, died this Sunday at age 102 years old, according to information from our colleagues at Le Point , confirmed by AFP.
Born in Montmartre on December 31, 1917, daughter of a seamstress and a saddler-coachbuilder, Suzy Delair, apprentice-milliner at Suzanne Talbot, dreams of becoming an actress. As a teenager, she made her debut in cinema and theater as an extras, and became known through the music hall at Bouffes Parisiens, Folies-Bergères and Châtelet.
His pre-war encounter with Henri-Georges Clouzot would change everything. She marks the history of cinema for her roles as Mila Malou in L'assassinhabit au 21 and Jenny Lamour in Quai des Orfèvres , two films made by her companion, Henri-Georges Clouzot, released in 1942 and 1947 respectively. 'also illustrates in Gervaise , adaptation of L'Assommoir , the novel by Emile Zola brought to the screen by René Clément.
It appeared until the 1970s in many films like Rocco and his brothers (Rocco ei suoi fratelli) by Luchino Visconti, does Paris burn? by René Clément, or Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob by Gérard Oury, where she plays the wife of Louis de Funès.
"My refusal to flirt when it should have been"
"I am too rarely made to work. No doubt I am made to pay at the same time for not belonging to chapels, the male adventures to which I have sometimes sacrificed my career, and above all, my refusal to flirt when it should have been done, "she deplores. in 1982.
The Cinémathèque française paid tribute to him in 2004 with a cycle of screenings featuring Quai des Orfèvres, Lady Paname, Pattes blancs, Gervaise, Le Couturier de ces dames , and the sketch A mortuary crown extracted from Lost Memories. In 2000, the artist was awarded the National Order of Merit, and obtained the National Order of the Legion of Honor in 2006.
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