Catherine Hessling
Known For
Acting
Born
1900-06-22 in Moronvilliers, Marne, France
Died
1979-09-28
Biography
Catherine Hessling, born Andrée Madeleine Heuschling, was a French stage and screen actress and the first wife of film director Jean Renoir. Hessling appeared in 15, mostly silent, films before retiring from the acting profession and withdrawing from public life in the mid-1930s.
Most Known For
Yvette
as Yvette
Nana
as Nana
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
The Sad Sack
as L'institutrice
The Little Match Girl
as Karen
Little Red Riding Hood
as Le petit chaperon rouge
High and Low
as Mademoiselle Paula
Whirlpool of Fate
as Virginia Rosaert
Crime and Punishment
as Elisabeth
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Catherine
La P’tite Lili
Backbiters
as Catherine Ferrand
Sea Fever
Charleston Parade
as Parisian savage
