Jeanne De Casalis
Acting

Jeanne De Casalis

Born 1897-05-22 · Basutoland, South Africa · Died 1966-08-19

From Wikipedia Jeanne de Casalis (22 May 1897 – 19 August 1966) was a Basutoland-born British actress of stage, radio, TV and film. Born in Basutoland as Jeanne Casalis de Pury, she was educated in France, where her businessman father was the proprietor of one of that country's largest corset retailers, Charneaux. She initiated her career in music first, only later beginning to work onstage in London. She appeared on stage in The Mask of Virtue with Vivien Leigh (1935), and in Agatha Christie's The Hollow. Her best-known films were Cottage to Let (1941) and Jamaica Inn (1939). She married English actor Colin Clive, best remembered for Frankenstein (1931), in June 1929, though they were later estranged for several years before his death on 25 June 1937 from tuberculosis. Her second husband, whom she married around 1938, was RAF Wing Commander Cowan Douglas Stephenson; they lived at Hunger Hatch near Ashford, Kent. Jeanne de Casalis died on 19 August 1966. She was 69.

Cast

Known for

Jamaica Inn★ 6Viewing moment
Jamaica Inn
1939
Cottage to Let★ 6.4Viewing moment
Cottage to Let
1941
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery★ 5.5Viewing moment
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
1950
They Met in the Dark★ 6.3Viewing moment
They Met in the Dark
1943
Sailors Three★ 7.2Viewing moment
Sailors Three
1940
Medal for the General★ 6.5Viewing moment
Medal for the General
1944
The 'Feather' Bed: A Mrs. Feather DilemmaViewing moment
The 'Feather' Bed: A Mrs. Feather Dilemma
1933
Knowing MenViewing moment
Knowing Men
1930
The Turners of Prospect Road★ 6Viewing moment
The Turners of Prospect Road
1947
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt★ 4.8Viewing moment
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
1940
Nell Gwyn★ 6.6Viewing moment
Nell Gwyn
1934
Woman Hater★ 7Viewing moment
Woman Hater
1948
InfatuationViewing moment
Infatuation
1930

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